Sunrise and sunset times in Asheville, NC
Check out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Asheville, NC, United States, as well as the whole calendar for May 2026.
Today
May 12, 2026 . Current time: 3:16:04 pm
First light at 5:59:18 am
Sunrise time: 6:26:02 am
Sunset time: 8:27:06 pm
Last light at 8:53:50 pm
Day length: 14 hours, 1 minute
5 hours, 11 minutes left for today's sunset in Asheville
Moon set on May 12 at 02:58 PM
Moon will rise on May 13 at 03:08 AMMoon phase: 🌘 Waning Crescent (21%)Tomorrow
May 13, 2026
First light at 5:58:24 am
Sunrise time: 6:25:12 am
Sunset time: 8:27:55 pm
Last light at 8:54:43 pm
Day length: 14 hours, 2 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 2 minutes longer than today in Asheville
Moon will rise on May 13 at 03:08 AM Moon will set on May 13 at 04:05 PMMoon phase: 🌘 Waning Crescent (10%)
- Asheville, North Carolina
- Latitude: 35.595058
- Longitude: -82.551491
- Time zone: Eastern Time EDT
Shortest day in Asheville, NC
The shortest day of the year will be in 8 months, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 9 hours and 47 minutes.Longest day in Asheville, NC
The longest day of the year will be in 1 month and 7 days, during the summer solstice on June 20, 2026, with a daylight length of 14 hours and 37 minutes.
May 2026 - Asheville, North Carolina - Sunrise and sunset calendar
Sunrise and sunset times, civil twilight start and end times as well as solar noon, and day length for every day of May in Asheville.
The day length increases by 45 minutes over the course of May 2026 in Asheville, NC - from 13 hours, 41 minutes on the first day to 14 hours, 26 minutes on the last day.
| Day | Twilight Start | Sunrise | Sunset | Twilight End | Day Length | Day Length Variation | Solar Noon
Time of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.
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Max Sun Altitude | Nautical Twilight Start | Nautical Twilight End | Astronomical Twilight Start | Astronomical Twilight End | Night Length
Calculated form this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.
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Moon phase |
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| Fri, May 1 | 6:10:38 am | 6:36:35 am | 8:17:58 pm | 8:43:55 pm | 13h 41m 23s | 13h 41m 23s | 1:27:17 pm | 50.8° | 5:37:44 am | 9:16:49 pm | 5:02:58 am | 9:51:35 pm | 10h 17m 33s | 🌕 (100%) |
| Sat, May 2 | 6:09:30 am | 6:35:31 am | 8:18:49 pm | 8:44:50 pm | 13h 43m 18s | 1m 55s | 1:27:10 pm | 51.1° | 5:36:29 am | 9:17:51 pm | 5:01:34 am | 9:52:46 pm | 10h 15m 40s | 🌖 (100%) |
| Sun, May 3 | 6:08:23 am | 6:34:29 am | 8:19:39 pm | 8:45:44 pm | 13h 45m 10s | 1m 52s | 1:27:04 pm | 51.4° | 5:35:15 am | 9:18:52 pm | 5:00:10 am | 9:53:57 pm | 10h 13m 48s | 🌖 (98%) |
| Mon, May 4 | 6:07:18 am | 6:33:27 am | 8:20:29 pm | 8:46:38 pm | 13h 47m 2s | 1m 52s | 1:26:58 pm | 51.7° | 5:34:03 am | 9:19:53 pm | 4:58:47 am | 9:55:09 pm | 10h 11m 58s | 🌖 (95%) |
| Tue, May 5 | 6:06:13 am | 6:32:27 am | 8:21:19 pm | 8:47:33 pm | 13h 48m 52s | 1m 50s | 1:26:53 pm | 52° | 5:32:51 am | 9:20:55 pm | 4:57:26 am | 9:56:21 pm | 10h 10m 9s | 🌖 (89%) |
| Wed, May 6 | 6:05:10 am | 6:31:28 am | 8:22:09 pm | 8:48:27 pm | 13h 50m 41s | 1m 49s | 1:26:49 pm | 52.3° | 5:31:41 am | 9:21:56 pm | 4:56:05 am | 9:57:32 pm | 10h 8m 21s | 🌖 (83%) |
| Thu, May 7 | 6:04:08 am | 6:30:30 am | 8:22:59 pm | 8:49:21 pm | 13h 52m 29s | 1m 48s | 1:26:45 pm | 52.6° | 5:30:32 am | 9:22:57 pm | 4:54:46 am | 9:58:44 pm | 10h 6m 35s | 🌖 (75%) |
| Fri, May 8 | 6:03:07 am | 6:29:34 am | 8:23:49 pm | 8:50:15 pm | 13h 54m 15s | 1m 46s | 1:26:41 pm | 52.8° | 5:29:24 am | 9:23:59 pm | 4:53:27 am | 9:59:55 pm | 10h 4m 50s | 🌖 (67%) |
| Sat, May 9 | 6:02:08 am | 6:28:39 am | 8:24:38 pm | 8:51:09 pm | 13h 55m 59s | 1m 44s | 1:26:39 pm | 53.1° | 5:28:18 am | 9:25:00 pm | 4:52:10 am | 10:01:07 pm | 10h 3m 7s | 🌖 (57%) |
| Sun, May 10 | 6:01:10 am | 6:27:45 am | 8:25:28 pm | 8:52:03 pm | 13h 57m 43s | 1m 44s | 1:26:36 pm | 53.4° | 5:27:12 am | 9:26:01 pm | 4:50:54 am | 10:02:19 pm | 10h 1m 25s | 🌗 (47%) |
| Mon, May 11 | 6:00:13 am | 6:26:53 am | 8:26:17 pm | 8:52:57 pm | 13h 59m 24s | 1m 41s | 1:26:35 pm | 53.6° | 5:26:08 am | 9:27:01 pm | 4:49:40 am | 10:03:30 pm | 9h 59m 45s | 🌘 (37%) |
| Tue, May 12 | 5:59:18 am | 6:26:02 am | 8:27:06 pm | 8:53:50 pm | 14h 1m 4s | 1m 40s | 1:26:34 pm | 53.9° | 5:25:06 am | 9:28:02 pm | 4:48:27 am | 10:04:41 pm | 9h 58m 6s | 🌘 (27%) |
| Wed, May 13 | 5:58:24 am | 6:25:12 am | 8:27:55 pm | 8:54:43 pm | 14h 2m 43s | 1m 39s | 1:26:33 pm | 54.1° | 5:24:05 am | 9:29:02 pm | 4:47:15 am | 10:05:52 pm | 9h 56m 29s | 🌘 (18%) |
| Thu, May 14 | 5:57:31 am | 6:24:24 am | 8:28:43 pm | 8:55:36 pm | 14h 4m 19s | 1m 36s | 1:26:33 pm | 54.3° | 5:23:05 am | 9:30:02 pm | 4:46:05 am | 10:07:02 pm | 9h 54m 54s | 🌘 (10%) |
| Fri, May 15 | 5:56:40 am | 6:23:37 am | 8:29:31 pm | 8:56:28 pm | 14h 5m 54s | 1m 35s | 1:26:34 pm | 54.6° | 5:22:07 am | 9:31:02 pm | 4:44:56 am | 10:08:12 pm | 9h 53m 21s | 🌘 (4%) |
| Sat, May 16 | 5:55:50 am | 6:22:52 am | 8:30:19 pm | 8:57:20 pm | 14h 7m 27s | 1m 33s | 1:26:35 pm | 54.8° | 5:21:10 am | 9:32:01 pm | 4:43:49 am | 10:09:22 pm | 9h 51m 49s | 🌘 (1%) |
| Sun, May 17 | 5:55:02 am | 6:22:08 am | 8:31:07 pm | 8:58:12 pm | 14h 8m 59s | 1m 32s | 1:26:37 pm | 55° | 5:20:15 am | 9:32:59 pm | 4:42:43 am | 10:10:31 pm | 9h 50m 18s | 🌑 (0%) |
| Mon, May 18 | 5:54:16 am | 6:21:25 am | 8:31:54 pm | 8:59:03 pm | 14h 10m 29s | 1m 30s | 1:26:39 pm | 55.3° | 5:19:21 am | 9:33:58 pm | 4:41:39 am | 10:11:40 pm | 9h 48m 50s | 🌒 (3%) |
| Tue, May 19 | 5:53:31 am | 6:20:44 am | 8:32:40 pm | 8:59:54 pm | 14h 11m 56s | 1m 27s | 1:26:42 pm | 55.5° | 5:18:29 am | 9:34:55 pm | 4:40:36 am | 10:12:48 pm | 9h 47m 25s | 🌒 (8%) |
| Wed, May 20 | 5:52:47 am | 6:20:05 am | 8:33:26 pm | 9:00:44 pm | 14h 13m 21s | 1m 25s | 1:26:46 pm | 55.7° | 5:17:39 am | 9:35:53 pm | 4:39:36 am | 10:13:56 pm | 9h 46m 1s | 🌒 (16%) |
| Thu, May 21 | 5:52:05 am | 6:19:27 am | 8:34:12 pm | 9:01:34 pm | 14h 14m 45s | 1m 24s | 1:26:50 pm | 55.9° | 5:16:50 am | 9:36:49 pm | 4:38:37 am | 10:15:03 pm | 9h 44m 39s | 🌒 (25%) |
| Fri, May 22 | 5:51:25 am | 6:18:51 am | 8:34:57 pm | 9:02:23 pm | 14h 16m 6s | 1m 21s | 1:26:54 pm | 56.1° | 5:16:04 am | 9:37:45 pm | 4:37:40 am | 10:16:09 pm | 9h 43m 20s | 🌒 (36%) |
| Sat, May 23 | 5:50:47 am | 6:18:17 am | 8:35:42 pm | 9:03:12 pm | 14h 17m 25s | 1m 19s | 1:26:59 pm | 56.3° | 5:15:18 am | 9:38:40 pm | 4:36:45 am | 10:17:14 pm | 9h 42m 2s | 🌓 (47%) |
| Sun, May 24 | 5:50:10 am | 6:17:44 am | 8:36:26 pm | 9:04:00 pm | 14h 18m 42s | 1m 17s | 1:27:05 pm | 56.5° | 5:14:35 am | 9:39:35 pm | 4:35:51 am | 10:18:18 pm | 9h 40m 46s | 🌔 (57%) |
| Mon, May 25 | 5:49:35 am | 6:17:12 am | 8:37:09 pm | 9:04:47 pm | 14h 19m 57s | 1m 15s | 1:27:11 pm | 56.6° | 5:13:54 am | 9:40:28 pm | 4:35:00 am | 10:19:22 pm | 9h 39m 34s | 🌔 (67%) |
| Tue, May 26 | 5:49:01 am | 6:16:43 am | 8:37:52 pm | 9:05:34 pm | 14h 21m 9s | 1m 12s | 1:27:17 pm | 56.8° | 5:13:14 am | 9:41:21 pm | 4:34:11 am | 10:20:24 pm | 9h 38m 23s | 🌔 (77%) |
| Wed, May 27 | 5:48:29 am | 6:16:15 am | 8:38:34 pm | 9:06:19 pm | 14h 22m 19s | 1m 10s | 1:27:24 pm | 57° | 5:12:36 am | 9:42:13 pm | 4:33:24 am | 10:21:25 pm | 9h 37m 14s | 🌔 (84%) |
| Thu, May 28 | 5:47:59 am | 6:15:48 am | 8:39:16 pm | 9:07:04 pm | 14h 23m 28s | 1m 9s | 1:27:32 pm | 57.1° | 5:12:00 am | 9:43:03 pm | 4:32:39 am | 10:22:25 pm | 9h 36m 7s | 🌔 (91%) |
| Fri, May 29 | 5:47:31 am | 6:15:23 am | 8:39:56 pm | 9:07:48 pm | 14h 24m 33s | 1m 5s | 1:27:40 pm | 57.3° | 5:11:26 am | 9:43:53 pm | 4:31:56 am | 10:23:24 pm | 9h 35m 4s | 🌔 (96%) |
| Sat, May 30 | 5:47:05 am | 6:15:00 am | 8:40:36 pm | 9:08:31 pm | 14h 25m 36s | 1m 3s | 1:27:48 pm | 57.4° | 5:10:54 am | 9:44:42 pm | 4:31:15 am | 10:24:21 pm | 9h 34m 3s | 🌔 (99%) |
| Sun, May 31 | 5:46:40 am | 6:14:39 am | 8:41:15 pm | 9:09:13 pm | 14h 26m 36s | 1m 0s | 1:27:57 pm | 57.6° | 5:10:24 am | 9:45:30 pm | 4:30:36 am | 10:25:17 pm | 9h 33m 4s | 🌕 (100%) |
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