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SkyWatch: May 2026
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Dates and times are Universal Time |
Location Information for Rise/Set times
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Sun Information
Currently (Tue, 2026 May 12 00:11 UT)
RA 03 13 59.5Dec +17 59 09.0
X 0.636520
Y 0.719594
Z 0.311928
R 1.010085
Local time for sunrise/sunset/twilight
Nautical Twilight (NT): Sun 12º below horizon
Astronomical Twilight (AT): Sun 18º below horizon
| Local Date | AT Start | NT Start | CT Start | Sun Rise | Sun Set | CT End | NT End | AT End |
| 2026 May 11 | 03:02 | 03:42 | 04:18 | 04:48 | 19:02 | 19:31 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| 2026 May 12 | 03:00 | 03:40 | 04:17 | 04:47 | 19:03 | 19:32 | 20:09 | 20:50 |
| 2026 May 13 | 02:59 | 03:39 | 04:16 | 04:46 | 19:04 | 19:34 | 20:10 | 20:51 |
Moon Information
Currently (Tue, 2026 May 12 00:11 UT)
RA 23 08 50.2Selected Positions for May 2026
Dec -04 27 54.9
Phase -0.285 (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 0.960 degrees
Diameter 31.39 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 61WLocal time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set 2026 May 11 01:48 07:31 13:38 2026 May 12 02:12 08:16 14:48 2026 May 13 02:36 09:03 16:03 Phases for 2026
New First Full Last
Nov 20 2025 06:48 Nov 28 2025 07:00 Dec 04 2025 23:15 Dec 11 2025 20:52
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Dec 20 2025 01:44 Dec 27 2025 19:11 Jan 03 2026 10:04 Jan 10 2026 15:49
Jan 18 2026 19:53 Jan 26 2026 04:48 Feb 01 2026 22:10 Feb 09 2026 12:44
Feb 17 2026 12:02 Feb 24 2026 12:28 Mar 03 2026 11:39 Mar 11 2026 09:39
Mar 19 2026 01:24 Mar 25 2026 19:18 Apr 02 2026 02:12 Apr 10 2026 04:52
Apr 17 2026 11:52 Apr 24 2026 02:32 May 01 2026 17:24 May 09 2026 21:11
May 16 2026 20:01 May 23 2026 11:12 May 31 2026 08:45 Jun 08 2026 10:01
Jun 15 2026 02:54 Jun 21 2026 21:56 Jun 29 2026 23:57 Jul 07 2026 19:30
Jul 14 2026 09:44 Jul 21 2026 11:06 Jul 29 2026 14:36 Aug 06 2026 02:22
Aug 12 2026 17:37 Aug 20 2026 02:47 Aug 28 2026 04:19 Sep 04 2026 07:52
Sep 11 2026 03:27 Sep 18 2026 20:44 Sep 26 2026 16:49 Oct 03 2026 13:26
Oct 10 2026 15:50 Oct 18 2026 16:13 Oct 26 2026 04:12 Nov 01 2026 20:29
Nov 09 2026 07:02 Nov 17 2026 11:48 Nov 24 2026 14:54 Dec 01 2026 06:09
Dec 09 2026 00:52 Dec 17 2026 05:43 Dec 24 2026 01:29 Dec 30 2026 19:00
Jan 07 2027 20:25 Jan 15 2027 20:35 Jan 22 2027 12:18 Jan 29 2027 10:56Planet Information
Currently (Tue, 2026 May 12 00:11 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun 03 13 59.5 +17 59 09.0
Opposition 15 13 59.5 -17 59 09.0 180E 18:58 23:53 04:48
Mercury 03 01 46.7 +16 50 50.7 3W 04:47 11:40 18:35
Venus 05 21 16.5 +24 29 32.9 30E 06:37 14:00 21:24
Mars 01 31 34.8 +08 42 27.8 27W 03:47 10:11 16:36
Jupiter 07 27 39.2 +22 18 37.1 59E 08:54 16:07 23:20
Saturn 00 40 08.4 +01 55 46.6 41W 03:18 09:21 15:23
Uranus 03 53 39.2 +20 06 04.0 10E 05:29 12:34 19:38
Neptune 00 13 56.1 +00 03 49.5 48W 02:58 08:55 14:51
Pluto 20 34 13.0 -22 56 14.3 106W 00:24 05:04 09:35
May 01 2026 May 16 2026 May 31 2026
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Sun 02 31 28.0 +14 53 59.4 03 29 44.9 +18 57 48.3 05 36 08.3 +23 19 21.5
Opposition 14 31 28.0 -14 53 59.4 180E 15 29 44.9 -18 57 48.3 180E 17 36 08.3 -23 19 21.5 180E
Mercury 01 37 48.3 +08 06 34.7 15W 03 36 25.0 +19 45 20.6 2E 07 22 57.8 +23 03 22.7 25E
Venus 04 24 00.2 +22 30 53.8 28E 05 42 20.4 +24 52 18.7 31E 08 21 30.4 +21 33 10.3 38E
Mars 01 00 22.8 +05 28 48.7 24W 01 42 58.0 +09 50 07.5 27W 03 12 24.4 +17 23 38.7 34W
Jupiter 07 20 35.2 +22 32 18.8 68E 07 30 26.7 +22 12 52.5 56E 07 55 04.7 +21 14 17.0 32E
Saturn 00 35 41.9 +01 29 05.6 32W 00 41 40.2 +02 04 49.1 44W 00 51 28.0 +02 59 52.5 72W
Uranus 03 51 03.1 +19 58 03.7 20E 03 54 37.1 +20 08 59.6 6E 04 02 03.8 +20 30 45.6 22W
Neptune 00 12 43.6 -00 03 35.5 37W 00 14 20.1 +00 06 14.8 51W 00 16 33.2 +00 19 01.5 81W
Pluto 20 34 10.8 -22 54 07.2 95W 20 34 10.2 -22 57 12.4 110W 20 32 51.2 -23 07 38.7 140W