Sunrise and sunset in Soweto

Soweto Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026

Local time (GMT+2)

Day length goes from 11 h 07 min on May 1 to 10 h 36 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 6:32 AM to 6:48 AM and sunset from 5:39 PM to 5:24 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 16:08 AM6:32 AM5:39 PM6:03 PM5:07 PM6:57 PM11 h 07 minFull moon 7:24 PM5:17 PM6:10 AM
May 26:09 AM6:33 AM5:38 PM6:02 PM5:06 PM6:56 PM11 h 05 min-2.0 minFull moon, 100%5:54 PM7:05 AM
May 36:09 AM6:33 AM5:37 PM6:01 PM5:05 PM6:56 PM11 h 04 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 98%6:35 PM8:02 AM
May 46:10 AM6:34 AM5:36 PM6:00 PM5:04 PM6:55 PM11 h 02 min-2.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%7:21 PM8:57 AM
May 56:10 AM6:34 AM5:36 PM6:00 PM5:03 PM6:55 PM11 h 02 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 87%8:11 PM9:51 AM
May 66:11 AM6:35 AM5:35 PM5:59 PM5:03 PM6:54 PM11 h 00 min-2.0 minWaning gibbous, 79%9:05 PM10:41 AM
May 76:11 AM6:36 AM5:34 PM5:59 PM5:02 PM6:54 PM10 h 58 min-2.0 minWaning gibbous, 70%10:01 PM11:27 AM
May 86:12 AM6:36 AM5:34 PM5:58 PM5:01 PM6:53 PM10 h 58 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 60%10:58 PM12:08 PM
May 96:12 AM6:37 AM5:33 PM5:57 PM5:01 PM6:53 PM10 h 56 min-2.0 minLast quarter 11:11 PM11:55 PM12:44 PM
May 106:13 AM6:37 AM5:33 PM5:57 PM5:00 PM6:52 PM10 h 56 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 39%1:18 PM
May 116:13 AM6:38 AM5:32 PM5:56 PM4:59 PM6:52 PM10 h 54 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 29%12:52 AM1:51 PM
May 126:14 AM6:38 AM5:31 PM5:56 PM4:59 PM6:51 PM10 h 53 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 20%1:49 AM2:22 PM
May 136:14 AM6:39 AM5:31 PM5:55 PM4:58 PM6:51 PM10 h 52 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 12%2:48 AM2:55 PM
May 146:15 AM6:39 AM5:30 PM5:55 PM4:57 PM6:50 PM10 h 51 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 6%3:50 AM3:31 PM
May 156:15 AM6:40 AM5:30 PM5:54 PM4:57 PM6:50 PM10 h 50 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 2%4:56 AM4:11 PM
May 166:16 AM6:40 AM5:29 PM5:54 PM4:56 PM6:49 PM10 h 49 min-1.0 minNew moon 10:02 PM6:06 AM4:58 PM
May 176:16 AM6:41 AM5:29 PM5:53 PM4:56 PM6:49 PM10 h 48 min-1.0 minNew moon, 1%7:19 AM5:53 PM
May 186:17 AM6:41 AM5:28 PM5:53 PM4:55 PM6:49 PM10 h 47 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 3%8:31 AM6:56 PM
May 196:17 AM6:42 AM5:28 PM5:53 PM4:55 PM6:48 PM10 h 46 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 8%9:38 AM8:05 PM
May 206:18 AM6:42 AM5:28 PM5:52 PM4:54 PM6:48 PM10 h 46 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 15%10:37 AM9:15 PM
May 216:18 AM6:43 AM5:27 PM5:52 PM4:54 PM6:48 PM10 h 44 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 23%11:26 AM10:23 PM
May 226:19 AM6:43 AM5:27 PM5:52 PM4:53 PM6:48 PM10 h 44 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 32%12:08 PM11:27 PM
May 236:19 AM6:44 AM5:26 PM5:51 PM4:53 PM6:47 PM10 h 42 min-2.0 minFirst quarter 1:11 PM12:44 PM
May 246:20 AM6:45 AM5:26 PM5:51 PM4:53 PM6:47 PM10 h 41 min-1.0 minFirst quarter, 53%1:16 PM12:26 AM
May 256:20 AM6:45 AM5:26 PM5:51 PM4:52 PM6:47 PM10 h 41 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 64%1:46 PM1:23 AM
May 266:21 AM6:46 AM5:26 PM5:50 PM4:52 PM6:47 PM10 h 40 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 74%2:15 PM2:17 AM
May 276:21 AM6:46 AM5:25 PM5:50 PM4:52 PM6:47 PM10 h 39 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 82%2:45 PM3:11 AM
May 286:22 AM6:47 AM5:25 PM5:50 PM4:51 PM6:46 PM10 h 38 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 90%3:18 PM4:05 AM
May 296:22 AM6:47 AM5:25 PM5:50 PM4:51 PM6:46 PM10 h 38 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 95%3:54 PM5:00 AM
May 306:23 AM6:47 AM5:25 PM5:50 PM4:51 PM6:46 PM10 h 38 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 99%4:33 PM5:56 AM
May 316:23 AM6:48 AM5:24 PM5:49 PM4:50 PM6:46 PM10 h 36 min-2.0 minFull moon 10:46 AM5:18 PM6:51 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.