Sunrise and sunset in Cairns

Cairns Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (GMT+10)

Day length goes from 13 h 04 min on December 1 to 13 h 07 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 5:34 AM to 5:46 AM and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:53 PM.

Every day

Dawn and dusk are civil twilight (the sun 6 degrees below the horizon); golden hour starts when the evening sun is 6 degrees up; full dark is astronomical twilight, 18 degrees down. A blank moonrise or moonset means it falls on the next day.

DateDawnSunriseSunsetDuskGolden hourFull darkDay lengthChangeMoonMoonriseMoonset
Dec 15:10 AM5:34 AM6:38 PM7:01 PM6:07 PM7:58 PM13 h 04 minLast quarter 4:09 PM12:00 AM11:59 AM
Dec 25:11 AM5:34 AM6:38 PM7:02 PM6:07 PM7:59 PM13 h 04 min+0.0 minLast quarter, 50%12:39 AM12:52 PM
Dec 35:11 AM5:34 AM6:39 PM7:03 PM6:08 PM7:59 PM13 h 05 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 39%1:15 AM1:44 PM
Dec 45:11 AM5:35 AM6:39 PM7:03 PM6:09 PM8:00 PM13 h 04 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 29%1:51 AM2:35 PM
Dec 55:11 AM5:35 AM6:40 PM7:04 PM6:09 PM8:01 PM13 h 05 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 20%2:28 AM3:27 PM
Dec 65:11 AM5:35 AM6:41 PM7:04 PM6:10 PM8:02 PM13 h 06 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 12%3:06 AM4:19 PM
Dec 75:11 AM5:35 AM6:41 PM7:05 PM6:10 PM8:02 PM13 h 06 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 6%3:47 AM5:13 PM
Dec 85:12 AM5:36 AM6:42 PM7:06 PM6:11 PM8:03 PM13 h 06 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 2%4:32 AM6:07 PM
Dec 95:12 AM5:36 AM6:42 PM7:06 PM6:11 PM8:04 PM13 h 06 min+0.0 minNew moon 10:52 AM5:20 AM7:00 PM
Dec 105:12 AM5:36 AM6:43 PM7:07 PM6:12 PM8:04 PM13 h 07 min+1.0 minNew moon, 0%6:11 AM7:51 PM
Dec 115:13 AM5:36 AM6:44 PM7:08 PM6:13 PM8:05 PM13 h 08 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 3%7:04 AM8:38 PM
Dec 125:13 AM5:37 AM6:44 PM7:08 PM6:13 PM8:06 PM13 h 07 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 8%7:56 AM9:22 PM
Dec 135:13 AM5:37 AM6:45 PM7:09 PM6:14 PM8:06 PM13 h 08 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 14%8:48 AM10:02 PM
Dec 145:14 AM5:37 AM6:45 PM7:09 PM6:14 PM8:07 PM13 h 08 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 22%9:39 AM10:39 PM
Dec 155:14 AM5:38 AM6:46 PM7:10 PM6:15 PM8:07 PM13 h 08 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 32%10:28 AM11:14 PM
Dec 165:14 AM5:38 AM6:46 PM7:10 PM6:15 PM8:08 PM13 h 08 min+0.0 minFirst quarter, 42%11:17 AM11:48 PM
Dec 175:15 AM5:39 AM6:47 PM7:11 PM6:16 PM8:09 PM13 h 08 min+0.0 minFirst quarter 3:43 PM12:06 PM
Dec 185:15 AM5:39 AM6:48 PM7:12 PM6:16 PM8:09 PM13 h 09 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 63%12:56 PM12:23 AM
Dec 195:16 AM5:40 AM6:48 PM7:12 PM6:17 PM8:10 PM13 h 08 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 73%1:50 PM12:59 AM
Dec 205:16 AM5:40 AM6:49 PM7:13 PM6:17 PM8:10 PM13 h 09 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 82%2:48 PM1:39 AM
Dec 215:17 AM5:41 AM6:49 PM7:13 PM6:18 PM8:11 PM13 h 08 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 89%3:51 PM2:24 AM
Dec 225:17 AM5:41 AM6:50 PM7:14 PM6:18 PM8:11 PM13 h 09 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 95%4:58 PM3:16 AM
Dec 235:18 AM5:42 AM6:50 PM7:14 PM6:19 PM8:12 PM13 h 08 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 99%6:07 PM4:16 AM
Dec 245:18 AM5:42 AM6:51 PM7:15 PM6:19 PM8:12 PM13 h 09 min+1.0 minFull moon 11:28 AM7:13 PM5:23 AM
Dec 255:19 AM5:43 AM6:51 PM7:15 PM6:20 PM8:13 PM13 h 08 min-1.0 minFull moon, 99%8:14 PM6:33 AM
Dec 265:19 AM5:43 AM6:51 PM7:15 PM6:20 PM8:13 PM13 h 08 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 96%9:07 PM7:42 AM
Dec 275:20 AM5:44 AM6:52 PM7:16 PM6:21 PM8:13 PM13 h 08 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 91%9:54 PM8:47 AM
Dec 285:20 AM5:44 AM6:52 PM7:16 PM6:21 PM8:14 PM13 h 08 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 84%10:36 PM9:48 AM
Dec 295:21 AM5:45 AM6:53 PM7:17 PM6:22 PM8:14 PM13 h 08 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 75%11:15 PM10:45 AM
Dec 305:21 AM5:45 AM6:53 PM7:17 PM6:22 PM8:15 PM13 h 08 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 66%11:51 PM11:39 AM
Dec 315:22 AM5:46 AM6:53 PM7:17 PM6:22 PM8:15 PM13 h 07 min-1.0 minLast quarter 4:59 AM12:31 PM

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Sources

Computed with the NOAA solar position equations and the lunar methods of Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms, for a flat horizon; hills and buildings delay a real sunrise.