Sa Dec Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026
Day length goes from 12 h 30 min on May 1 to 12 h 41 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:39 AM to 5:34 AM and sunset from 6:09 PM to 6:15 PM.
Every day
Dawn and dusk are civil twilight (the sun 6 degrees below the horizon); golden hour starts when the evening sun is 6 degrees up; full dark is astronomical twilight, 18 degrees down. A blank moonrise or moonset means it falls on the next day.
| Date | Dawn | Sunrise | Sunset | Dusk | Golden hour | Full dark | Day length | Change | Moon | Moonrise | Moonset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 5:18 AM | 5:39 AM | 6:09 PM | 6:31 PM | 5:40 PM | 7:22 PM | 12 h 30 min | Full moon, 99% | 5:50 PM | 5:01 AM | |
| May 2 | 5:17 AM | 5:39 AM | 6:09 PM | 6:31 PM | 5:40 PM | 7:22 PM | 12 h 30 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 12:24 AM | 6:40 PM | 5:42 AM |
| May 3 | 5:17 AM | 5:39 AM | 6:09 PM | 6:31 PM | 5:40 PM | 7:23 PM | 12 h 30 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 98% | 7:31 PM | 6:25 AM |
| May 4 | 5:16 AM | 5:38 AM | 6:09 PM | 6:31 PM | 5:40 PM | 7:23 PM | 12 h 31 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 94% | 8:23 PM | 7:12 AM |
| May 5 | 5:16 AM | 5:38 AM | 6:09 PM | 6:31 PM | 5:40 PM | 7:23 PM | 12 h 31 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 89% | 9:15 PM | 8:02 AM |
| May 6 | 5:16 AM | 5:38 AM | 6:10 PM | 6:32 PM | 5:41 PM | 7:23 PM | 12 h 32 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 81% | 10:05 PM | 8:53 AM |
| May 7 | 5:15 AM | 5:38 AM | 6:10 PM | 6:32 PM | 5:41 PM | 7:24 PM | 12 h 32 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 72% | 10:53 PM | 9:46 AM |
| May 8 | 5:15 AM | 5:37 AM | 6:10 PM | 6:32 PM | 5:41 PM | 7:24 PM | 12 h 33 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 62% | 11:38 PM | 10:37 AM |
| May 9 | 5:15 AM | 5:37 AM | 6:10 PM | 6:32 PM | 5:41 PM | 7:24 PM | 12 h 33 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter, 51% | 11:28 AM | |
| May 10 | 5:15 AM | 5:37 AM | 6:10 PM | 6:32 PM | 5:41 PM | 7:25 PM | 12 h 33 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter 4:11 AM | 12:21 AM | 12:18 PM |
| May 11 | 5:14 AM | 5:36 AM | 6:10 PM | 6:33 PM | 5:41 PM | 7:25 PM | 12 h 34 min | +1.0 min | Waning crescent, 31% | 1:02 AM | 1:07 PM |
| May 12 | 5:14 AM | 5:36 AM | 6:11 PM | 6:33 PM | 5:41 PM | 7:25 PM | 12 h 35 min | +1.0 min | Waning crescent, 21% | 1:41 AM | 1:56 PM |
| May 13 | 5:14 AM | 5:36 AM | 6:11 PM | 6:33 PM | 5:42 PM | 7:26 PM | 12 h 35 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 13% | 2:22 AM | 2:48 PM |
| May 14 | 5:13 AM | 5:36 AM | 6:11 PM | 6:33 PM | 5:42 PM | 7:26 PM | 12 h 35 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 7% | 3:04 AM | 3:41 PM |
| May 15 | 5:13 AM | 5:36 AM | 6:11 PM | 6:34 PM | 5:42 PM | 7:26 PM | 12 h 35 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 3% | 3:50 AM | 4:39 PM |
| May 16 | 5:13 AM | 5:35 AM | 6:11 PM | 6:34 PM | 5:42 PM | 7:27 PM | 12 h 36 min | +1.0 min | New moon, 0% | 4:40 AM | 5:42 PM |
| May 17 | 5:13 AM | 5:35 AM | 6:12 PM | 6:34 PM | 5:42 PM | 7:27 PM | 12 h 37 min | +1.0 min | New moon 3:02 AM | 5:37 AM | 6:49 PM |
| May 18 | 5:13 AM | 5:35 AM | 6:12 PM | 6:34 PM | 5:42 PM | 7:27 PM | 12 h 37 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 2% | 6:39 AM | 7:57 PM |
| May 19 | 5:12 AM | 5:35 AM | 6:12 PM | 6:35 PM | 5:43 PM | 7:28 PM | 12 h 37 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 7% | 7:46 AM | 9:03 PM |
| May 20 | 5:12 AM | 5:35 AM | 6:12 PM | 6:35 PM | 5:43 PM | 7:28 PM | 12 h 37 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 13% | 8:53 AM | 10:04 PM |
| May 21 | 5:12 AM | 5:35 AM | 6:13 PM | 6:35 PM | 5:43 PM | 7:28 PM | 12 h 38 min | +1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 21% | 9:57 AM | 10:58 PM |
| May 22 | 5:12 AM | 5:35 AM | 6:13 PM | 6:35 PM | 5:43 PM | 7:29 PM | 12 h 38 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 30% | 10:56 AM | 11:46 PM |
| May 23 | 5:12 AM | 5:34 AM | 6:13 PM | 6:36 PM | 5:43 PM | 7:29 PM | 12 h 39 min | +1.0 min | First quarter 6:11 PM | 11:50 AM | |
| May 24 | 5:12 AM | 5:34 AM | 6:13 PM | 6:36 PM | 5:44 PM | 7:29 PM | 12 h 39 min | +0.0 min | First quarter, 51% | 12:40 PM | 12:28 AM |
| May 25 | 5:12 AM | 5:34 AM | 6:14 PM | 6:36 PM | 5:44 PM | 7:30 PM | 12 h 40 min | +1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 62% | 1:28 PM | 1:08 AM |
| May 26 | 5:12 AM | 5:34 AM | 6:14 PM | 6:37 PM | 5:44 PM | 7:30 PM | 12 h 40 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 72% | 2:14 PM | 1:45 AM |
| May 27 | 5:12 AM | 5:34 AM | 6:14 PM | 6:37 PM | 5:44 PM | 7:31 PM | 12 h 40 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 81% | 3:00 PM | 2:22 AM |
| May 28 | 5:11 AM | 5:34 AM | 6:14 PM | 6:37 PM | 5:44 PM | 7:31 PM | 12 h 40 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 88% | 3:47 PM | 3:00 AM |
| May 29 | 5:11 AM | 5:34 AM | 6:15 PM | 6:37 PM | 5:45 PM | 7:31 PM | 12 h 41 min | +1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 94% | 4:36 PM | 3:40 AM |
| May 30 | 5:11 AM | 5:34 AM | 6:15 PM | 6:38 PM | 5:45 PM | 7:32 PM | 12 h 41 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 98% | 5:26 PM | 4:23 AM |
| May 31 | 5:11 AM | 5:34 AM | 6:15 PM | 6:38 PM | 5:45 PM | 7:32 PM | 12 h 41 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 3:46 PM | 6:18 PM | 5:09 AM |
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Computed with the NOAA solar position equations and the lunar methods of Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms, for a flat horizon; hills and buildings delay a real sunrise.