Sunrise and sunset in Queenstown

Queenstown Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026

Local time (GMT+2)

Day length goes from 10 h 51 min on May 1 to 10 h 12 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 6:44 AM to 7:04 AM and sunset from 5:35 PM to 5:16 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 16:19 AM6:44 AM5:35 PM6:00 PM5:01 PM6:58 PM10 h 51 minFull moon 7:24 PM5:10 PM6:23 AM
May 26:19 AM6:45 AM5:34 PM5:59 PM5:00 PM6:57 PM10 h 49 min-2.0 minFull moon, 100%5:44 PM7:22 AM
May 36:20 AM6:46 AM5:33 PM5:58 PM4:59 PM6:56 PM10 h 47 min-2.0 minWaning gibbous, 98%6:24 PM8:20 AM
May 46:21 AM6:46 AM5:32 PM5:57 PM4:58 PM6:55 PM10 h 46 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%7:08 PM9:18 AM
May 56:21 AM6:47 AM5:31 PM5:57 PM4:57 PM6:54 PM10 h 44 min-2.0 minWaning gibbous, 87%7:58 PM10:12 AM
May 66:22 AM6:48 AM5:30 PM5:56 PM4:56 PM6:54 PM10 h 42 min-2.0 minWaning gibbous, 79%8:53 PM11:02 AM
May 76:23 AM6:48 AM5:30 PM5:55 PM4:55 PM6:53 PM10 h 42 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 70%9:51 PM11:46 AM
May 86:23 AM6:49 AM5:29 PM5:54 PM4:54 PM6:52 PM10 h 40 min-2.0 minWaning gibbous, 60%10:50 PM12:25 PM
May 96:24 AM6:50 AM5:28 PM5:54 PM4:53 PM6:52 PM10 h 38 min-2.0 minLast quarter 11:11 PM11:50 PM12:59 PM
May 106:25 AM6:50 AM5:27 PM5:53 PM4:52 PM6:51 PM10 h 37 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 39%1:30 PM
May 116:25 AM6:51 AM5:26 PM5:52 PM4:51 PM6:50 PM10 h 35 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 29%12:50 AM1:59 PM
May 126:26 AM6:52 AM5:26 PM5:52 PM4:51 PM6:50 PM10 h 34 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 20%1:51 AM2:27 PM
May 136:27 AM6:52 AM5:25 PM5:51 PM4:50 PM6:49 PM10 h 33 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 12%2:54 AM2:56 PM
May 146:27 AM6:53 AM5:24 PM5:50 PM4:49 PM6:49 PM10 h 31 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 6%3:59 AM3:28 PM
May 156:28 AM6:54 AM5:24 PM5:50 PM4:48 PM6:48 PM10 h 30 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 2%5:09 AM4:05 PM
May 166:28 AM6:54 AM5:23 PM5:49 PM4:48 PM6:48 PM10 h 29 min-1.0 minNew moon 10:02 PM6:22 AM4:49 PM
May 176:29 AM6:55 AM5:22 PM5:48 PM4:47 PM6:47 PM10 h 27 min-2.0 minNew moon, 1%7:38 AM5:41 PM
May 186:30 AM6:56 AM5:22 PM5:48 PM4:46 PM6:47 PM10 h 26 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 3%8:52 AM6:43 PM
May 196:30 AM6:56 AM5:21 PM5:47 PM4:46 PM6:46 PM10 h 25 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 8%9:59 AM7:53 PM
May 206:31 AM6:57 AM5:21 PM5:47 PM4:45 PM6:46 PM10 h 24 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 15%10:56 AM9:05 PM
May 216:32 AM6:58 AM5:20 PM5:46 PM4:44 PM6:45 PM10 h 22 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 23%11:43 AM10:16 PM
May 226:32 AM6:58 AM5:20 PM5:46 PM4:44 PM6:45 PM10 h 22 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 32%12:21 PM11:23 PM
May 236:33 AM6:59 AM5:19 PM5:46 PM4:43 PM6:45 PM10 h 20 min-2.0 minFirst quarter 1:11 PM12:54 PM
May 246:33 AM7:00 AM5:19 PM5:45 PM4:43 PM6:44 PM10 h 19 min-1.0 minFirst quarter, 53%1:22 PM12:26 AM
May 256:34 AM7:00 AM5:18 PM5:45 PM4:42 PM6:44 PM10 h 18 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 64%1:49 PM1:26 AM
May 266:34 AM7:01 AM5:18 PM5:44 PM4:42 PM6:44 PM10 h 17 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 74%2:15 PM2:23 AM
May 276:35 AM7:01 AM5:18 PM5:44 PM4:41 PM6:44 PM10 h 17 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 82%2:43 PM3:20 AM
May 286:36 AM7:02 AM5:17 PM5:44 PM4:41 PM6:43 PM10 h 15 min-2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 90%3:12 PM4:18 AM
May 296:36 AM7:03 AM5:17 PM5:44 PM4:41 PM6:43 PM10 h 14 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 95%3:45 PM5:15 AM
May 306:37 AM7:03 AM5:17 PM5:43 PM4:40 PM6:43 PM10 h 14 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 99%4:23 PM6:14 AM
May 316:37 AM7:04 AM5:16 PM5:43 PM4:40 PM6:43 PM10 h 12 min-2.0 minFull moon 10:46 AM5:06 PM7:11 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.