Sunrise and sunset in Carolina

Carolina Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (GMT-3)

Day length goes from 12 h 32 min on December 1 to 12 h 32 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 5:43 AM to 5:57 AM and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:29 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 15:21 AM5:43 AM6:15 PM6:37 PM5:45 PM7:30 PM12 h 32 minLast quarter 3:09 AM12:09 AM12:24 PM
Dec 25:21 AM5:44 AM6:15 PM6:38 PM5:45 PM7:31 PM12 h 31 min-1.0 minLast quarter, 44%12:51 AM1:12 PM
Dec 35:21 AM5:44 AM6:15 PM6:38 PM5:46 PM7:31 PM12 h 31 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 34%1:31 AM1:59 PM
Dec 45:22 AM5:44 AM6:16 PM6:39 PM5:46 PM7:32 PM12 h 32 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 24%2:11 AM2:46 PM
Dec 55:22 AM5:45 AM6:16 PM6:39 PM5:47 PM7:33 PM12 h 31 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 16%2:53 AM3:34 PM
Dec 65:22 AM5:45 AM6:17 PM6:40 PM5:47 PM7:33 PM12 h 32 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 9%3:36 AM4:23 PM
Dec 75:23 AM5:45 AM6:17 PM6:40 PM5:48 PM7:34 PM12 h 32 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 4%4:23 AM5:15 PM
Dec 85:23 AM5:46 AM6:18 PM6:41 PM5:48 PM7:34 PM12 h 32 min+0.0 minNew moon 9:52 PM5:11 AM6:07 PM
Dec 95:23 AM5:46 AM6:18 PM6:41 PM5:49 PM7:35 PM12 h 32 min+0.0 minNew moon, 0%6:02 AM6:59 PM
Dec 105:24 AM5:46 AM6:19 PM6:42 PM5:49 PM7:35 PM12 h 33 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%6:54 AM7:49 PM
Dec 115:24 AM5:47 AM6:19 PM6:42 PM5:50 PM7:36 PM12 h 32 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 5%7:45 AM8:36 PM
Dec 125:24 AM5:47 AM6:20 PM6:43 PM5:50 PM7:37 PM12 h 33 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 11%8:35 AM9:21 PM
Dec 135:25 AM5:48 AM6:21 PM6:43 PM5:51 PM7:37 PM12 h 33 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 18%9:23 AM10:03 PM
Dec 145:25 AM5:48 AM6:21 PM6:44 PM5:51 PM7:38 PM12 h 33 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 27%10:09 AM10:42 PM
Dec 155:26 AM5:49 AM6:22 PM6:44 PM5:52 PM7:38 PM12 h 33 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 37%10:53 AM11:21 PM
Dec 165:26 AM5:49 AM6:22 PM6:45 PM5:52 PM7:39 PM12 h 33 min+0.0 minFirst quarter, 48%11:38 AM11:59 PM
Dec 175:27 AM5:49 AM6:23 PM6:45 PM5:53 PM7:39 PM12 h 34 min+1.0 minFirst quarter 2:43 AM12:23 PM
Dec 185:27 AM5:50 AM6:23 PM6:46 PM5:53 PM7:40 PM12 h 33 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 69%1:11 PM12:39 AM
Dec 195:28 AM5:50 AM6:24 PM6:46 PM5:54 PM7:40 PM12 h 34 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 78%2:02 PM1:22 AM
Dec 205:28 AM5:51 AM6:24 PM6:47 PM5:54 PM7:41 PM12 h 33 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 86%2:58 PM2:09 AM
Dec 215:29 AM5:51 AM6:25 PM6:47 PM5:55 PM7:41 PM12 h 34 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 93%4:00 PM3:02 AM
Dec 225:29 AM5:52 AM6:25 PM6:48 PM5:55 PM7:42 PM12 h 33 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 97%5:06 PM4:01 AM
Dec 235:30 AM5:52 AM6:26 PM6:48 PM5:56 PM7:42 PM12 h 34 min+1.0 minFull moon 10:28 PM6:14 PM5:06 AM
Dec 245:30 AM5:53 AM6:26 PM6:49 PM5:56 PM7:43 PM12 h 33 min-1.0 minFull moon, 100%7:19 PM6:14 AM
Dec 255:31 AM5:53 AM6:27 PM6:49 PM5:57 PM7:43 PM12 h 34 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 98%8:20 PM7:22 AM
Dec 265:31 AM5:54 AM6:27 PM6:50 PM5:57 PM7:44 PM12 h 33 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 94%9:14 PM8:25 AM
Dec 275:32 AM5:54 AM6:27 PM6:50 PM5:57 PM7:44 PM12 h 33 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 87%10:03 PM9:23 AM
Dec 285:32 AM5:55 AM6:28 PM6:51 PM5:58 PM7:45 PM12 h 33 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 80%10:47 PM10:17 AM
Dec 295:33 AM5:55 AM6:28 PM6:51 PM5:58 PM7:45 PM12 h 33 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 70%11:29 PM11:07 AM
Dec 305:33 AM5:56 AM6:29 PM6:52 PM5:59 PM7:45 PM12 h 33 min+0.0 minLast quarter 3:59 PM11:55 AM
Dec 315:34 AM5:57 AM6:29 PM6:52 PM5:59 PM7:46 PM12 h 32 min-1.0 minLast quarter, 50%12:11 AM12:43 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.