Peer Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026
Day length goes from 8 h 14 min on December 1 to 7 h 58 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 8:20 AM to 8:42 AM and sunset from 4:34 PM to 4:40 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.
| Date | Dawn | Sunrise | Sunset | Dusk | Golden hour | Full dark | Day length | Change | Moon | Moonrise | Moonset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 7:41 AM | 8:20 AM | 4:34 PM | 5:13 PM | 3:37 PM | 6:35 PM | 8 h 14 min | Last quarter 7:09 AM | 1:16 PM | ||
| Dec 2 | 7:42 AM | 8:21 AM | 4:34 PM | 5:12 PM | 3:36 PM | 6:34 PM | 8 h 13 min | -1.0 min | Last quarter, 46% | 1:00 AM | 1:28 PM |
| Dec 3 | 7:44 AM | 8:22 AM | 4:33 PM | 5:12 PM | 3:35 PM | 6:34 PM | 8 h 11 min | -2.0 min | Waning crescent, 35% | 2:17 AM | 1:41 PM |
| Dec 4 | 7:45 AM | 8:24 AM | 4:33 PM | 5:12 PM | 3:34 PM | 6:34 PM | 8 h 09 min | -2.0 min | Waning crescent, 26% | 3:32 AM | 1:54 PM |
| Dec 5 | 7:46 AM | 8:25 AM | 4:32 PM | 5:11 PM | 3:34 PM | 6:34 PM | 8 h 07 min | -2.0 min | Waning crescent, 17% | 4:48 AM | 2:10 PM |
| Dec 6 | 7:47 AM | 8:26 AM | 4:32 PM | 5:11 PM | 3:33 PM | 6:33 PM | 8 h 06 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 10% | 6:03 AM | 2:29 PM |
| Dec 7 | 7:48 AM | 8:27 AM | 4:32 PM | 5:11 PM | 3:33 PM | 6:33 PM | 8 h 05 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 4% | 7:17 AM | 2:55 PM |
| Dec 8 | 7:49 AM | 8:29 AM | 4:31 PM | 5:11 PM | 3:32 PM | 6:33 PM | 8 h 02 min | -3.0 min | Waning crescent, 1% | 8:26 AM | 3:30 PM |
| Dec 9 | 7:50 AM | 8:30 AM | 4:31 PM | 5:11 PM | 3:32 PM | 6:33 PM | 8 h 01 min | -1.0 min | New moon 1:52 AM | 9:26 AM | 4:15 PM |
| Dec 10 | 7:51 AM | 8:31 AM | 4:31 PM | 5:10 PM | 3:31 PM | 6:33 PM | 8 h 00 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 1% | 10:15 AM | 5:12 PM |
| Dec 11 | 7:52 AM | 8:32 AM | 4:31 PM | 5:10 PM | 3:31 PM | 6:33 PM | 7 h 59 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 5% | 10:52 AM | 6:18 PM |
| Dec 12 | 7:53 AM | 8:33 AM | 4:31 PM | 5:10 PM | 3:31 PM | 6:33 PM | 7 h 58 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 10% | 11:20 AM | 7:28 PM |
| Dec 13 | 7:54 AM | 8:34 AM | 4:31 PM | 5:10 PM | 3:31 PM | 6:33 PM | 7 h 57 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 17% | 11:40 AM | 8:40 PM |
| Dec 14 | 7:55 AM | 8:35 AM | 4:31 PM | 5:11 PM | 3:31 PM | 6:34 PM | 7 h 56 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 26% | 11:56 AM | 9:52 PM |
| Dec 15 | 7:56 AM | 8:35 AM | 4:31 PM | 5:11 PM | 3:31 PM | 6:34 PM | 7 h 56 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 36% | 12:09 PM | 11:04 PM |
| Dec 16 | 7:56 AM | 8:36 AM | 4:31 PM | 5:11 PM | 3:31 PM | 6:34 PM | 7 h 55 min | -1.0 min | First quarter, 46% | 12:21 PM | |
| Dec 17 | 7:57 AM | 8:37 AM | 4:31 PM | 5:11 PM | 3:31 PM | 6:34 PM | 7 h 54 min | -1.0 min | First quarter 6:43 AM | 12:33 PM | 12:17 AM |
| Dec 18 | 7:58 AM | 8:38 AM | 4:32 PM | 5:12 PM | 3:31 PM | 6:35 PM | 7 h 54 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 67% | 12:46 PM | 1:32 AM |
| Dec 19 | 7:58 AM | 8:38 AM | 4:32 PM | 5:12 PM | 3:31 PM | 6:35 PM | 7 h 54 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 77% | 1:01 PM | 2:50 AM |
| Dec 20 | 7:59 AM | 8:39 AM | 4:33 PM | 5:12 PM | 3:32 PM | 6:36 PM | 7 h 54 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 85% | 1:20 PM | 4:14 AM |
| Dec 21 | 8:00 AM | 8:39 AM | 4:33 PM | 5:13 PM | 3:32 PM | 6:36 PM | 7 h 54 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 92% | 1:48 PM | 5:42 AM |
| Dec 22 | 8:00 AM | 8:40 AM | 4:33 PM | 5:13 PM | 3:33 PM | 6:37 PM | 7 h 53 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 97% | 2:28 PM | 7:10 AM |
| Dec 23 | 8:01 AM | 8:40 AM | 4:34 PM | 5:14 PM | 3:33 PM | 6:37 PM | 7 h 54 min | +1.0 min | Full moon, 99% | 3:27 PM | 8:29 AM |
| Dec 24 | 8:01 AM | 8:41 AM | 4:35 PM | 5:15 PM | 3:34 PM | 6:38 PM | 7 h 54 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 2:28 AM | 4:46 PM | 9:31 AM |
| Dec 25 | 8:01 AM | 8:41 AM | 4:35 PM | 5:15 PM | 3:35 PM | 6:38 PM | 7 h 54 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 98% | 6:16 PM | 10:15 AM |
| Dec 26 | 8:02 AM | 8:41 AM | 4:36 PM | 5:16 PM | 3:36 PM | 6:39 PM | 7 h 55 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 94% | 7:49 PM | 10:44 AM |
| Dec 27 | 8:02 AM | 8:42 AM | 4:37 PM | 5:17 PM | 3:36 PM | 6:40 PM | 7 h 55 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 89% | 9:19 PM | 11:05 AM |
| Dec 28 | 8:02 AM | 8:42 AM | 4:38 PM | 5:17 PM | 3:37 PM | 6:40 PM | 7 h 56 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 81% | 10:43 PM | 11:21 AM |
| Dec 29 | 8:02 AM | 8:42 AM | 4:39 PM | 5:18 PM | 3:38 PM | 6:41 PM | 7 h 57 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 72% | 11:35 AM | |
| Dec 30 | 8:02 AM | 8:42 AM | 4:39 PM | 5:19 PM | 3:39 PM | 6:42 PM | 7 h 57 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter 7:59 PM | 12:04 AM | 11:48 AM |
| Dec 31 | 8:02 AM | 8:42 AM | 4:40 PM | 5:20 PM | 3:40 PM | 6:43 PM | 7 h 58 min | +1.0 min | Last quarter, 51% | 1:21 AM | 12:01 PM |
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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.