Sunrise and sunset in Richmond

Richmond Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (PST)

Day length goes from 8 h 31 min on December 1 to 8 h 17 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 7:46 AM to 8:07 AM and sunset from 4:17 PM to 4:24 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 17:10 AM7:46 AM4:17 PM4:54 PM3:23 PM6:12 PM8 h 31 minLast quarter, 52%12:54 PM
Dec 27:11 AM7:47 AM4:16 PM4:53 PM3:23 PM6:11 PM8 h 29 min-2.0 minLast quarter, 42%1:02 AM1:08 PM
Dec 37:12 AM7:49 AM4:16 PM4:53 PM3:22 PM6:11 PM8 h 27 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 32%2:16 AM1:23 PM
Dec 47:13 AM7:50 AM4:16 PM4:52 PM3:21 PM6:11 PM8 h 26 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 22%3:29 AM1:39 PM
Dec 57:14 AM7:51 AM4:15 PM4:52 PM3:21 PM6:11 PM8 h 24 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 14%4:42 AM1:58 PM
Dec 67:15 AM7:52 AM4:15 PM4:52 PM3:20 PM6:11 PM8 h 23 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 8%5:55 AM2:22 PM
Dec 77:16 AM7:53 AM4:15 PM4:52 PM3:20 PM6:11 PM8 h 22 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 3%7:05 AM2:52 PM
Dec 87:17 AM7:54 AM4:15 PM4:52 PM3:20 PM6:11 PM8 h 21 min-1.0 minNew moon 4:52 PM8:10 AM3:32 PM
Dec 97:18 AM7:55 AM4:14 PM4:52 PM3:19 PM6:11 PM8 h 19 min-2.0 minNew moon, 0%9:06 AM4:22 PM
Dec 107:19 AM7:56 AM4:14 PM4:52 PM3:19 PM6:11 PM8 h 18 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%9:52 AM5:22 PM
Dec 117:20 AM7:57 AM4:14 PM4:52 PM3:19 PM6:11 PM8 h 17 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%10:27 AM6:28 PM
Dec 127:21 AM7:58 AM4:14 PM4:52 PM3:19 PM6:11 PM8 h 16 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%10:53 AM7:37 PM
Dec 137:22 AM7:59 AM4:14 PM4:52 PM3:19 PM6:11 PM8 h 15 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 20%11:14 AM8:47 PM
Dec 147:23 AM8:00 AM4:15 PM4:52 PM3:19 PM6:11 PM8 h 15 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 29%11:31 AM9:56 PM
Dec 157:23 AM8:01 AM4:15 PM4:52 PM3:19 PM6:12 PM8 h 14 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 39%11:46 AM11:06 PM
Dec 167:24 AM8:02 AM4:15 PM4:52 PM3:19 PM6:12 PM8 h 13 min-1.0 minFirst quarter 9:43 PM11:59 AM
Dec 177:25 AM8:02 AM4:15 PM4:53 PM3:19 PM6:12 PM8 h 13 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 61%12:13 PM12:17 AM
Dec 187:25 AM8:03 AM4:16 PM4:53 PM3:20 PM6:13 PM8 h 13 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 71%12:29 PM1:31 AM
Dec 197:26 AM8:04 AM4:16 PM4:54 PM3:20 PM6:13 PM8 h 12 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 80%12:47 PM2:49 AM
Dec 207:27 AM8:04 AM4:16 PM4:54 PM3:20 PM6:14 PM8 h 12 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 88%1:12 PM4:11 AM
Dec 217:27 AM8:05 AM4:17 PM4:54 PM3:21 PM6:14 PM8 h 12 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 94%1:46 PM5:37 AM
Dec 227:28 AM8:05 AM4:17 PM4:55 PM3:21 PM6:15 PM8 h 12 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%2:34 PM7:01 AM
Dec 237:28 AM8:06 AM4:18 PM4:56 PM3:22 PM6:15 PM8 h 12 min+0.0 minFull moon 5:28 PM3:41 PM8:15 AM
Dec 247:28 AM8:06 AM4:19 PM4:56 PM3:23 PM6:16 PM8 h 13 min+1.0 minFull moon, 100%5:03 PM9:11 AM
Dec 257:29 AM8:06 AM4:19 PM4:57 PM3:23 PM6:16 PM8 h 13 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%6:33 PM9:51 AM
Dec 267:29 AM8:07 AM4:20 PM4:57 PM3:24 PM6:17 PM8 h 13 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 92%8:02 PM10:20 AM
Dec 277:29 AM8:07 AM4:21 PM4:58 PM3:25 PM6:18 PM8 h 14 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%9:27 PM10:42 AM
Dec 287:30 AM8:07 AM4:21 PM4:59 PM3:26 PM6:18 PM8 h 14 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 78%10:48 PM10:59 AM
Dec 297:30 AM8:07 AM4:22 PM5:00 PM3:27 PM6:19 PM8 h 15 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 68%11:14 AM
Dec 307:30 AM8:07 AM4:23 PM5:01 PM3:28 PM6:20 PM8 h 16 min+1.0 minLast quarter 10:59 AM12:04 AM11:29 AM
Dec 317:30 AM8:07 AM4:24 PM5:02 PM3:29 PM6:21 PM8 h 17 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 47%1:19 AM11:45 AM

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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.