Sun & moon over

San Francisco

Friday, May 15 · It's 4:26 PM in San Francisco (PDT · GMT-7)

Sunrise

6:01 AM

Day length

14h 12m

Sunset

8:13 PM

Waning Crescent

1% illuminated

Afternoon. The sun is descending.

Sun today
Sunrise
6:01 AM
Sunset
8:13 PM
Solar noon
1:07 PM
Day length
14h 12m

+1m 44s vs. yesterday

Civil

5:31 AM8:43 PM

Outdoor activities still possible without lights.

Nautical

4:55 AM9:19 PM

Horizon visible at sea; navigation by stars.

Astronomical

4:16 AM9:58 PM

Full astronomical darkness ends/begins.

Moon today

Waning Crescent · 1% illuminated

The moon is currently waning — shrinking toward new.

Moonrise
4:49 AM
Moonset
6:17 PM

Moonrise and moonset shift roughly 50 minutes later each day, so on some calendar days the moon does not rise (or does not set) before midnight local time — those cells appear as "—" in the monthly table below.

Sun & moon calendar — May 2026

Daily sunrise, sunset, day length, moonrise, moonset, and moon illumination for San Francisco.

DaySunriseSunsetLengthMoonriseMoonsetMoon
16:15 AM8:00 PM13h 46m7:34 PM5:58 AMFull Moon · 100%
26:13 AM8:01 PM13h 48m8:36 PM6:28 AMWaning Gibbous · 99%
36:12 AM8:02 PM13h 50m9:37 PM7:04 AMWaning Gibbous · 97%
46:11 AM8:03 PM13h 52m10:35 PM7:46 AMWaning Gibbous · 92%
56:10 AM8:04 PM13h 54m11:30 PM8:35 AMWaning Gibbous · 87%
66:09 AM8:05 PM13h 56m12:18 AM9:31 AMWaning Gibbous · 80%
76:08 AM8:06 PM13h 58m12:59 AM10:32 AMWaning Gibbous · 72%
86:07 AM8:07 PM14h 00m1:36 AM11:35 AMWaning Gibbous · 63%
96:06 AM8:08 PM14h 02m2:06 AM12:40 PMLast Quarter · 53%
106:05 AM8:09 PM14h 03m2:34 AM1:45 PMLast Quarter · 43%
116:04 AM8:10 PM14h 05m2:59 AM2:50 PMWaning Crescent · 32%
126:03 AM8:10 PM14h 07m3:25 AM3:57 PMWaning Crescent · 23%
136:02 AM8:11 PM14h 09m3:50 AMWaning Crescent · 14%
146:02 AM8:12 PM14h 11m4:17 AM5:06 PMWaning Crescent · 7%
156:01 AM8:13 PM14h 12m4:49 AM6:17 PMWaning Crescent · 3%
166:00 AM8:14 PM14h 14m5:26 AM7:32 PMNew Moon · 0%
175:59 AM8:15 PM14h 16m6:11 AM8:48 PMNew Moon · 1%
185:58 AM8:16 PM14h 17m7:08 AM10:02 PMWaxing Crescent · 4%
195:58 AM8:17 PM14h 19m8:14 AM11:08 PMWaxing Crescent · 10%
205:57 AM8:17 PM14h 21m9:28 AM12:04 AMWaxing Crescent · 18%
215:56 AM8:18 PM14h 22m10:43 AM12:50 AMWaxing Crescent · 28%
225:56 AM8:19 PM14h 24m11:55 AM1:26 AMWaxing Crescent · 39%
235:55 AM8:20 PM14h 25m1:06 PM1:57 AMFirst Quarter · 50%
245:54 AM8:21 PM14h 26m2:12 PM2:23 AMWaxing Gibbous · 61%
255:54 AM8:21 PM14h 28m3:17 PM2:47 AMWaxing Gibbous · 71%
265:53 AM8:22 PM14h 29m4:20 PM3:10 AMWaxing Gibbous · 80%
275:53 AM8:23 PM14h 30m3:34 AMWaxing Gibbous · 87%
285:52 AM8:24 PM14h 32m5:23 PM4:00 AMWaxing Gibbous · 93%
295:52 AM8:24 PM14h 33m6:25 PM4:28 AMWaxing Gibbous · 97%
305:51 AM8:25 PM14h 34m7:27 PM5:03 AMFull Moon · 99%
315:51 AM8:26 PM14h 35m8:26 PM5:42 AMFull Moon · 100%

About these times

Sunrise and sunset mark the moments the upper limb of the sun crosses the horizon at sea level for San Francisco's coordinates. The actual perceived sunrise can vary slightly depending on local elevation, terrain, and atmospheric refraction.

Civil twilight is the period before sunrise and after sunset when the sun is between 0° and 6° below the horizon — there's still enough light for outdoor activities without artificial lighting. Nautical twilight runs to 12° below; the horizon is still visible at sea for navigation. Astronomical twilight runs to 18° below, after which the sky is fully dark for astronomical observation.

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