Sunrise and sunset in Costa Rica

Costa Rica Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (GMT-7)

Day length goes from 10 h 43 min on December 1 to 10 h 39 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 6:53 AM and sunset from 5:20 PM to 5:32 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 16:12 AM6:37 AM5:20 PM5:45 PM4:47 PM6:41 PM10 h 43 minLast quarter, 53%12:40 PM
Dec 26:13 AM6:38 AM5:20 PM5:45 PM4:47 PM6:41 PM10 h 42 min-1.0 minLast quarter, 42%12:56 AM1:12 PM
Dec 36:14 AM6:38 AM5:21 PM5:45 PM4:47 PM6:41 PM10 h 43 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 32%1:52 AM1:44 PM
Dec 46:14 AM6:39 AM5:21 PM5:45 PM4:47 PM6:41 PM10 h 42 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 23%2:47 AM2:18 PM
Dec 56:15 AM6:40 AM5:21 PM5:46 PM4:47 PM6:42 PM10 h 41 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 14%3:42 AM2:53 PM
Dec 66:16 AM6:40 AM5:21 PM5:46 PM4:47 PM6:42 PM10 h 41 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 8%4:38 AM3:32 PM
Dec 76:16 AM6:41 AM5:21 PM5:46 PM4:48 PM6:42 PM10 h 40 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 3%5:35 AM4:15 PM
Dec 86:17 AM6:42 AM5:21 PM5:46 PM4:48 PM6:42 PM10 h 39 min-1.0 minNew moon 5:52 PM6:30 AM5:03 PM
Dec 96:18 AM6:42 AM5:22 PM5:46 PM4:48 PM6:43 PM10 h 40 min+1.0 minNew moon, 0%7:24 AM5:54 PM
Dec 106:18 AM6:43 AM5:22 PM5:47 PM4:48 PM6:43 PM10 h 39 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%8:13 AM6:47 PM
Dec 116:19 AM6:44 AM5:22 PM5:47 PM4:48 PM6:43 PM10 h 38 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%8:59 AM7:42 PM
Dec 126:19 AM6:44 AM5:22 PM5:47 PM4:49 PM6:44 PM10 h 38 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%9:39 AM8:36 PM
Dec 136:20 AM6:45 AM5:23 PM5:48 PM4:49 PM6:44 PM10 h 38 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 20%10:15 AM9:30 PM
Dec 146:21 AM6:46 AM5:23 PM5:48 PM4:49 PM6:44 PM10 h 37 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 29%10:48 AM10:23 PM
Dec 156:21 AM6:46 AM5:24 PM5:48 PM4:50 PM6:45 PM10 h 38 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 39%11:20 AM11:15 PM
Dec 166:22 AM6:47 AM5:24 PM5:49 PM4:50 PM6:45 PM10 h 37 min-1.0 minFirst quarter 10:43 PM11:50 AM
Dec 176:22 AM6:47 AM5:24 PM5:49 PM4:51 PM6:46 PM10 h 37 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 60%12:21 PM12:08 AM
Dec 186:23 AM6:48 AM5:25 PM5:50 PM4:51 PM6:46 PM10 h 37 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 70%12:54 PM1:03 AM
Dec 196:23 AM6:48 AM5:25 PM5:50 PM4:51 PM6:47 PM10 h 37 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%1:31 PM2:02 AM
Dec 206:24 AM6:49 AM5:26 PM5:51 PM4:52 PM6:47 PM10 h 37 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%2:14 PM3:04 AM
Dec 216:24 AM6:49 AM5:26 PM5:51 PM4:52 PM6:48 PM10 h 37 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 94%3:04 PM4:12 AM
Dec 226:25 AM6:50 AM5:27 PM5:52 PM4:53 PM6:48 PM10 h 37 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%4:04 PM5:22 AM
Dec 236:25 AM6:50 AM5:27 PM5:52 PM4:53 PM6:49 PM10 h 37 min+0.0 minFull moon 6:28 PM5:11 PM6:31 AM
Dec 246:26 AM6:51 AM5:28 PM5:53 PM4:54 PM6:49 PM10 h 37 min+0.0 minFull moon, 100%6:23 PM7:36 AM
Dec 256:26 AM6:51 AM5:28 PM5:53 PM4:54 PM6:50 PM10 h 37 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%7:35 PM8:32 AM
Dec 266:27 AM6:52 AM5:29 PM5:54 PM4:55 PM6:50 PM10 h 37 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%8:44 PM9:21 AM
Dec 276:27 AM6:52 AM5:29 PM5:54 PM4:56 PM6:51 PM10 h 37 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%9:48 PM10:03 AM
Dec 286:28 AM6:52 AM5:30 PM5:55 PM4:56 PM6:51 PM10 h 38 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 78%10:48 PM10:39 AM
Dec 296:28 AM6:53 AM5:31 PM5:56 PM4:57 PM6:52 PM10 h 38 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 69%11:46 PM11:13 AM
Dec 306:28 AM6:53 AM5:31 PM5:56 PM4:58 PM6:52 PM10 h 38 min+0.0 minLast quarter 11:59 AM11:46 AM
Dec 316:29 AM6:53 AM5:32 PM5:57 PM4:58 PM6:53 PM10 h 39 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 48%12:42 AM12:19 PM

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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.