Sunrise and sunset in Cotonou

Cotonou Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (GMT+1)

Day length goes from 11 h 47 min on December 1 to 11 h 46 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 6:46 AM to 7:00 AM and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:46 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 16:24 AM6:46 AM6:33 PM6:55 PM6:03 PM7:47 PM11 h 47 minLast quarter 7:09 AM12:35 AM1:03 PM
Dec 26:24 AM6:46 AM6:33 PM6:56 PM6:03 PM7:47 PM11 h 47 min+0.0 minLast quarter, 46%1:23 AM1:45 PM
Dec 36:24 AM6:47 AM6:33 PM6:56 PM6:04 PM7:48 PM11 h 46 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 35%2:10 AM2:26 PM
Dec 46:25 AM6:47 AM6:34 PM6:56 PM6:04 PM7:48 PM11 h 47 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 26%2:56 AM3:07 PM
Dec 56:25 AM6:48 AM6:34 PM6:57 PM6:04 PM7:49 PM11 h 46 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 17%3:43 AM3:49 PM
Dec 66:26 AM6:48 AM6:34 PM6:57 PM6:05 PM7:49 PM11 h 46 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 10%4:32 AM4:34 PM
Dec 76:26 AM6:49 AM6:35 PM6:57 PM6:05 PM7:49 PM11 h 46 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 4%5:22 AM5:21 PM
Dec 86:27 AM6:49 AM6:35 PM6:58 PM6:05 PM7:50 PM11 h 46 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 1%6:13 AM6:11 PM
Dec 96:27 AM6:50 AM6:36 PM6:58 PM6:06 PM7:50 PM11 h 46 min+0.0 minNew moon 1:52 AM7:05 AM7:02 PM
Dec 106:28 AM6:50 AM6:36 PM6:59 PM6:06 PM7:51 PM11 h 46 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 1%7:57 AM7:54 PM
Dec 116:28 AM6:51 AM6:36 PM6:59 PM6:06 PM7:51 PM11 h 45 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 5%8:46 AM8:44 PM
Dec 126:29 AM6:51 AM6:37 PM6:59 PM6:07 PM7:52 PM11 h 46 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 10%9:33 AM9:33 PM
Dec 136:29 AM6:52 AM6:37 PM7:00 PM6:07 PM7:52 PM11 h 45 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 17%10:17 AM10:20 PM
Dec 146:30 AM6:52 AM6:38 PM7:00 PM6:08 PM7:53 PM11 h 46 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 26%10:58 AM11:05 PM
Dec 156:30 AM6:53 AM6:38 PM7:01 PM6:08 PM7:53 PM11 h 45 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 36%11:37 AM11:49 PM
Dec 166:31 AM6:53 AM6:39 PM7:01 PM6:09 PM7:54 PM11 h 46 min+1.0 minFirst quarter, 46%12:16 PM
Dec 176:31 AM6:54 AM6:39 PM7:02 PM6:09 PM7:54 PM11 h 45 min-1.0 minFirst quarter 6:43 AM12:55 PM12:34 AM
Dec 186:32 AM6:54 AM6:40 PM7:02 PM6:10 PM7:55 PM11 h 46 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 67%1:36 PM1:19 AM
Dec 196:32 AM6:55 AM6:40 PM7:03 PM6:10 PM7:55 PM11 h 45 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 77%2:21 PM2:08 AM
Dec 206:33 AM6:55 AM6:41 PM7:03 PM6:10 PM7:56 PM11 h 46 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 85%3:10 PM3:00 AM
Dec 216:33 AM6:56 AM6:41 PM7:04 PM6:11 PM7:56 PM11 h 45 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 92%4:06 PM3:58 AM
Dec 226:34 AM6:56 AM6:42 PM7:04 PM6:11 PM7:57 PM11 h 46 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 97%5:08 PM5:01 AM
Dec 236:34 AM6:57 AM6:42 PM7:05 PM6:12 PM7:57 PM11 h 45 min-1.0 minFull moon, 99%6:15 PM6:08 AM
Dec 246:35 AM6:57 AM6:43 PM7:05 PM6:12 PM7:58 PM11 h 46 min+1.0 minFull moon 2:28 AM7:23 PM7:15 AM
Dec 256:35 AM6:58 AM6:43 PM7:06 PM6:13 PM7:58 PM11 h 45 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 98%8:29 PM8:19 AM
Dec 266:36 AM6:58 AM6:44 PM7:06 PM6:14 PM7:59 PM11 h 46 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 94%9:30 PM9:18 AM
Dec 276:36 AM6:59 AM6:44 PM7:07 PM6:14 PM7:59 PM11 h 45 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 89%10:26 PM10:11 AM
Dec 286:36 AM6:59 AM6:45 PM7:07 PM6:15 PM8:00 PM11 h 46 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 81%11:17 PM10:58 AM
Dec 296:37 AM7:00 AM6:45 PM7:08 PM6:15 PM8:00 PM11 h 45 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 72%11:42 AM
Dec 306:37 AM7:00 AM6:46 PM7:08 PM6:16 PM8:01 PM11 h 46 min+1.0 minLast quarter 7:59 PM12:06 AM12:24 PM
Dec 316:38 AM7:00 AM6:46 PM7:09 PM6:16 PM8:01 PM11 h 46 min+0.0 minLast quarter, 51%12:54 AM1:06 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.