Sunrise and sunset times in Highlands, NC
Check out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Highlands, NC, United States, as well as the whole calendar for May 2026.
Today
May 22, 2026 . Current time: 2:53:16 pm
First light at 5:55:34 am
Sunrise time: 6:22:45 am
Sunset time: 8:36:13 pm
Last light at 9:03:25 pm
Day length: 14 hours, 13 minutes
5 hours, 42 minutes left for today's sunset in Highlands
Moon rose on May 22 at 11:27 AM
Moon will set on May 23 at 01:11 AMMoon phase: 🌒 Waxing Crescent (43%)Tomorrow
May 23, 2026
First light at 5:54:56 am
Sunrise time: 6:22:11 am
Sunset time: 8:36:57 pm
Last light at 9:04:12 pm
Day length: 14 hours, 14 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 1 minute longer than today in Highlands
Moon will set on May 23 at 01:11 AM Moon will rise on May 23 at 12:32 PMMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (57%)
- Highlands, North Carolina
- Latitude: 35.052589
- Longitude: -83.196815
- Time zone: Eastern Time EDT
Shortest day in Highlands, NC
The shortest day of the year will be in 7 months, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 9 hours and 50 minutes.Longest day in Highlands, NC
The longest day of the year will be in 28 days, during the summer solstice on June 20, 2026, with a daylight length of 14 hours and 33 minutes.
May 2026 - Highlands, 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 Highlands.
The day length increases by 44 minutes over the course of May 2026 in Highlands, NC - from 13 hours, 39 minutes on the first day to 14 hours, 23 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 | 6:14:22 am | 6:40:06 am | 8:19:36 pm | 8:45:21 pm | 13h 39m 30s | 13h 39m 30s | 1:29:51 pm | 50.3° | 5:41:46 am | 9:17:57 pm | 5:07:23 am | 9:52:19 pm | 10h 19m 28s | 🌕 (100%) |
| Sat, May 2 | 6:13:16 am | 6:39:04 am | 8:20:26 pm | 8:46:14 pm | 13h 41m 22s | 1m 52s | 1:29:45 pm | 50.6° | 5:40:33 am | 9:18:57 pm | 5:06:01 am | 9:53:29 pm | 10h 17m 37s | 🌖 (100%) |
| Sun, May 3 | 6:12:10 am | 6:38:03 am | 8:21:15 pm | 8:47:07 pm | 13h 43m 12s | 1m 50s | 1:29:39 pm | 50.9° | 5:39:21 am | 9:19:57 pm | 5:04:39 am | 9:54:38 pm | 10h 15m 47s | 🌖 (98%) |
| Mon, May 4 | 6:11:06 am | 6:37:02 am | 8:22:04 pm | 8:48:00 pm | 13h 45m 2s | 1m 50s | 1:29:33 pm | 51.2° | 5:38:09 am | 9:20:57 pm | 5:03:18 am | 9:55:48 pm | 10h 13m 59s | 🌖 (95%) |
| Tue, May 5 | 6:10:03 am | 6:36:03 am | 8:22:53 pm | 8:48:53 pm | 13h 46m 50s | 1m 48s | 1:29:28 pm | 51.5° | 5:36:59 am | 9:21:57 pm | 5:01:58 am | 9:56:58 pm | 10h 12m 13s | 🌖 (89%) |
| Wed, May 6 | 6:09:01 am | 6:35:06 am | 8:23:41 pm | 8:49:46 pm | 13h 48m 35s | 1m 45s | 1:29:24 pm | 51.7° | 5:35:51 am | 9:22:56 pm | 5:00:40 am | 9:58:07 pm | 10h 10m 28s | 🌖 (83%) |
| Thu, May 7 | 6:08:00 am | 6:34:09 am | 8:24:30 pm | 8:50:39 pm | 13h 50m 21s | 1m 46s | 1:29:20 pm | 52° | 5:34:43 am | 9:23:56 pm | 4:59:22 am | 9:59:17 pm | 10h 8m 44s | 🌖 (75%) |
| Fri, May 8 | 6:07:00 am | 6:33:14 am | 8:25:19 pm | 8:51:32 pm | 13h 52m 5s | 1m 44s | 1:29:16 pm | 52.3° | 5:33:37 am | 9:24:56 pm | 4:58:06 am | 10:00:27 pm | 10h 7m 1s | 🌖 (67%) |
| Sat, May 9 | 6:06:02 am | 6:32:20 am | 8:26:07 pm | 8:52:25 pm | 13h 53m 47s | 1m 42s | 1:29:14 pm | 52.6° | 5:32:31 am | 9:25:56 pm | 4:56:50 am | 10:01:37 pm | 10h 5m 20s | 🌖 (57%) |
| Sun, May 10 | 6:05:05 am | 6:31:27 am | 8:26:56 pm | 8:53:18 pm | 13h 55m 29s | 1m 42s | 1:29:11 pm | 52.8° | 5:31:28 am | 9:26:55 pm | 4:55:36 am | 10:02:46 pm | 10h 3m 40s | 🌗 (47%) |
| Mon, May 11 | 6:04:09 am | 6:30:36 am | 8:27:44 pm | 8:54:10 pm | 13h 57m 8s | 1m 39s | 1:29:10 pm | 53.1° | 5:30:25 am | 9:27:55 pm | 4:54:24 am | 10:03:56 pm | 10h 2m 2s | 🌘 (37%) |
| Tue, May 12 | 6:03:15 am | 6:29:46 am | 8:28:32 pm | 8:55:02 pm | 13h 58m 46s | 1m 38s | 1:29:09 pm | 53.3° | 5:29:24 am | 9:28:54 pm | 4:53:12 am | 10:05:05 pm | 10h 0m 25s | 🌘 (27%) |
| Wed, May 13 | 6:02:22 am | 6:28:57 am | 8:29:19 pm | 8:55:54 pm | 14h 0m 22s | 1m 36s | 1:29:08 pm | 53.6° | 5:28:24 am | 9:29:52 pm | 4:52:02 am | 10:06:14 pm | 9h 58m 51s | 🌘 (18%) |
| Thu, May 14 | 6:01:31 am | 6:28:10 am | 8:30:07 pm | 8:56:46 pm | 14h 1m 57s | 1m 35s | 1:29:08 pm | 53.8° | 5:27:26 am | 9:30:51 pm | 4:50:54 am | 10:07:23 pm | 9h 57m 17s | 🌘 (10%) |
| Fri, May 15 | 6:00:41 am | 6:27:24 am | 8:30:54 pm | 8:57:37 pm | 14h 3m 30s | 1m 33s | 1:29:09 pm | 54° | 5:26:29 am | 9:31:49 pm | 4:49:47 am | 10:08:31 pm | 9h 55m 46s | 🌘 (4%) |
| Sat, May 16 | 5:59:52 am | 6:26:40 am | 8:31:41 pm | 8:58:28 pm | 14h 5m 1s | 1m 31s | 1:29:10 pm | 54.3° | 5:25:33 am | 9:32:47 pm | 4:48:41 am | 10:09:39 pm | 9h 54m 16s | 🌘 (1%) |
| Sun, May 17 | 5:59:05 am | 6:25:57 am | 8:32:27 pm | 8:59:19 pm | 14h 6m 30s | 1m 29s | 1:29:12 pm | 54.5° | 5:24:40 am | 9:33:44 pm | 4:47:38 am | 10:10:46 pm | 9h 52m 48s | 🌑 (0%) |
| Mon, May 18 | 5:58:20 am | 6:25:15 am | 8:33:13 pm | 9:00:09 pm | 14h 7m 58s | 1m 28s | 1:29:14 pm | 54.7° | 5:23:47 am | 9:34:41 pm | 4:46:35 am | 10:11:53 pm | 9h 51m 22s | 🌒 (3%) |
| Tue, May 19 | 5:57:36 am | 6:24:35 am | 8:33:59 pm | 9:00:59 pm | 14h 9m 24s | 1m 26s | 1:29:17 pm | 54.9° | 5:22:57 am | 9:35:38 pm | 4:45:35 am | 10:13:00 pm | 9h 49m 58s | 🌒 (8%) |
| Wed, May 20 | 5:56:54 am | 6:23:57 am | 8:34:44 pm | 9:01:48 pm | 14h 10m 47s | 1m 23s | 1:29:21 pm | 55.1° | 5:22:08 am | 9:36:34 pm | 4:44:36 am | 10:14:06 pm | 9h 48m 36s | 🌒 (16%) |
| Thu, May 21 | 5:56:13 am | 6:23:20 am | 8:35:29 pm | 9:02:37 pm | 14h 12m 9s | 1m 22s | 1:29:25 pm | 55.3° | 5:21:20 am | 9:37:29 pm | 4:43:39 am | 10:15:11 pm | 9h 47m 16s | 🌒 (25%) |
| Fri, May 22 | 5:55:34 am | 6:22:45 am | 8:36:13 pm | 9:03:25 pm | 14h 13m 28s | 1m 19s | 1:29:29 pm | 55.5° | 5:20:35 am | 9:38:24 pm | 4:42:43 am | 10:16:15 pm | 9h 45m 58s | 🌒 (36%) |
| Sat, May 23 | 5:54:56 am | 6:22:11 am | 8:36:57 pm | 9:04:12 pm | 14h 14m 46s | 1m 18s | 1:29:34 pm | 55.7° | 5:19:51 am | 9:39:18 pm | 4:41:50 am | 10:17:19 pm | 9h 44m 42s | 🌓 (47%) |
| Sun, May 24 | 5:54:20 am | 6:21:39 am | 8:37:40 pm | 9:04:59 pm | 14h 16m 1s | 1m 15s | 1:29:40 pm | 55.9° | 5:19:09 am | 9:40:11 pm | 4:40:58 am | 10:18:21 pm | 9h 43m 28s | 🌔 (57%) |
| Mon, May 25 | 5:53:46 am | 6:21:08 am | 8:38:23 pm | 9:05:46 pm | 14h 17m 15s | 1m 14s | 1:29:46 pm | 56.1° | 5:18:28 am | 9:41:03 pm | 4:40:08 am | 10:19:23 pm | 9h 42m 16s | 🌔 (67%) |
| Tue, May 26 | 5:53:13 am | 6:20:39 am | 8:39:05 pm | 9:06:31 pm | 14h 18m 26s | 1m 11s | 1:29:52 pm | 56.3° | 5:17:50 am | 9:41:55 pm | 4:39:21 am | 10:20:24 pm | 9h 41m 7s | 🌔 (77%) |
| Wed, May 27 | 5:52:42 am | 6:20:12 am | 8:39:46 pm | 9:07:16 pm | 14h 19m 34s | 1m 8s | 1:29:59 pm | 56.4° | 5:17:13 am | 9:42:46 pm | 4:38:35 am | 10:21:24 pm | 9h 40m 0s | 🌔 (84%) |
| Thu, May 28 | 5:52:13 am | 6:19:46 am | 8:40:27 pm | 9:08:00 pm | 14h 20m 41s | 1m 7s | 1:30:07 pm | 56.6° | 5:16:38 am | 9:43:35 pm | 4:37:51 am | 10:22:22 pm | 9h 38m 55s | 🌔 (91%) |
| Fri, May 29 | 5:51:46 am | 6:19:22 am | 8:41:07 pm | 9:08:43 pm | 14h 21m 45s | 1m 4s | 1:30:15 pm | 56.8° | 5:16:05 am | 9:44:24 pm | 4:37:10 am | 10:23:19 pm | 9h 37m 53s | 🌔 (96%) |
| Sat, May 30 | 5:51:20 am | 6:19:00 am | 8:41:46 pm | 9:09:26 pm | 14h 22m 46s | 1m 1s | 1:30:23 pm | 56.9° | 5:15:34 am | 9:45:12 pm | 4:36:30 am | 10:24:16 pm | 9h 36m 53s | 🌔 (99%) |
| Sun, May 31 | 5:50:56 am | 6:18:39 am | 8:42:24 pm | 9:10:07 pm | 14h 23m 45s | 0m 59s | 1:30:32 pm | 57° | 5:15:05 am | 9:45:59 pm | 4:35:53 am | 10:25:10 pm | 9h 35m 56s | 🌕 (100%) |
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