Eqlīd Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026
Day length goes from 10 h 18 min on December 1 to 10 h 11 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 6:39 AM to 6:57 AM and sunset from 4:57 PM to 5:08 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 | 6:13 AM | 6:39 AM | 4:57 PM | 5:23 PM | 4:21 PM | 6:22 PM | 10 h 18 min | Last quarter 9:39 AM | 12:19 PM | ||
| Dec 2 | 6:14 AM | 6:40 AM | 4:57 PM | 5:23 PM | 4:21 PM | 6:22 PM | 10 h 17 min | -1.0 min | Last quarter, 47% | 12:19 AM | 12:48 PM |
| Dec 3 | 6:14 AM | 6:41 AM | 4:57 PM | 5:23 PM | 4:21 PM | 6:22 PM | 10 h 16 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 36% | 1:19 AM | 1:16 PM |
| Dec 4 | 6:15 AM | 6:42 AM | 4:57 PM | 5:23 PM | 4:21 PM | 6:23 PM | 10 h 15 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 27% | 2:18 AM | 1:45 PM |
| Dec 5 | 6:16 AM | 6:42 AM | 4:57 PM | 5:23 PM | 4:21 PM | 6:23 PM | 10 h 15 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 18% | 3:16 AM | 2:16 PM |
| Dec 6 | 6:17 AM | 6:43 AM | 4:57 PM | 5:24 PM | 4:21 PM | 6:23 PM | 10 h 14 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 10% | 4:15 AM | 2:51 PM |
| Dec 7 | 6:17 AM | 6:44 AM | 4:57 PM | 5:24 PM | 4:21 PM | 6:23 PM | 10 h 13 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 5% | 5:14 AM | 3:29 PM |
| Dec 8 | 6:18 AM | 6:45 AM | 4:57 PM | 5:24 PM | 4:21 PM | 6:23 PM | 10 h 12 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 1% | 6:12 AM | 4:13 PM |
| Dec 9 | 6:19 AM | 6:45 AM | 4:58 PM | 5:24 PM | 4:21 PM | 6:23 PM | 10 h 13 min | +1.0 min | New moon 4:22 AM | 7:08 AM | 5:02 PM |
| Dec 10 | 6:20 AM | 6:46 AM | 4:58 PM | 5:24 PM | 4:21 PM | 6:24 PM | 10 h 12 min | -1.0 min | New moon, 1% | 8:00 AM | 5:55 PM |
| Dec 11 | 6:20 AM | 6:47 AM | 4:58 PM | 5:24 PM | 4:21 PM | 6:24 PM | 10 h 11 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 4% | 8:46 AM | 6:51 PM |
| Dec 12 | 6:21 AM | 6:47 AM | 4:58 PM | 5:25 PM | 4:22 PM | 6:24 PM | 10 h 11 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 9% | 9:26 AM | 7:48 PM |
| Dec 13 | 6:22 AM | 6:48 AM | 4:58 PM | 5:25 PM | 4:22 PM | 6:25 PM | 10 h 10 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 16% | 10:01 AM | 8:45 PM |
| Dec 14 | 6:22 AM | 6:49 AM | 4:59 PM | 5:25 PM | 4:22 PM | 6:25 PM | 10 h 10 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 25% | 10:33 AM | 9:41 PM |
| Dec 15 | 6:23 AM | 6:49 AM | 4:59 PM | 5:26 PM | 4:23 PM | 6:25 PM | 10 h 10 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 35% | 11:02 AM | 10:37 PM |
| Dec 16 | 6:23 AM | 6:50 AM | 4:59 PM | 5:26 PM | 4:23 PM | 6:26 PM | 10 h 09 min | -1.0 min | First quarter, 45% | 11:29 AM | 11:33 PM |
| Dec 17 | 6:24 AM | 6:51 AM | 5:00 PM | 5:26 PM | 4:23 PM | 6:26 PM | 10 h 09 min | +0.0 min | First quarter 9:13 AM | 11:56 AM | |
| Dec 18 | 6:25 AM | 6:51 AM | 5:00 PM | 5:27 PM | 4:24 PM | 6:27 PM | 10 h 09 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 66% | 12:24 PM | 12:31 AM |
| Dec 19 | 6:25 AM | 6:52 AM | 5:01 PM | 5:27 PM | 4:24 PM | 6:27 PM | 10 h 09 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 76% | 12:56 PM | 1:31 AM |
| Dec 20 | 6:26 AM | 6:52 AM | 5:01 PM | 5:28 PM | 4:24 PM | 6:27 PM | 10 h 09 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 84% | 1:32 PM | 2:36 AM |
| Dec 21 | 6:26 AM | 6:53 AM | 5:02 PM | 5:28 PM | 4:25 PM | 6:28 PM | 10 h 09 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 91% | 2:16 PM | 3:45 AM |
| Dec 22 | 6:27 AM | 6:53 AM | 5:02 PM | 5:29 PM | 4:25 PM | 6:28 PM | 10 h 09 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 96% | 3:09 PM | 4:57 AM |
| Dec 23 | 6:27 AM | 6:54 AM | 5:03 PM | 5:29 PM | 4:26 PM | 6:29 PM | 10 h 09 min | +0.0 min | Full moon, 99% | 4:12 PM | 6:09 AM |
| Dec 24 | 6:28 AM | 6:54 AM | 5:03 PM | 5:30 PM | 4:27 PM | 6:29 PM | 10 h 09 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 4:58 AM | 5:23 PM | 7:16 AM |
| Dec 25 | 6:28 AM | 6:55 AM | 5:04 PM | 5:30 PM | 4:27 PM | 6:30 PM | 10 h 09 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 99% | 6:38 PM | 8:14 AM |
| Dec 26 | 6:29 AM | 6:55 AM | 5:04 PM | 5:31 PM | 4:28 PM | 6:31 PM | 10 h 09 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 95% | 7:52 PM | 9:03 AM |
| Dec 27 | 6:29 AM | 6:56 AM | 5:05 PM | 5:32 PM | 4:28 PM | 6:31 PM | 10 h 09 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 89% | 9:02 PM | 9:43 AM |
| Dec 28 | 6:29 AM | 6:56 AM | 5:06 PM | 5:32 PM | 4:29 PM | 6:32 PM | 10 h 10 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 82% | 10:08 PM | 10:18 AM |
| Dec 29 | 6:30 AM | 6:56 AM | 5:06 PM | 5:33 PM | 4:30 PM | 6:32 PM | 10 h 10 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 73% | 11:11 PM | 10:49 AM |
| Dec 30 | 6:30 AM | 6:57 AM | 5:07 PM | 5:33 PM | 4:30 PM | 6:33 PM | 10 h 10 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter 10:29 PM | 11:18 AM | |
| Dec 31 | 6:30 AM | 6:57 AM | 5:08 PM | 5:34 PM | 4:31 PM | 6:34 PM | 10 h 11 min | +1.0 min | Last quarter, 53% | 12:11 AM | 11:48 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.