Kitwe Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026
Day length goes from 11 h 39 min on May 1 to 11 h 26 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 6:15 AM to 6:22 AM and sunset from 5:54 PM to 5:48 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.
| Date | Dawn | Sunrise | Sunset | Dusk | Golden hour | Full dark | Day length | Change | Moon | Moonrise | Moonset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 5:53 AM | 6:15 AM | 5:54 PM | 6:16 PM | 5:24 PM | 7:06 PM | 11 h 39 min | Full moon 7:24 PM | 5:37 PM | 5:49 AM | |
| May 2 | 5:53 AM | 6:15 AM | 5:53 PM | 6:15 PM | 5:24 PM | 7:06 PM | 11 h 38 min | -1.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 6:19 PM | 6:39 AM |
| May 3 | 5:53 AM | 6:15 AM | 5:53 PM | 6:15 PM | 5:24 PM | 7:05 PM | 11 h 38 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 98% | 7:05 PM | 7:30 AM |
| May 4 | 5:53 AM | 6:15 AM | 5:52 PM | 6:14 PM | 5:23 PM | 7:05 PM | 11 h 37 min | -1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 93% | 7:53 PM | 8:23 AM |
| May 5 | 5:53 AM | 6:16 AM | 5:52 PM | 6:14 PM | 5:23 PM | 7:05 PM | 11 h 36 min | -1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 87% | 8:44 PM | 9:15 AM |
| May 6 | 5:54 AM | 6:16 AM | 5:52 PM | 6:14 PM | 5:22 PM | 7:05 PM | 11 h 36 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 79% | 9:37 PM | 10:06 AM |
| May 7 | 5:54 AM | 6:16 AM | 5:51 PM | 6:14 PM | 5:22 PM | 7:04 PM | 11 h 35 min | -1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 70% | 10:29 PM | 10:54 AM |
| May 8 | 5:54 AM | 6:16 AM | 5:51 PM | 6:13 PM | 5:22 PM | 7:04 PM | 11 h 35 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 60% | 11:21 PM | 11:40 AM |
| May 9 | 5:54 AM | 6:16 AM | 5:51 PM | 6:13 PM | 5:21 PM | 7:04 PM | 11 h 35 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter 11:11 PM | 12:22 PM | |
| May 10 | 5:54 AM | 6:17 AM | 5:50 PM | 6:13 PM | 5:21 PM | 7:04 PM | 11 h 33 min | -2.0 min | Waning crescent, 39% | 12:12 AM | 1:02 PM |
| May 11 | 5:55 AM | 6:17 AM | 5:50 PM | 6:12 PM | 5:21 PM | 7:04 PM | 11 h 33 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 29% | 1:02 AM | 1:41 PM |
| May 12 | 5:55 AM | 6:17 AM | 5:50 PM | 6:12 PM | 5:20 PM | 7:03 PM | 11 h 33 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 20% | 1:53 AM | 2:20 PM |
| May 13 | 5:55 AM | 6:17 AM | 5:50 PM | 6:12 PM | 5:20 PM | 7:03 PM | 11 h 33 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 12% | 2:44 AM | 3:00 PM |
| May 14 | 5:55 AM | 6:17 AM | 5:49 PM | 6:12 PM | 5:20 PM | 7:03 PM | 11 h 32 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 6% | 3:39 AM | 3:43 PM |
| May 15 | 5:55 AM | 6:18 AM | 5:49 PM | 6:12 PM | 5:19 PM | 7:03 PM | 11 h 31 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 2% | 4:37 AM | 4:31 PM |
| May 16 | 5:56 AM | 6:18 AM | 5:49 PM | 6:11 PM | 5:19 PM | 7:03 PM | 11 h 31 min | +0.0 min | New moon 10:02 PM | 5:39 AM | 5:24 PM |
| May 17 | 5:56 AM | 6:18 AM | 5:49 PM | 6:11 PM | 5:19 PM | 7:03 PM | 11 h 31 min | +0.0 min | New moon, 1% | 6:46 AM | 6:24 PM |
| May 18 | 5:56 AM | 6:18 AM | 5:49 PM | 6:11 PM | 5:19 PM | 7:03 PM | 11 h 31 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 3% | 7:55 AM | 7:30 PM |
| May 19 | 5:56 AM | 6:19 AM | 5:48 PM | 6:11 PM | 5:18 PM | 7:03 PM | 11 h 29 min | -2.0 min | Waxing crescent, 8% | 9:02 AM | 8:37 PM |
| May 20 | 5:56 AM | 6:19 AM | 5:48 PM | 6:11 PM | 5:18 PM | 7:03 PM | 11 h 29 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 15% | 10:04 AM | 9:43 PM |
| May 21 | 5:57 AM | 6:19 AM | 5:48 PM | 6:11 PM | 5:18 PM | 7:03 PM | 11 h 29 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 23% | 10:59 AM | 10:45 PM |
| May 22 | 5:57 AM | 6:20 AM | 5:48 PM | 6:11 PM | 5:18 PM | 7:03 PM | 11 h 28 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 32% | 11:47 AM | 11:41 PM |
| May 23 | 5:57 AM | 6:20 AM | 5:48 PM | 6:11 PM | 5:18 PM | 7:03 PM | 11 h 28 min | +0.0 min | First quarter 1:11 PM | 12:30 PM | |
| May 24 | 5:57 AM | 6:20 AM | 5:48 PM | 6:10 PM | 5:18 PM | 7:03 PM | 11 h 28 min | +0.0 min | First quarter, 53% | 1:09 PM | 12:34 AM |
| May 25 | 5:58 AM | 6:20 AM | 5:48 PM | 6:10 PM | 5:17 PM | 7:03 PM | 11 h 28 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 64% | 1:46 PM | 1:23 AM |
| May 26 | 5:58 AM | 6:21 AM | 5:48 PM | 6:10 PM | 5:17 PM | 7:03 PM | 11 h 27 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 74% | 2:22 PM | 2:11 AM |
| May 27 | 5:58 AM | 6:21 AM | 5:48 PM | 6:10 PM | 5:17 PM | 7:03 PM | 11 h 27 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 82% | 2:58 PM | 2:58 AM |
| May 28 | 5:58 AM | 6:21 AM | 5:48 PM | 6:10 PM | 5:17 PM | 7:03 PM | 11 h 27 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 90% | 3:37 PM | 3:46 AM |
| May 29 | 5:59 AM | 6:22 AM | 5:48 PM | 6:10 PM | 5:17 PM | 7:03 PM | 11 h 26 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 95% | 4:18 PM | 4:35 AM |
| May 30 | 5:59 AM | 6:22 AM | 5:48 PM | 6:10 PM | 5:17 PM | 7:03 PM | 11 h 26 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 99% | 5:02 PM | 5:26 AM |
| May 31 | 5:59 AM | 6:22 AM | 5:48 PM | 6:10 PM | 5:17 PM | 7:03 PM | 11 h 26 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 10:46 AM | 5:49 PM | 6:18 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.