Sunrise and sunset times in Princeton, NC
Check out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Princeton, NC, United States, as well as the whole calendar for May 2026.
Today
May 22, 2026 . Current time: 3:56:11 pm
First light at 5:34:14 am
Sunrise time: 6:01:37 am
Sunset time: 8:17:04 pm
Last light at 8:44:27 pm
Day length: 14 hours, 15 minutes
4 hours, 20 minutes left for today's sunset in Princeton
Moon rose on May 22 at 11:05 AM
Moon will set on May 23 at 12:50 AMMoon phase: 🌒 Waxing Crescent (43%)Tomorrow
May 23, 2026
First light at 5:33:36 am
Sunrise time: 6:01:02 am
Sunset time: 8:17:49 pm
Last light at 8:45:15 pm
Day length: 14 hours, 16 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 1 minute longer than today in Princeton
Moon will set on May 23 at 12:50 AM Moon will rise on May 23 at 12:11 PMMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (57%)
- Princeton, North Carolina
- Latitude: 35.465996
- Longitude: -78.160553
- Time zone: Eastern Time EDT
Shortest day in Princeton, 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 48 minutes.Longest day in Princeton, 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 36 minutes.
May 2026 - Princeton, 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 Princeton.
The day length increases by 44 minutes over the course of May 2026 in Princeton, NC - from 13 hours, 40 minutes on the first day to 14 hours, 25 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 | 5:53:22 am | 6:19:15 am | 8:00:10 pm | 8:26:04 pm | 13h 40m 55s | 13h 40m 55s | 1:09:43 pm | 50.7° | 5:20:32 am | 8:58:54 pm | 4:45:52 am | 9:33:34 pm | 10h 18m 2s | 🌕 (100%) |
| Sat, May 2 | 5:52:14 am | 6:18:12 am | 8:01:00 pm | 8:26:58 pm | 13h 42m 48s | 1m 53s | 1:09:36 pm | 51° | 5:19:18 am | 8:59:55 pm | 4:44:28 am | 9:34:44 pm | 10h 16m 10s | 🌖 (100%) |
| Sun, May 3 | 5:51:08 am | 6:17:10 am | 8:01:50 pm | 8:27:52 pm | 13h 44m 40s | 1m 52s | 1:09:30 pm | 51.3° | 5:18:04 am | 9:00:56 pm | 4:43:05 am | 9:35:55 pm | 10h 14m 19s | 🌖 (98%) |
| Mon, May 4 | 5:50:02 am | 6:16:09 am | 8:02:40 pm | 8:28:46 pm | 13h 46m 31s | 1m 51s | 1:09:24 pm | 51.6° | 5:16:52 am | 9:01:57 pm | 4:41:42 am | 9:37:06 pm | 10h 12m 29s | 🌖 (95%) |
| Tue, May 5 | 5:48:58 am | 6:15:09 am | 8:03:30 pm | 8:29:41 pm | 13h 48m 21s | 1m 50s | 1:09:19 pm | 51.9° | 5:15:41 am | 9:02:58 pm | 4:40:21 am | 9:38:18 pm | 10h 10m 40s | 🌖 (89%) |
| Wed, May 6 | 5:47:55 am | 6:14:10 am | 8:04:20 pm | 8:30:35 pm | 13h 50m 10s | 1m 49s | 1:09:15 pm | 52.1° | 5:14:31 am | 9:03:59 pm | 4:39:01 am | 9:39:29 pm | 10h 8m 53s | 🌖 (83%) |
| Thu, May 7 | 5:46:54 am | 6:13:13 am | 8:05:09 pm | 8:31:28 pm | 13h 51m 56s | 1m 46s | 1:09:11 pm | 52.4° | 5:13:22 am | 9:05:00 pm | 4:37:42 am | 9:40:40 pm | 10h 7m 7s | 🌖 (75%) |
| Fri, May 8 | 5:45:53 am | 6:12:16 am | 8:05:59 pm | 8:32:22 pm | 13h 53m 43s | 1m 47s | 1:09:08 pm | 52.7° | 5:12:15 am | 9:06:01 pm | 4:36:24 am | 9:41:51 pm | 10h 5m 23s | 🌖 (67%) |
| Sat, May 9 | 5:44:54 am | 6:11:22 am | 8:06:48 pm | 8:33:16 pm | 13h 55m 26s | 1m 43s | 1:09:05 pm | 53° | 5:11:08 am | 9:07:01 pm | 4:35:07 am | 9:43:02 pm | 10h 3m 40s | 🌖 (57%) |
| Sun, May 10 | 5:43:56 am | 6:10:28 am | 8:07:37 pm | 8:34:09 pm | 13h 57m 9s | 1m 43s | 1:09:03 pm | 53.2° | 5:10:03 am | 9:08:02 pm | 4:33:52 am | 9:44:13 pm | 10h 1m 59s | 🌗 (47%) |
| Mon, May 11 | 5:42:59 am | 6:09:36 am | 8:08:26 pm | 8:35:03 pm | 13h 58m 50s | 1m 41s | 1:09:01 pm | 53.5° | 5:09:00 am | 9:09:02 pm | 4:32:38 am | 9:45:24 pm | 10h 0m 19s | 🌘 (37%) |
| Tue, May 12 | 5:42:04 am | 6:08:45 am | 8:09:15 pm | 8:35:56 pm | 14h 0m 30s | 1m 40s | 1:09:00 pm | 53.7° | 5:07:57 am | 9:10:03 pm | 4:31:25 am | 9:46:35 pm | 9h 58m 41s | 🌘 (27%) |
| Wed, May 13 | 5:41:11 am | 6:07:56 am | 8:10:04 pm | 8:36:48 pm | 14h 2m 8s | 1m 38s | 1:09:00 pm | 54° | 5:06:57 am | 9:11:02 pm | 4:30:14 am | 9:47:45 pm | 9h 57m 3s | 🌘 (18%) |
| Thu, May 14 | 5:40:18 am | 6:07:07 am | 8:10:52 pm | 8:37:41 pm | 14h 3m 45s | 1m 37s | 1:09:00 pm | 54.2° | 5:05:57 am | 9:12:02 pm | 4:29:04 am | 9:48:55 pm | 9h 55m 29s | 🌘 (10%) |
| Fri, May 15 | 5:39:27 am | 6:06:21 am | 8:11:40 pm | 8:38:33 pm | 14h 5m 19s | 1m 34s | 1:09:00 pm | 54.5° | 5:04:59 am | 9:13:01 pm | 4:27:56 am | 9:50:05 pm | 9h 53m 56s | 🌘 (4%) |
| Sat, May 16 | 5:38:38 am | 6:05:36 am | 8:12:27 pm | 8:39:25 pm | 14h 6m 51s | 1m 32s | 1:09:01 pm | 54.7° | 5:04:03 am | 9:14:00 pm | 4:26:49 am | 9:51:14 pm | 9h 52m 25s | 🌘 (1%) |
| Sun, May 17 | 5:37:50 am | 6:04:52 am | 8:13:14 pm | 8:40:16 pm | 14h 8m 22s | 1m 31s | 1:09:03 pm | 54.9° | 5:03:08 am | 9:14:59 pm | 4:25:43 am | 9:52:23 pm | 9h 50m 56s | 🌑 (0%) |
| Mon, May 18 | 5:37:04 am | 6:04:10 am | 8:14:01 pm | 8:41:07 pm | 14h 9m 51s | 1m 29s | 1:09:06 pm | 55.1° | 5:02:15 am | 9:15:56 pm | 4:24:40 am | 9:53:31 pm | 9h 49m 28s | 🌒 (3%) |
| Tue, May 19 | 5:36:19 am | 6:03:29 am | 8:14:48 pm | 8:41:58 pm | 14h 11m 19s | 1m 28s | 1:09:08 pm | 55.3° | 5:01:23 am | 9:16:54 pm | 4:23:38 am | 9:54:39 pm | 9h 48m 2s | 🌒 (8%) |
| Wed, May 20 | 5:35:36 am | 6:02:50 am | 8:15:34 pm | 8:42:48 pm | 14h 12m 44s | 1m 25s | 1:09:12 pm | 55.6° | 5:00:33 am | 9:17:51 pm | 4:22:38 am | 9:55:46 pm | 9h 46m 39s | 🌒 (16%) |
| Thu, May 21 | 5:34:54 am | 6:02:13 am | 8:16:19 pm | 8:43:38 pm | 14h 14m 6s | 1m 22s | 1:09:16 pm | 55.8° | 4:59:45 am | 9:18:47 pm | 4:21:39 am | 9:56:53 pm | 9h 45m 18s | 🌒 (25%) |
| Fri, May 22 | 5:34:14 am | 6:01:37 am | 8:17:04 pm | 8:44:27 pm | 14h 15m 27s | 1m 21s | 1:09:20 pm | 56° | 4:58:58 am | 9:19:43 pm | 4:20:42 am | 9:57:58 pm | 9h 43m 58s | 🌒 (36%) |
| Sat, May 23 | 5:33:36 am | 6:01:02 am | 8:17:49 pm | 8:45:15 pm | 14h 16m 47s | 1m 20s | 1:09:25 pm | 56.1° | 4:58:13 am | 9:20:37 pm | 4:19:48 am | 9:59:03 pm | 9h 42m 41s | 🌓 (47%) |
| Sun, May 24 | 5:32:59 am | 6:00:30 am | 8:18:32 pm | 8:46:03 pm | 14h 18m 2s | 1m 15s | 1:09:31 pm | 56.3° | 4:57:30 am | 9:21:32 pm | 4:18:55 am | 10:00:07 pm | 9h 41m 26s | 🌔 (57%) |
| Mon, May 25 | 5:32:24 am | 5:59:58 am | 8:19:16 pm | 8:46:50 pm | 14h 19m 18s | 1m 16s | 1:09:37 pm | 56.5° | 4:56:49 am | 9:22:25 pm | 4:18:04 am | 10:01:10 pm | 9h 40m 13s | 🌔 (67%) |
| Tue, May 26 | 5:31:51 am | 5:59:29 am | 8:19:58 pm | 8:47:36 pm | 14h 20m 29s | 1m 11s | 1:09:43 pm | 56.7° | 4:56:10 am | 9:23:17 pm | 4:17:15 am | 10:02:12 pm | 9h 39m 3s | 🌔 (77%) |
| Wed, May 27 | 5:31:20 am | 5:59:01 am | 8:20:40 pm | 8:48:21 pm | 14h 21m 39s | 1m 10s | 1:09:50 pm | 56.8° | 4:55:32 am | 9:24:09 pm | 4:16:28 am | 10:03:13 pm | 9h 37m 55s | 🌔 (84%) |
| Thu, May 28 | 5:30:50 am | 5:58:35 am | 8:21:21 pm | 8:49:06 pm | 14h 22m 46s | 1m 7s | 1:09:58 pm | 57° | 4:54:56 am | 9:24:59 pm | 4:15:43 am | 10:04:13 pm | 9h 36m 49s | 🌔 (91%) |
| Fri, May 29 | 5:30:22 am | 5:58:10 am | 8:22:02 pm | 8:49:50 pm | 14h 23m 52s | 1m 6s | 1:10:06 pm | 57.2° | 4:54:23 am | 9:25:49 pm | 4:15:01 am | 10:05:11 pm | 9h 35m 45s | 🌔 (96%) |
| Sat, May 30 | 5:29:55 am | 5:57:47 am | 8:22:41 pm | 8:50:33 pm | 14h 24m 54s | 1m 2s | 1:10:14 pm | 57.3° | 4:53:51 am | 9:26:38 pm | 4:14:20 am | 10:06:08 pm | 9h 34m 45s | 🌔 (99%) |
| Sun, May 31 | 5:29:31 am | 5:57:26 am | 8:23:20 pm | 8:51:15 pm | 14h 25m 54s | 1m 0s | 1:10:23 pm | 57.5° | 4:53:21 am | 9:27:25 pm | 4:13:42 am | 10:07:04 pm | 9h 33m 46s | 🌕 (100%) |
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