Mon Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026
Day length goes from 10 h 35 min on December 1 to 10 h 29 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 5:41 AM to 5:58 AM and sunset from 4:16 PM to 4:27 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 | 5:16 AM | 5:41 AM | 4:16 PM | 4:41 PM | 3:42 PM | 5:38 PM | 10 h 35 min | Last quarter 11:39 AM | 11:24 PM | 11:23 AM | |
| Dec 2 | 5:17 AM | 5:42 AM | 4:16 PM | 4:41 PM | 3:42 PM | 5:38 PM | 10 h 34 min | -1.0 min | Last quarter, 48% | 11:55 AM | |
| Dec 3 | 5:17 AM | 5:42 AM | 4:16 PM | 4:42 PM | 3:42 PM | 5:38 PM | 10 h 34 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 37% | 12:21 AM | 12:26 PM |
| Dec 4 | 5:18 AM | 5:43 AM | 4:16 PM | 4:42 PM | 3:42 PM | 5:39 PM | 10 h 33 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 27% | 1:18 AM | 12:57 PM |
| Dec 5 | 5:19 AM | 5:44 AM | 4:17 PM | 4:42 PM | 3:42 PM | 5:39 PM | 10 h 33 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 18% | 2:14 AM | 1:30 PM |
| Dec 6 | 5:19 AM | 5:45 AM | 4:17 PM | 4:42 PM | 3:42 PM | 5:39 PM | 10 h 32 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 11% | 3:11 AM | 2:06 PM |
| Dec 7 | 5:20 AM | 5:45 AM | 4:17 PM | 4:42 PM | 3:42 PM | 5:39 PM | 10 h 32 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 5% | 4:08 AM | 2:46 PM |
| Dec 8 | 5:21 AM | 5:46 AM | 4:17 PM | 4:42 PM | 3:43 PM | 5:39 PM | 10 h 31 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 2% | 5:05 AM | 3:30 PM |
| Dec 9 | 5:21 AM | 5:47 AM | 4:17 PM | 4:43 PM | 3:43 PM | 5:40 PM | 10 h 30 min | -1.0 min | New moon 6:22 AM | 6:00 AM | 4:19 PM |
| Dec 10 | 5:22 AM | 5:47 AM | 4:17 PM | 4:43 PM | 3:43 PM | 5:40 PM | 10 h 30 min | +0.0 min | New moon, 1% | 6:52 AM | 5:12 PM |
| Dec 11 | 5:23 AM | 5:48 AM | 4:18 PM | 4:43 PM | 3:43 PM | 5:40 PM | 10 h 30 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 4% | 7:40 AM | 6:06 PM |
| Dec 12 | 5:23 AM | 5:49 AM | 4:18 PM | 4:43 PM | 3:43 PM | 5:41 PM | 10 h 29 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 9% | 8:22 AM | 7:02 PM |
| Dec 13 | 5:24 AM | 5:49 AM | 4:18 PM | 4:44 PM | 3:44 PM | 5:41 PM | 10 h 29 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 16% | 9:00 AM | 7:56 PM |
| Dec 14 | 5:24 AM | 5:50 AM | 4:19 PM | 4:44 PM | 3:44 PM | 5:41 PM | 10 h 29 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 24% | 9:33 AM | 8:51 PM |
| Dec 15 | 5:25 AM | 5:51 AM | 4:19 PM | 4:44 PM | 3:44 PM | 5:42 PM | 10 h 28 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 34% | 10:05 AM | 9:44 PM |
| Dec 16 | 5:26 AM | 5:51 AM | 4:19 PM | 4:45 PM | 3:45 PM | 5:42 PM | 10 h 28 min | +0.0 min | First quarter, 44% | 10:34 AM | 10:38 PM |
| Dec 17 | 5:26 AM | 5:52 AM | 4:20 PM | 4:45 PM | 3:45 PM | 5:43 PM | 10 h 28 min | +0.0 min | First quarter 11:13 AM | 11:03 AM | 11:33 PM |
| Dec 18 | 5:27 AM | 5:52 AM | 4:20 PM | 4:46 PM | 3:45 PM | 5:43 PM | 10 h 28 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 65% | 11:34 AM | |
| Dec 19 | 5:27 AM | 5:53 AM | 4:21 PM | 4:46 PM | 3:46 PM | 5:43 PM | 10 h 28 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 75% | 12:07 PM | 12:30 AM |
| Dec 20 | 5:28 AM | 5:53 AM | 4:21 PM | 4:47 PM | 3:46 PM | 5:44 PM | 10 h 28 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 83% | 12:46 PM | 1:32 AM |
| Dec 21 | 5:28 AM | 5:54 AM | 4:22 PM | 4:47 PM | 3:47 PM | 5:44 PM | 10 h 28 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 91% | 1:30 PM | 2:38 AM |
| Dec 22 | 5:29 AM | 5:54 AM | 4:22 PM | 4:47 PM | 3:47 PM | 5:45 PM | 10 h 28 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 96% | 2:24 PM | 3:48 AM |
| Dec 23 | 5:29 AM | 5:55 AM | 4:23 PM | 4:48 PM | 3:48 PM | 5:45 PM | 10 h 28 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 99% | 3:27 PM | 4:59 AM |
| Dec 24 | 5:30 AM | 5:55 AM | 4:23 PM | 4:49 PM | 3:48 PM | 5:46 PM | 10 h 28 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 6:58 AM | 4:37 PM | 6:06 AM |
| Dec 25 | 5:30 AM | 5:56 AM | 4:24 PM | 4:49 PM | 3:49 PM | 5:46 PM | 10 h 28 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 99% | 5:50 PM | 7:07 AM |
| Dec 26 | 5:31 AM | 5:56 AM | 4:24 PM | 4:50 PM | 3:50 PM | 5:47 PM | 10 h 28 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 95% | 7:02 PM | 7:59 AM |
| Dec 27 | 5:31 AM | 5:57 AM | 4:25 PM | 4:50 PM | 3:50 PM | 5:48 PM | 10 h 28 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 90% | 8:10 PM | 8:43 AM |
| Dec 28 | 5:32 AM | 5:57 AM | 4:25 PM | 4:51 PM | 3:51 PM | 5:48 PM | 10 h 28 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 82% | 9:14 PM | 9:21 AM |
| Dec 29 | 5:32 AM | 5:57 AM | 4:26 PM | 4:51 PM | 3:51 PM | 5:49 PM | 10 h 29 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 74% | 10:14 PM | 9:55 AM |
| Dec 30 | 5:32 AM | 5:58 AM | 4:27 PM | 4:52 PM | 3:52 PM | 5:49 PM | 10 h 29 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 64% | 11:12 PM | 10:27 AM |
| Dec 31 | 5:33 AM | 5:58 AM | 4:27 PM | 4:53 PM | 3:53 PM | 5:50 PM | 10 h 29 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter 12:29 AM | 10:59 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.