Sunrise and sunset times in New Orleans, LA
Check out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in New Orleans, LA, United States, as well as the whole calendar for May 2026.
Today
May 15, 2026 . Current time: 10:48:44 am
First light at 5:40:33 am
Sunrise time: 6:05:24 am
Sunset time: 7:47:53 pm
Last light at 8:12:44 pm
Day length: 13 hours, 42 minutes
8 hours, 59 minutes left for today's sunset in New Orleans
Moon rose on May 15 at 03:51 AM
Moon will set on May 15 at 05:51 PMMoon phase: 🌘 Waning Crescent (2%)Tomorrow
May 16, 2026
First light at 5:39:54 am
Sunrise time: 6:04:49 am
Sunset time: 7:48:32 pm
Last light at 8:13:26 pm
Day length: 13 hours, 43 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 1 minute longer than today in New Orleans
Moon will rise on May 16 at 04:34 AM Moon will set on May 16 at 07:06 PMMoon phase: 🌑 New Moon (0%)
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Latitude: 29.951065
- Longitude: -90.071533
- Time zone: Central Time CDT
Shortest day in New Orleans, LA
The shortest day of the year will be in around 8 months, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 10 hours and 15 minutes.Longest day in New Orleans, LA
The longest day of the year will be in 1 month and 4 days, during the summer solstice on June 20, 2026, with a daylight length of 14 hours and 7 minutes.
May 2026 - New Orleans, Louisiana - 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 New Orleans.
The day length increases by 35 minutes over the course of May 2026 in New Orleans, LA - from 13 hours, 22 minutes on the first day to 13 hours, 58 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 | 5:51:49 am | 6:15:53 am | 7:38:49 pm | 8:02:53 pm | 13h 22m 56s | 13h 22m 56s | 12:57:21 pm | 45.2° | 5:21:36 am | 8:33:06 pm | 4:50:14 am | 9:04:29 pm | 10h 36m 12s | 🌕 (100%) |
| Sat, May 2 | 5:50:54 am | 6:15:01 am | 7:39:28 pm | 8:03:35 pm | 13h 24m 27s | 1m 31s | 12:57:15 pm | 45.5° | 5:20:36 am | 8:33:53 pm | 4:49:06 am | 9:05:23 pm | 10h 34m 42s | 🌖 (100%) |
| Sun, May 3 | 5:49:59 am | 6:14:10 am | 7:40:07 pm | 8:04:18 pm | 13h 25m 57s | 1m 30s | 12:57:08 pm | 45.8° | 5:19:36 am | 8:34:41 pm | 4:48:00 am | 9:06:17 pm | 10h 33m 13s | 🌖 (98%) |
| Mon, May 4 | 5:49:06 am | 6:13:20 am | 7:40:46 pm | 8:05:00 pm | 13h 27m 26s | 1m 29s | 12:57:03 pm | 46.1° | 5:18:37 am | 8:35:28 pm | 4:46:54 am | 9:07:12 pm | 10h 31m 45s | 🌖 (94%) |
| Tue, May 5 | 5:48:13 am | 6:12:31 am | 7:41:25 pm | 8:05:42 pm | 13h 28m 54s | 1m 28s | 12:56:58 pm | 46.4° | 5:17:40 am | 8:36:16 pm | 4:45:49 am | 9:08:06 pm | 10h 30m 18s | 🌖 (89%) |
| Wed, May 6 | 5:47:22 am | 6:11:43 am | 7:42:04 pm | 8:06:25 pm | 13h 30m 21s | 1m 27s | 12:56:53 pm | 46.6° | 5:16:43 am | 8:37:03 pm | 4:44:46 am | 9:09:01 pm | 10h 28m 52s | 🌖 (83%) |
| Thu, May 7 | 5:46:32 am | 6:10:56 am | 7:42:43 pm | 8:07:07 pm | 13h 31m 47s | 1m 26s | 12:56:49 pm | 46.9° | 5:15:48 am | 8:37:51 pm | 4:43:43 am | 9:09:56 pm | 10h 27m 27s | 🌖 (75%) |
| Fri, May 8 | 5:45:43 am | 6:10:10 am | 7:43:22 pm | 8:07:49 pm | 13h 33m 12s | 1m 25s | 12:56:46 pm | 47.2° | 5:14:54 am | 8:38:39 pm | 4:42:42 am | 9:10:50 pm | 10h 26m 4s | 🌖 (66%) |
| Sat, May 9 | 5:44:55 am | 6:09:26 am | 7:44:01 pm | 8:08:32 pm | 13h 34m 35s | 1m 23s | 12:56:43 pm | 47.5° | 5:14:00 am | 8:39:26 pm | 4:41:42 am | 9:11:45 pm | 10h 24m 41s | 🌖 (57%) |
| Sun, May 10 | 5:44:08 am | 6:08:42 am | 7:44:40 pm | 8:09:14 pm | 13h 35m 58s | 1m 23s | 12:56:41 pm | 47.7° | 5:13:09 am | 8:40:14 pm | 4:40:42 am | 9:12:40 pm | 10h 23m 20s | 🌗 (47%) |
| Mon, May 11 | 5:43:23 am | 6:08:00 am | 7:45:19 pm | 8:09:56 pm | 13h 37m 19s | 1m 21s | 12:56:40 pm | 48° | 5:12:18 am | 8:41:02 pm | 4:39:45 am | 9:13:35 pm | 10h 22m 0s | 🌘 (37%) |
| Tue, May 12 | 5:42:39 am | 6:07:19 am | 7:45:58 pm | 8:10:39 pm | 13h 38m 39s | 1m 20s | 12:56:39 pm | 48.2° | 5:11:28 am | 8:41:49 pm | 4:38:48 am | 9:14:29 pm | 10h 20m 42s | 🌘 (27%) |
| Wed, May 13 | 5:41:56 am | 6:06:40 am | 7:46:36 pm | 8:11:21 pm | 13h 39m 56s | 1m 17s | 12:56:38 pm | 48.5° | 5:10:40 am | 8:42:36 pm | 4:37:53 am | 9:15:24 pm | 10h 19m 25s | 🌘 (18%) |
| Thu, May 14 | 5:41:14 am | 6:06:01 am | 7:47:15 pm | 8:12:03 pm | 13h 41m 14s | 1m 18s | 12:56:38 pm | 48.7° | 5:09:53 am | 8:43:23 pm | 4:36:59 am | 9:16:18 pm | 10h 18m 9s | 🌘 (10%) |
| Fri, May 15 | 5:40:33 am | 6:05:24 am | 7:47:53 pm | 8:12:44 pm | 13h 42m 29s | 1m 15s | 12:56:39 pm | 48.9° | 5:09:08 am | 8:44:10 pm | 4:36:06 am | 9:17:12 pm | 10h 16m 56s | 🌘 (4%) |
| Sat, May 16 | 5:39:54 am | 6:04:49 am | 7:48:32 pm | 8:13:26 pm | 13h 43m 43s | 1m 14s | 12:56:40 pm | 49.2° | 5:08:23 am | 8:44:57 pm | 4:35:14 am | 9:18:06 pm | 10h 15m 42s | 🌘 (1%) |
| Sun, May 17 | 5:39:17 am | 6:04:14 am | 7:49:10 pm | 8:14:07 pm | 13h 44m 56s | 1m 13s | 12:56:42 pm | 49.4° | 5:07:40 am | 8:45:44 pm | 4:34:25 am | 9:18:59 pm | 10h 14m 31s | 🌑 (0%) |
| Mon, May 18 | 5:38:40 am | 6:03:41 am | 7:49:48 pm | 8:14:49 pm | 13h 46m 7s | 1m 11s | 12:56:44 pm | 49.6° | 5:06:59 am | 8:46:30 pm | 4:33:36 am | 9:19:52 pm | 10h 13m 21s | 🌒 (3%) |
| Tue, May 19 | 5:38:05 am | 6:03:09 am | 7:50:25 pm | 8:15:29 pm | 13h 47m 16s | 1m 9s | 12:56:47 pm | 49.8° | 5:06:19 am | 8:47:16 pm | 4:32:49 am | 9:20:45 pm | 10h 12m 14s | 🌒 (8%) |
| Wed, May 20 | 5:37:31 am | 6:02:39 am | 7:51:03 pm | 8:16:10 pm | 13h 48m 24s | 1m 8s | 12:56:51 pm | 50° | 5:05:40 am | 8:48:01 pm | 4:32:04 am | 9:21:38 pm | 10h 11m 6s | 🌒 (16%) |
| Thu, May 21 | 5:36:59 am | 6:02:09 am | 7:51:40 pm | 8:16:50 pm | 13h 49m 31s | 1m 7s | 12:56:55 pm | 50.2° | 5:05:03 am | 8:48:46 pm | 4:31:20 am | 9:22:29 pm | 10h 10m 2s | 🌒 (26%) |
| Fri, May 22 | 5:36:28 am | 6:01:42 am | 7:52:17 pm | 8:17:30 pm | 13h 50m 35s | 1m 4s | 12:56:59 pm | 50.4° | 5:04:27 am | 8:49:31 pm | 4:30:38 am | 9:23:21 pm | 10h 8m 58s | 🌒 (36%) |
| Sat, May 23 | 5:35:59 am | 6:01:15 am | 7:52:53 pm | 8:18:10 pm | 13h 51m 38s | 1m 3s | 12:57:04 pm | 50.6° | 5:03:53 am | 8:50:15 pm | 4:29:57 am | 9:24:12 pm | 10h 7m 57s | 🌓 (47%) |
| Sun, May 24 | 5:35:31 am | 6:00:50 am | 7:53:29 pm | 8:18:49 pm | 13h 52m 39s | 1m 1s | 12:57:10 pm | 50.8° | 5:03:21 am | 8:50:59 pm | 4:29:18 am | 9:25:02 pm | 10h 6m 58s | 🌔 (58%) |
| Mon, May 25 | 5:35:04 am | 6:00:27 am | 7:54:05 pm | 8:19:27 pm | 13h 53m 38s | 0m 59s | 12:57:16 pm | 51° | 5:02:50 am | 8:51:42 pm | 4:28:40 am | 9:25:51 pm | 10h 5m 59s | 🌔 (68%) |
| Tue, May 26 | 5:34:39 am | 6:00:04 am | 7:54:40 pm | 8:20:05 pm | 13h 54m 36s | 0m 58s | 12:57:22 pm | 51.2° | 5:02:20 am | 8:52:25 pm | 4:28:05 am | 9:26:40 pm | 10h 5m 4s | 🌔 (77%) |
| Wed, May 27 | 5:34:16 am | 5:59:44 am | 7:55:15 pm | 8:20:43 pm | 13h 55m 31s | 0m 55s | 12:57:29 pm | 51.3° | 5:01:52 am | 8:53:07 pm | 4:27:31 am | 9:27:28 pm | 10h 4m 9s | 🌔 (85%) |
| Thu, May 28 | 5:33:54 am | 5:59:24 am | 7:55:49 pm | 8:21:20 pm | 13h 56m 25s | 0m 54s | 12:57:37 pm | 51.5° | 5:01:26 am | 8:53:48 pm | 4:26:59 am | 9:28:15 pm | 10h 3m 17s | 🌔 (91%) |
| Fri, May 29 | 5:33:33 am | 5:59:06 am | 7:56:23 pm | 8:21:56 pm | 13h 57m 17s | 0m 52s | 12:57:45 pm | 51.7° | 5:01:01 am | 8:54:28 pm | 4:26:28 am | 9:29:01 pm | 10h 2m 27s | 🌔 (96%) |
| Sat, May 30 | 5:33:14 am | 5:58:50 am | 7:56:56 pm | 8:22:32 pm | 13h 58m 6s | 0m 49s | 12:57:53 pm | 51.8° | 5:00:38 am | 8:55:08 pm | 4:25:59 am | 9:29:47 pm | 10h 1m 39s | 🌔 (99%) |
| Sun, May 31 | 5:32:56 am | 5:58:35 am | 7:57:29 pm | 8:23:07 pm | 13h 58m 54s | 0m 48s | 12:58:02 pm | 51.9° | 5:00:17 am | 8:55:47 pm | 4:25:33 am | 9:30:31 pm | 10h 0m 52s | 🌕 (100%) |
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