Sunrise and sunset in Grahamstown

Grahamstown Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026

Local time (GMT+2)

Day length goes from 10 h 46 min on May 1 to 10 h 07 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 6:48 AM to 7:08 AM and sunset from 5:34 PM to 5:15 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.

DateDawnSunriseSunsetDuskGolden hourFull darkDay lengthChangeMoonMoonriseMoonset
May 16:22 AM6:48 AM5:34 PM6:00 PM4:59 PM6:58 PM10 h 46 minFull moon 7:24 PM5:09 PM6:27 AM
May 26:23 AM6:48 AM5:33 PM5:59 PM4:58 PM6:57 PM10 h 45 min-1.0 minFull moon, 100%5:42 PM7:27 AM
May 36:23 AM6:49 AM5:32 PM5:58 PM4:57 PM6:56 PM10 h 43 min-2.0 minWaning gibbous, 98%6:21 PM8:26 AM
May 46:24 AM6:50 AM5:31 PM5:57 PM4:56 PM6:56 PM10 h 41 min-2.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%7:05 PM9:24 AM
May 56:25 AM6:51 AM5:30 PM5:56 PM4:55 PM6:55 PM10 h 39 min-2.0 minWaning gibbous, 87%7:55 PM10:18 AM
May 66:25 AM6:51 AM5:29 PM5:55 PM4:54 PM6:54 PM10 h 38 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 79%8:50 PM11:08 AM
May 76:26 AM6:52 AM5:28 PM5:55 PM4:53 PM6:53 PM10 h 36 min-2.0 minWaning gibbous, 70%9:48 PM11:51 AM
May 86:27 AM6:53 AM5:28 PM5:54 PM4:52 PM6:53 PM10 h 35 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 60%10:48 PM12:30 PM
May 96:27 AM6:53 AM5:27 PM5:53 PM4:51 PM6:52 PM10 h 34 min-1.0 minLast quarter 11:11 PM11:49 PM1:03 PM
May 106:28 AM6:54 AM5:26 PM5:52 PM4:50 PM6:51 PM10 h 32 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 39%1:33 PM
May 116:29 AM6:55 AM5:25 PM5:51 PM4:50 PM6:51 PM10 h 30 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 29%12:50 AM2:01 PM
May 126:29 AM6:56 AM5:24 PM5:51 PM4:49 PM6:50 PM10 h 28 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 20%1:52 AM2:28 PM
May 136:30 AM6:56 AM5:24 PM5:50 PM4:48 PM6:49 PM10 h 28 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 12%2:55 AM2:57 PM
May 146:31 AM6:57 AM5:23 PM5:49 PM4:47 PM6:49 PM10 h 26 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 6%4:02 AM3:28 PM
May 156:31 AM6:58 AM5:22 PM5:49 PM4:46 PM6:48 PM10 h 24 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 2%5:12 AM4:04 PM
May 166:32 AM6:59 AM5:22 PM5:48 PM4:46 PM6:48 PM10 h 23 min-1.0 minNew moon 10:02 PM6:27 AM4:46 PM
May 176:33 AM6:59 AM5:21 PM5:48 PM4:45 PM6:47 PM10 h 22 min-1.0 minNew moon, 1%7:44 AM5:38 PM
May 186:33 AM7:00 AM5:20 PM5:47 PM4:44 PM6:47 PM10 h 20 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 3%8:58 AM6:40 PM
May 196:34 AM7:01 AM5:20 PM5:46 PM4:43 PM6:46 PM10 h 19 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 8%10:05 AM7:50 PM
May 206:35 AM7:01 AM5:19 PM5:46 PM4:43 PM6:46 PM10 h 18 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 15%11:02 AM9:03 PM
May 216:35 AM7:02 AM5:19 PM5:45 PM4:42 PM6:45 PM10 h 17 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 23%11:48 AM10:14 PM
May 226:36 AM7:03 AM5:18 PM5:45 PM4:42 PM6:45 PM10 h 15 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 32%12:25 PM11:22 PM
May 236:37 AM7:03 AM5:18 PM5:44 PM4:41 PM6:45 PM10 h 15 min+0.0 minFirst quarter 1:11 PM12:57 PM
May 246:37 AM7:04 AM5:17 PM5:44 PM4:40 PM6:44 PM10 h 13 min-2.0 minFirst quarter, 53%1:24 PM12:26 AM
May 256:38 AM7:05 AM5:17 PM5:44 PM4:40 PM6:44 PM10 h 12 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 64%1:50 PM1:27 AM
May 266:38 AM7:05 AM5:16 PM5:43 PM4:39 PM6:44 PM10 h 11 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 74%2:16 PM2:25 AM
May 276:39 AM7:06 AM5:16 PM5:43 PM4:39 PM6:43 PM10 h 10 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 82%2:42 PM3:23 AM
May 286:40 AM7:07 AM5:16 PM5:43 PM4:38 PM6:43 PM10 h 09 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 90%3:11 PM4:21 AM
May 296:40 AM7:07 AM5:15 PM5:42 PM4:38 PM6:43 PM10 h 08 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 95%3:43 PM5:20 AM
May 306:41 AM7:08 AM5:15 PM5:42 PM4:38 PM6:43 PM10 h 07 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 99%4:20 PM6:19 AM
May 316:41 AM7:08 AM5:15 PM5:42 PM4:37 PM6:42 PM10 h 07 min+0.0 minFull moon 10:46 AM5:03 PM7:17 AM

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Sources

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.