Sunrise and sunset in Edinburgh

Edinburgh Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (GMT)

Day length goes from 7 h 25 min on December 1 to 7 h 04 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 8:19 AM to 8:44 AM and sunset from 3:44 PM to 3:48 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 17:34 AM8:19 AM3:44 PM4:29 PM2:31 PM6:02 PM7 h 25 minLast quarter 6:09 AM12:56 PM
Dec 27:35 AM8:21 AM3:43 PM4:29 PM2:30 PM6:02 PM7 h 22 min-3.0 minLast quarter, 45%12:34 AM1:02 PM
Dec 37:37 AM8:22 AM3:42 PM4:28 PM2:29 PM6:01 PM7 h 20 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 35%1:58 AM1:08 PM
Dec 47:38 AM8:24 AM3:42 PM4:27 PM2:27 PM6:01 PM7 h 18 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 25%3:20 AM1:16 PM
Dec 57:39 AM8:26 AM3:41 PM4:27 PM2:26 PM6:00 PM7 h 15 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 17%4:42 AM1:25 PM
Dec 67:41 AM8:27 AM3:40 PM4:27 PM2:25 PM6:00 PM7 h 13 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 10%6:05 AM1:38 PM
Dec 77:42 AM8:28 AM3:40 PM4:26 PM2:24 PM6:00 PM7 h 12 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 4%7:26 AM1:57 PM
Dec 87:43 AM8:30 AM3:39 PM4:26 PM2:23 PM6:00 PM7 h 09 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 1%8:41 AM2:25 PM
Dec 97:44 AM8:31 AM3:39 PM4:26 PM2:22 PM5:59 PM7 h 08 min-1.0 minNew moon 12:52 AM9:45 AM3:09 PM
Dec 107:46 AM8:32 AM3:39 PM4:25 PM2:22 PM5:59 PM7 h 07 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 1%10:32 AM4:08 PM
Dec 117:47 AM8:34 AM3:38 PM4:25 PM2:21 PM5:59 PM7 h 04 min-3.0 minWaxing crescent, 5%11:03 AM5:19 PM
Dec 127:48 AM8:35 AM3:38 PM4:25 PM2:20 PM5:59 PM7 h 03 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 10%11:24 AM6:37 PM
Dec 137:49 AM8:36 AM3:38 PM4:25 PM2:20 PM5:59 PM7 h 02 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 17%11:37 AM7:56 PM
Dec 147:50 AM8:37 AM3:38 PM4:25 PM2:20 PM6:00 PM7 h 01 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 26%11:47 AM9:15 PM
Dec 157:51 AM8:38 AM3:38 PM4:25 PM2:19 PM6:00 PM7 h 00 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 36%11:54 AM10:33 PM
Dec 167:51 AM8:39 AM3:38 PM4:25 PM2:19 PM6:00 PM6 h 59 min-1.0 minFirst quarter, 47%12:00 PM11:52 PM
Dec 177:52 AM8:39 AM3:38 PM4:26 PM2:19 PM6:00 PM6 h 59 min+0.0 minFirst quarter 5:43 AM12:06 PM
Dec 187:53 AM8:40 AM3:39 PM4:26 PM2:19 PM6:01 PM6 h 59 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 67%12:13 PM1:14 AM
Dec 197:54 AM8:41 AM3:39 PM4:26 PM2:19 PM6:01 PM6 h 58 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 77%12:21 PM2:39 AM
Dec 207:54 AM8:42 AM3:39 PM4:27 PM2:20 PM6:01 PM6 h 57 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 85%12:34 PM4:11 AM
Dec 217:55 AM8:42 AM3:40 PM4:27 PM2:20 PM6:02 PM6 h 58 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 92%12:53 PM5:48 AM
Dec 227:55 AM8:43 AM3:40 PM4:28 PM2:21 PM6:02 PM6 h 57 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 97%1:26 PM7:24 AM
Dec 237:56 AM8:43 AM3:41 PM4:28 PM2:21 PM6:03 PM6 h 58 min+1.0 minFull moon, 99%2:21 PM8:48 AM
Dec 247:56 AM8:43 AM3:41 PM4:29 PM2:22 PM6:04 PM6 h 58 min+0.0 minFull moon 1:28 AM3:44 PM9:46 AM
Dec 257:56 AM8:44 AM3:42 PM4:29 PM2:23 PM6:04 PM6 h 58 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 98%5:24 PM10:21 AM
Dec 267:57 AM8:44 AM3:43 PM4:30 PM2:24 PM6:05 PM6 h 59 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 94%7:06 PM10:42 AM
Dec 277:57 AM8:44 AM3:44 PM4:31 PM2:25 PM6:06 PM7 h 00 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 88%8:44 PM10:55 AM
Dec 287:57 AM8:44 AM3:45 PM4:32 PM2:26 PM6:06 PM7 h 01 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 81%10:15 PM11:04 AM
Dec 297:57 AM8:44 AM3:46 PM4:33 PM2:27 PM6:07 PM7 h 02 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 72%11:42 PM11:11 AM
Dec 307:57 AM8:44 AM3:47 PM4:34 PM2:29 PM6:08 PM7 h 03 min+1.0 minLast quarter 6:59 PM11:17 AM
Dec 317:57 AM8:44 AM3:48 PM4:35 PM2:30 PM6:09 PM7 h 04 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 51%1:07 AM11:24 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.