Chūō Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026
Day length goes from 9 h 56 min on December 1 to 9 h 47 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 6:32 AM to 6:50 AM and sunset from 4:28 PM to 4:37 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 | 6:04 AM | 6:32 AM | 4:28 PM | 4:56 PM | 3:49 PM | 5:58 PM | 9 h 56 min | Last quarter 3:09 PM | 11:44 PM | 11:57 AM | |
| Dec 2 | 6:05 AM | 6:33 AM | 4:28 PM | 4:56 PM | 3:49 PM | 5:58 PM | 9 h 55 min | -1.0 min | Last quarter, 49% | 12:23 PM | |
| Dec 3 | 6:05 AM | 6:33 AM | 4:27 PM | 4:55 PM | 3:49 PM | 5:58 PM | 9 h 54 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 39% | 12:47 AM | 12:49 PM |
| Dec 4 | 6:06 AM | 6:34 AM | 4:27 PM | 4:55 PM | 3:48 PM | 5:58 PM | 9 h 53 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 29% | 1:49 AM | 1:15 PM |
| Dec 5 | 6:07 AM | 6:35 AM | 4:27 PM | 4:55 PM | 3:48 PM | 5:58 PM | 9 h 52 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 20% | 2:51 AM | 1:42 PM |
| Dec 6 | 6:08 AM | 6:36 AM | 4:27 PM | 4:55 PM | 3:48 PM | 5:58 PM | 9 h 51 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 12% | 3:52 AM | 2:13 PM |
| Dec 7 | 6:09 AM | 6:37 AM | 4:27 PM | 4:56 PM | 3:48 PM | 5:58 PM | 9 h 50 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 6% | 4:54 AM | 2:48 PM |
| Dec 8 | 6:09 AM | 6:38 AM | 4:27 PM | 4:56 PM | 3:48 PM | 5:58 PM | 9 h 49 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 2% | 5:55 AM | 3:29 PM |
| Dec 9 | 6:10 AM | 6:39 AM | 4:27 PM | 4:56 PM | 3:48 PM | 5:59 PM | 9 h 48 min | -1.0 min | New moon 9:52 AM | 6:52 AM | 4:16 PM |
| Dec 10 | 6:11 AM | 6:39 AM | 4:28 PM | 4:56 PM | 3:48 PM | 5:59 PM | 9 h 49 min | +1.0 min | New moon, 1% | 7:45 AM | 5:08 PM |
| Dec 11 | 6:12 AM | 6:40 AM | 4:28 PM | 4:56 PM | 3:48 PM | 5:59 PM | 9 h 48 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 3% | 8:32 AM | 6:05 PM |
| Dec 12 | 6:12 AM | 6:41 AM | 4:28 PM | 4:56 PM | 3:49 PM | 5:59 PM | 9 h 47 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 8% | 9:12 AM | 7:03 PM |
| Dec 13 | 6:13 AM | 6:42 AM | 4:28 PM | 4:57 PM | 3:49 PM | 6:00 PM | 9 h 46 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 15% | 9:46 AM | 8:03 PM |
| Dec 14 | 6:14 AM | 6:42 AM | 4:28 PM | 4:57 PM | 3:49 PM | 6:00 PM | 9 h 46 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 23% | 10:16 AM | 9:02 PM |
| Dec 15 | 6:14 AM | 6:43 AM | 4:29 PM | 4:57 PM | 3:49 PM | 6:00 PM | 9 h 46 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 32% | 10:42 AM | 10:00 PM |
| Dec 16 | 6:15 AM | 6:44 AM | 4:29 PM | 4:57 PM | 3:50 PM | 6:01 PM | 9 h 45 min | -1.0 min | First quarter, 43% | 11:07 AM | 10:59 PM |
| Dec 17 | 6:16 AM | 6:44 AM | 4:29 PM | 4:58 PM | 3:50 PM | 6:01 PM | 9 h 45 min | +0.0 min | First quarter 2:43 PM | 11:31 AM | 12:00 AM |
| Dec 18 | 6:16 AM | 6:45 AM | 4:30 PM | 4:58 PM | 3:50 PM | 6:01 PM | 9 h 45 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 64% | 11:56 AM | |
| Dec 19 | 6:17 AM | 6:45 AM | 4:30 PM | 4:59 PM | 3:51 PM | 6:02 PM | 9 h 45 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 73% | 12:24 PM | 1:03 AM |
| Dec 20 | 6:17 AM | 6:46 AM | 4:31 PM | 4:59 PM | 3:51 PM | 6:02 PM | 9 h 45 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 82% | 12:55 PM | 2:09 AM |
| Dec 21 | 6:18 AM | 6:47 AM | 4:31 PM | 5:00 PM | 3:52 PM | 6:03 PM | 9 h 44 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 90% | 1:34 PM | 3:20 AM |
| Dec 22 | 6:19 AM | 6:47 AM | 4:32 PM | 5:00 PM | 3:52 PM | 6:03 PM | 9 h 45 min | +1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 95% | 2:22 PM | 4:35 AM |
| Dec 23 | 6:19 AM | 6:47 AM | 4:32 PM | 5:01 PM | 3:53 PM | 6:04 PM | 9 h 45 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 99% | 3:22 PM | 5:49 AM |
| Dec 24 | 6:19 AM | 6:48 AM | 4:33 PM | 5:01 PM | 3:53 PM | 6:04 PM | 9 h 45 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 10:28 AM | 4:32 PM | 6:57 AM |
| Dec 25 | 6:20 AM | 6:48 AM | 4:33 PM | 5:02 PM | 3:54 PM | 6:05 PM | 9 h 45 min | +0.0 min | Full moon, 99% | 5:48 PM | 7:56 AM |
| Dec 26 | 6:20 AM | 6:49 AM | 4:34 PM | 5:02 PM | 3:54 PM | 6:05 PM | 9 h 45 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 96% | 7:06 PM | 8:45 AM |
| Dec 27 | 6:21 AM | 6:49 AM | 4:34 PM | 5:03 PM | 3:55 PM | 6:06 PM | 9 h 45 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 91% | 8:20 PM | 9:24 AM |
| Dec 28 | 6:21 AM | 6:49 AM | 4:35 PM | 5:04 PM | 3:56 PM | 6:07 PM | 9 h 46 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 84% | 9:31 PM | 9:57 AM |
| Dec 29 | 6:21 AM | 6:50 AM | 4:36 PM | 5:04 PM | 3:56 PM | 6:07 PM | 9 h 46 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 75% | 10:38 PM | 10:25 AM |
| Dec 30 | 6:22 AM | 6:50 AM | 4:36 PM | 5:05 PM | 3:57 PM | 6:08 PM | 9 h 46 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 65% | 11:42 PM | 10:52 AM |
| Dec 31 | 6:22 AM | 6:50 AM | 4:37 PM | 5:06 PM | 3:58 PM | 6:09 PM | 9 h 47 min | +1.0 min | Last quarter 3:59 AM | 11:18 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.