Alta Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026
Day length goes from 0 h 00 min on December 1 to 0 h 00 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from to and sunset from to .
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 | 8:37 AM | Down all day | 1:54 PM | 4:46 PM | 0 h 00 min | Last quarter 7:09 AM | 11:28 PM | 12:38 PM | |||
| Dec 2 | 8:40 AM | Down all day | 1:52 PM | 4:45 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter, 46% | 12:13 PM | |||
| Dec 3 | 8:44 AM | Down all day | 1:49 PM | 4:44 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 35% | 1:27 AM | 11:48 AM | ||
| Dec 4 | 8:47 AM | Down all day | 1:47 PM | 4:43 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 26% | 3:28 AM | 11:19 AM | ||
| Dec 5 | 8:50 AM | Down all day | 1:45 PM | 4:42 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 17% | 5:42 AM | 10:38 AM | ||
| Dec 6 | 8:53 AM | Down all day | 1:43 PM | 4:41 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 10% | ||||
| Dec 7 | 8:56 AM | Down all day | 1:41 PM | 4:40 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 4% | ||||
| Dec 8 | 8:58 AM | Down all day | 1:39 PM | 4:39 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 1% | ||||
| Dec 9 | 9:01 AM | Down all day | 1:37 PM | 4:39 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | New moon 1:52 AM | ||||
| Dec 10 | 9:03 AM | Down all day | 1:36 PM | 4:38 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 1% | ||||
| Dec 11 | 9:06 AM | Down all day | 1:34 PM | 4:37 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 5% | ||||
| Dec 12 | 9:08 AM | Down all day | 1:33 PM | 4:37 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 10% | ||||
| Dec 13 | 9:10 AM | Down all day | 1:32 PM | 4:37 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 17% | 1:30 PM | 4:32 PM | ||
| Dec 14 | 9:12 AM | Down all day | 1:31 PM | 4:36 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 26% | 12:32 PM | 7:00 PM | ||
| Dec 15 | 9:14 AM | Down all day | 1:30 PM | 4:36 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 36% | 12:00 PM | 9:00 PM | ||
| Dec 16 | 9:15 AM | Down all day | 1:30 PM | 4:36 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | First quarter, 46% | 11:34 AM | 10:54 PM | ||
| Dec 17 | 9:17 AM | Down all day | 1:29 PM | 4:36 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | First quarter 6:43 AM | 11:11 AM | |||
| Dec 18 | 9:18 AM | Down all day | 1:29 PM | 4:37 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 67% | 10:46 AM | 12:49 AM | ||
| Dec 19 | 9:19 AM | Down all day | 1:29 PM | 4:37 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 77% | 10:15 AM | 2:56 AM | ||
| Dec 20 | 9:20 AM | Down all day | 1:29 PM | 4:37 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 85% | 9:20 AM | 5:36 AM | ||
| Dec 21 | 9:21 AM | Down all day | 1:29 PM | 4:38 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 92% | ||||
| Dec 22 | 9:21 AM | Down all day | 1:30 PM | 4:38 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 97% | ||||
| Dec 23 | 9:21 AM | Down all day | 1:31 PM | 4:39 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Full moon, 99% | ||||
| Dec 24 | 9:22 AM | Down all day | 1:31 PM | 4:39 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 2:28 AM | ||||
| Dec 25 | 9:21 AM | Down all day | 1:33 PM | 4:40 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 98% | ||||
| Dec 26 | 9:21 AM | Down all day | 1:34 PM | 4:41 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 94% | 3:37 PM | 12:39 PM | ||
| Dec 27 | 9:21 AM | Down all day | 1:35 PM | 4:42 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 89% | 6:38 PM | 11:32 AM | ||
| Dec 28 | 9:20 AM | Down all day | 1:37 PM | 4:43 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 81% | 8:56 PM | 10:58 AM | ||
| Dec 29 | 9:19 AM | Down all day | 1:39 PM | 4:44 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 72% | 11:01 PM | 10:32 AM | ||
| Dec 30 | 9:18 AM | Down all day | 1:41 PM | 4:45 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter 7:59 PM | 10:06 AM | |||
| Dec 31 | 9:17 AM | Down all day | 1:43 PM | 4:47 PM | 0 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter, 51% | 1:03 AM | 9:39 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.