Sunrise and sunset in Mthatha

Mthatha Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026

Local time (GMT+2)

Day length goes from 10 h 52 min on May 1 to 10 h 14 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 6:36 AM to 6:55 AM and sunset from 5:28 PM to 5:09 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 16:11 AM6:36 AM5:28 PM5:53 PM4:53 PM6:50 PM10 h 52 minFull moon 7:24 PM5:03 PM6:15 AM
May 26:11 AM6:37 AM5:27 PM5:52 PM4:53 PM6:49 PM10 h 50 min-2.0 minFull moon, 100%5:37 PM7:13 AM
May 36:12 AM6:37 AM5:26 PM5:51 PM4:52 PM6:49 PM10 h 49 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 98%6:17 PM8:12 AM
May 46:13 AM6:38 AM5:25 PM5:50 PM4:51 PM6:48 PM10 h 47 min-2.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%7:01 PM9:09 AM
May 56:13 AM6:39 AM5:24 PM5:49 PM4:50 PM6:47 PM10 h 45 min-2.0 minWaning gibbous, 87%7:51 PM10:03 AM
May 66:14 AM6:39 AM5:23 PM5:49 PM4:49 PM6:46 PM10 h 44 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 79%8:46 PM10:53 AM
May 76:15 AM6:40 AM5:22 PM5:48 PM4:48 PM6:46 PM10 h 42 min-2.0 minWaning gibbous, 70%9:44 PM11:37 AM
May 86:15 AM6:41 AM5:22 PM5:47 PM4:47 PM6:45 PM10 h 41 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 60%10:43 PM12:16 PM
May 96:16 AM6:41 AM5:21 PM5:46 PM4:46 PM6:44 PM10 h 40 min-1.0 minLast quarter 11:11 PM11:42 PM12:50 PM
May 106:17 AM6:42 AM5:20 PM5:46 PM4:45 PM6:44 PM10 h 38 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 39%1:21 PM
May 116:17 AM6:43 AM5:19 PM5:45 PM4:44 PM6:43 PM10 h 36 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 29%12:42 AM1:50 PM
May 126:18 AM6:44 AM5:19 PM5:44 PM4:44 PM6:43 PM10 h 35 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 20%1:43 AM2:19 PM
May 136:18 AM6:44 AM5:18 PM5:44 PM4:43 PM6:42 PM10 h 34 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 12%2:46 AM2:49 PM
May 146:19 AM6:45 AM5:17 PM5:43 PM4:42 PM6:41 PM10 h 32 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 6%3:51 AM3:21 PM
May 156:20 AM6:46 AM5:17 PM5:42 PM4:41 PM6:41 PM10 h 31 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 2%5:00 AM3:58 PM
May 166:20 AM6:46 AM5:16 PM5:42 PM4:41 PM6:40 PM10 h 30 min-1.0 minNew moon 10:02 PM6:13 AM4:42 PM
May 176:21 AM6:47 AM5:15 PM5:41 PM4:40 PM6:40 PM10 h 28 min-2.0 minNew moon, 1%7:29 AM5:34 PM
May 186:22 AM6:48 AM5:15 PM5:41 PM4:39 PM6:39 PM10 h 27 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 3%8:43 AM6:36 PM
May 196:22 AM6:48 AM5:14 PM5:40 PM4:39 PM6:39 PM10 h 26 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 8%9:50 AM7:46 PM
May 206:23 AM6:49 AM5:14 PM5:40 PM4:38 PM6:39 PM10 h 25 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 15%10:47 AM8:58 PM
May 216:23 AM6:49 AM5:13 PM5:39 PM4:38 PM6:38 PM10 h 24 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 23%11:34 AM10:09 PM
May 226:24 AM6:50 AM5:13 PM5:39 PM4:37 PM6:38 PM10 h 23 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 32%12:13 PM11:15 PM
May 236:25 AM6:51 AM5:12 PM5:39 PM4:37 PM6:37 PM10 h 21 min-2.0 minFirst quarter 1:11 PM12:45 PM
May 246:25 AM6:51 AM5:12 PM5:38 PM4:36 PM6:37 PM10 h 21 min+0.0 minFirst quarter, 53%1:14 PM12:18 AM
May 256:26 AM6:52 AM5:11 PM5:38 PM4:36 PM6:37 PM10 h 19 min-2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 64%1:41 PM1:18 AM
May 266:26 AM6:53 AM5:11 PM5:37 PM4:35 PM6:37 PM10 h 18 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 74%2:08 PM2:15 AM
May 276:27 AM6:53 AM5:11 PM5:37 PM4:35 PM6:36 PM10 h 18 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 82%2:35 PM3:12 AM
May 286:27 AM6:54 AM5:10 PM5:37 PM4:34 PM6:36 PM10 h 16 min-2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 90%3:05 PM4:09 AM
May 296:28 AM6:54 AM5:10 PM5:36 PM4:34 PM6:36 PM10 h 16 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 95%3:38 PM5:07 AM
May 306:28 AM6:55 AM5:10 PM5:36 PM4:33 PM6:36 PM10 h 15 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 99%4:16 PM6:05 AM
May 316:29 AM6:55 AM5:09 PM5:36 PM4:33 PM6:35 PM10 h 14 min-1.0 minFull moon 10:46 AM4:59 PM7:02 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.