Safotu Solunar Table, May 2026
No day in May 2026 reaches the top rating at Safotu; the good days are marked below.
Every day
Periods in bold fall within an hour of sunrise or sunset. A day with one major or minor period has its other on the next date: the moon comes round about 50 minutes later each day.
| Date | Rating | Major periods | Minor periods | Moon lit | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | Good | 10:47 AM to 12:47 PM | 5:20 AM to 6:20 AM 5:11 PM to 6:11 PM | 99% | 6:38 AM | 6:15 PM |
| May 2 | Good | 11:09 PM to 1:09 AM 11:32 AM to 1:32 PM | 6:10 AM to 7:10 AM 5:52 PM to 6:52 PM | 100% | 6:38 AM | 6:15 PM |
| May 3 | Good | 11:55 PM to 1:55 AM 12:19 PM to 2:19 PM | 7:01 AM to 8:01 AM 6:35 PM to 7:35 PM | 99% | 6:38 AM | 6:14 PM |
| May 4 | Fair | 12:43 AM to 2:43 AM 1:08 PM to 3:08 PM | 7:53 AM to 8:53 AM 7:22 PM to 8:22 PM | 96% | 6:39 AM | 6:14 PM |
| May 5 | Fair | 1:34 AM to 3:34 AM 1:59 PM to 3:59 PM | 8:46 AM to 9:46 AM 8:12 PM to 9:12 PM | 90% | 6:39 AM | 6:14 PM |
| May 6 | Poor | 2:25 AM to 4:25 AM 2:51 PM to 4:51 PM | 9:38 AM to 10:38 AM 9:04 PM to 10:04 PM | 83% | 6:39 AM | 6:13 PM |
| May 7 | Poor | 3:16 AM to 5:16 AM 3:41 PM to 5:41 PM | 10:27 AM to 11:27 AM 9:57 PM to 10:57 PM | 74% | 6:39 AM | 6:13 PM |
| May 8 | Poor | 4:06 AM to 6:06 AM 4:31 PM to 6:31 PM | 11:14 AM to 12:14 PM 10:49 PM to 11:49 PM | 65% | 6:40 AM | 6:13 PM |
| May 9 | Poor | 4:54 AM to 6:54 AM 5:18 PM to 7:18 PM | 11:57 AM to 12:57 PM | 54% | 6:40 AM | 6:12 PM |
| May 10 | Poor | 5:41 AM to 7:41 AM 6:03 PM to 8:03 PM | 11:41 PM to 12:41 AM 12:38 PM to 1:38 PM | 44% | 6:40 AM | 6:12 PM |
| May 11 | Poor | 6:26 AM to 8:26 AM 6:48 PM to 8:48 PM | 12:32 AM to 1:32 AM 1:17 PM to 2:17 PM | 33% | 6:40 AM | 6:12 PM |
| May 12 | Poor | 7:10 AM to 9:10 AM 7:33 PM to 9:33 PM | 1:22 AM to 2:22 AM 1:55 PM to 2:55 PM | 24% | 6:40 AM | 6:11 PM |
| May 13 | Poor | 7:55 AM to 9:55 AM 8:19 PM to 10:19 PM | 2:14 AM to 3:14 AM 2:34 PM to 3:34 PM | 15% | 6:41 AM | 6:11 PM |
| May 14 | Fair | 8:43 AM to 10:43 AM 9:08 PM to 11:08 PM | 3:07 AM to 4:07 AM 3:15 PM to 4:15 PM | 8% | 6:41 AM | 6:11 PM |
| May 15 | Fair | 9:33 AM to 11:33 AM 10:01 PM to 12:01 AM | 4:04 AM to 5:04 AM 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM | 4% | 6:41 AM | 6:11 PM |
| May 16 | Good | 10:29 AM to 12:29 PM 10:59 PM to 12:59 AM | 5:04 AM to 6:04 AM 4:51 PM to 5:51 PM | 1% | 6:41 AM | 6:10 PM |
| May 17 | Good | 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM | 6:10 AM to 7:10 AM 5:48 PM to 6:48 PM | 0% | 6:42 AM | 6:10 PM |
| May 18 | Good | 12:02 AM to 2:02 AM 12:35 PM to 2:35 PM | 7:18 AM to 8:18 AM 6:51 PM to 7:51 PM | 2% | 6:42 AM | 6:10 PM |
| May 19 | Fair | 1:09 AM to 3:09 AM 1:42 PM to 3:42 PM | 8:27 AM to 9:27 AM 7:58 PM to 8:58 PM | 6% | 6:42 AM | 6:10 PM |
| May 20 | Fair | 2:16 AM to 4:16 AM 2:48 PM to 4:48 PM | 9:32 AM to 10:32 AM 9:05 PM to 10:05 PM | 11% | 6:43 AM | 6:10 PM |
| May 21 | Poor | 3:19 AM to 5:19 AM 3:48 PM to 5:48 PM | 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM 10:09 PM to 11:09 PM | 19% | 6:43 AM | 6:10 PM |
| May 22 | Poor | 4:17 AM to 6:17 AM 4:43 PM to 6:43 PM | 11:20 AM to 12:20 PM 11:08 PM to 12:08 AM | 28% | 6:43 AM | 6:09 PM |
| May 23 | Poor | 5:08 AM to 7:08 AM 5:33 PM to 7:33 PM | 12:05 PM to 1:05 PM | 38% | 6:43 AM | 6:09 PM |
| May 24 | Poor | 5:56 AM to 7:56 AM 6:18 PM to 8:18 PM | 12:03 AM to 1:03 AM 12:45 PM to 1:45 PM | 48% | 6:44 AM | 6:09 PM |
| May 25 | Poor | 6:39 AM to 8:39 AM 7:01 PM to 9:01 PM | 12:54 AM to 1:54 AM 1:22 PM to 2:22 PM | 59% | 6:44 AM | 6:09 PM |
| May 26 | Poor | 7:22 AM to 9:22 AM 7:42 PM to 9:42 PM | 1:42 AM to 2:42 AM 1:58 PM to 2:58 PM | 69% | 6:44 AM | 6:09 PM |
| May 27 | Poor | 8:03 AM to 10:03 AM 8:24 PM to 10:24 PM | 2:30 AM to 3:30 AM 2:34 PM to 3:34 PM | 78% | 6:45 AM | 6:09 PM |
| May 28 | Fair | 8:46 AM to 10:46 AM 9:07 PM to 11:07 PM | 3:18 AM to 4:18 AM 3:11 PM to 4:11 PM | 86% | 6:45 AM | 6:09 PM |
| May 29 | Fair | 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM 9:52 PM to 11:52 PM | 4:06 AM to 5:06 AM 3:51 PM to 4:51 PM | 93% | 6:45 AM | 6:09 PM |
| May 30 | Good | 10:16 AM to 12:16 PM 10:40 PM to 12:40 AM | 4:57 AM to 5:57 AM 4:33 PM to 5:33 PM | 97% | 6:46 AM | 6:09 PM |
| May 31 | Good | 11:04 AM to 1:04 PM | 5:48 AM to 6:48 AM 5:19 PM to 6:19 PM | 100% | 6:46 AM | 6:09 PM |
Other months
How this is worked out
Major periods are two hours centered on the moon’s passage overhead and underfoot (its upper and lower transits of the meridian); minor periods are one hour centered on moonrise and moonset. These are the conventional durations of John Alden Knight’s solunar tables, first published in 1936. The rating is this site’s: one point to start, two more within 1.5 days of a new or full moon (one more within 3.5 days), and one more when a period falls within an hour of sunrise or sunset (those periods are bold). Knight held the days around the new and full moon strongest; dawn and dusk are when most fish and game move anyway. The theory has mixed support in the fisheries research; the times themselves are exact astronomy, and the weather matters as much.
Sources
Computed with the NOAA solar position equations and the lunar methods of Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms. Solunar periods after John Alden Knight.