Rittō Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026
Day length goes from 9 h 59 min on December 1 to 9 h 50 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 6:45 AM to 7:04 AM and sunset from 4:44 PM to 4:54 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 | 6:17 AM | 6:45 AM | 4:44 PM | 5:12 PM | 4:06 PM | 6:14 PM | 9 h 59 min | Last quarter 3:09 PM | 12:00 AM | 12:12 PM | |
| Dec 2 | 6:18 AM | 6:46 AM | 4:44 PM | 5:12 PM | 4:06 PM | 6:14 PM | 9 h 58 min | -1.0 min | Last quarter, 49% | 12:39 PM | |
| Dec 3 | 6:19 AM | 6:47 AM | 4:44 PM | 5:12 PM | 4:06 PM | 6:14 PM | 9 h 57 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 39% | 1:03 AM | 1:04 PM |
| Dec 4 | 6:20 AM | 6:48 AM | 4:44 PM | 5:12 PM | 4:06 PM | 6:14 PM | 9 h 56 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 29% | 2:04 AM | 1:31 PM |
| Dec 5 | 6:21 AM | 6:49 AM | 4:44 PM | 5:12 PM | 4:06 PM | 6:14 PM | 9 h 55 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 20% | 3:05 AM | 1:59 PM |
| Dec 6 | 6:22 AM | 6:50 AM | 4:44 PM | 5:12 PM | 4:05 PM | 6:14 PM | 9 h 54 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 12% | 4:07 AM | 2:30 PM |
| Dec 7 | 6:22 AM | 6:50 AM | 4:44 PM | 5:12 PM | 4:05 PM | 6:14 PM | 9 h 54 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 6% | 5:08 AM | 3:06 PM |
| Dec 8 | 6:23 AM | 6:51 AM | 4:44 PM | 5:12 PM | 4:05 PM | 6:14 PM | 9 h 53 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 2% | 6:08 AM | 3:47 PM |
| Dec 9 | 6:24 AM | 6:52 AM | 4:44 PM | 5:12 PM | 4:06 PM | 6:15 PM | 9 h 52 min | -1.0 min | New moon 9:52 AM | 7:06 AM | 4:34 PM |
| Dec 10 | 6:25 AM | 6:53 AM | 4:44 PM | 5:12 PM | 4:06 PM | 6:15 PM | 9 h 51 min | -1.0 min | New moon, 1% | 7:58 AM | 5:26 PM |
| Dec 11 | 6:25 AM | 6:54 AM | 4:45 PM | 5:13 PM | 4:06 PM | 6:15 PM | 9 h 51 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 3% | 8:45 AM | 6:22 PM |
| Dec 12 | 6:26 AM | 6:54 AM | 4:45 PM | 5:13 PM | 4:06 PM | 6:15 PM | 9 h 51 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 8% | 9:25 AM | 7:21 PM |
| Dec 13 | 6:27 AM | 6:55 AM | 4:45 PM | 5:13 PM | 4:06 PM | 6:16 PM | 9 h 50 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 15% | 10:00 AM | 8:20 PM |
| Dec 14 | 6:28 AM | 6:56 AM | 4:45 PM | 5:13 PM | 4:06 PM | 6:16 PM | 9 h 49 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 23% | 10:30 AM | 9:19 PM |
| Dec 15 | 6:28 AM | 6:56 AM | 4:46 PM | 5:14 PM | 4:07 PM | 6:16 PM | 9 h 50 min | +1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 32% | 10:57 AM | 10:17 PM |
| Dec 16 | 6:29 AM | 6:57 AM | 4:46 PM | 5:14 PM | 4:07 PM | 6:17 PM | 9 h 49 min | -1.0 min | First quarter, 43% | 11:22 AM | 11:15 PM |
| Dec 17 | 6:29 AM | 6:58 AM | 4:46 PM | 5:14 PM | 4:07 PM | 6:17 PM | 9 h 48 min | -1.0 min | First quarter 2:43 PM | 11:46 AM | |
| Dec 18 | 6:30 AM | 6:58 AM | 4:47 PM | 5:15 PM | 4:08 PM | 6:17 PM | 9 h 49 min | +1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 64% | 12:12 PM | 12:15 AM |
| Dec 19 | 6:31 AM | 6:59 AM | 4:47 PM | 5:15 PM | 4:08 PM | 6:18 PM | 9 h 48 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 73% | 12:40 PM | 1:18 AM |
| Dec 20 | 6:31 AM | 6:59 AM | 4:47 PM | 5:16 PM | 4:08 PM | 6:18 PM | 9 h 48 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 82% | 1:12 PM | 2:24 AM |
| Dec 21 | 6:32 AM | 7:00 AM | 4:48 PM | 5:16 PM | 4:09 PM | 6:19 PM | 9 h 48 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 90% | 1:51 PM | 3:35 AM |
| Dec 22 | 6:32 AM | 7:00 AM | 4:48 PM | 5:17 PM | 4:09 PM | 6:19 PM | 9 h 48 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 95% | 2:40 PM | 4:49 AM |
| Dec 23 | 6:33 AM | 7:01 AM | 4:49 PM | 5:17 PM | 4:10 PM | 6:20 PM | 9 h 48 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 99% | 3:40 PM | 6:02 AM |
| Dec 24 | 6:33 AM | 7:01 AM | 4:49 PM | 5:18 PM | 4:10 PM | 6:20 PM | 9 h 48 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 10:28 AM | 4:50 PM | 7:11 AM |
| Dec 25 | 6:34 AM | 7:02 AM | 4:50 PM | 5:18 PM | 4:11 PM | 6:21 PM | 9 h 48 min | +0.0 min | Full moon, 99% | 6:06 PM | 8:10 AM |
| Dec 26 | 6:34 AM | 7:02 AM | 4:51 PM | 5:19 PM | 4:12 PM | 6:21 PM | 9 h 49 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 96% | 7:23 PM | 8:59 AM |
| Dec 27 | 6:34 AM | 7:03 AM | 4:51 PM | 5:19 PM | 4:12 PM | 6:22 PM | 9 h 48 min | -1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 91% | 8:37 PM | 9:38 AM |
| Dec 28 | 6:35 AM | 7:03 AM | 4:52 PM | 5:20 PM | 4:13 PM | 6:23 PM | 9 h 49 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 84% | 9:47 PM | 10:12 AM |
| Dec 29 | 6:35 AM | 7:03 AM | 4:53 PM | 5:21 PM | 4:14 PM | 6:23 PM | 9 h 50 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 75% | 10:53 PM | 10:40 AM |
| Dec 30 | 6:35 AM | 7:03 AM | 4:53 PM | 5:21 PM | 4:14 PM | 6:24 PM | 9 h 50 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 65% | 11:57 PM | 11:07 AM |
| Dec 31 | 6:36 AM | 7:04 AM | 4:54 PM | 5:22 PM | 4:15 PM | 6:25 PM | 9 h 50 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter 3:59 AM | 11:34 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.