Sunrise and sunset in Section

Section Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (CST)

Day length goes from 10 h 00 min on December 1 to 9 h 53 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 6:33 AM to 6:51 AM and sunset from 4:33 PM to 4:44 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 16:05 AM6:33 AM4:33 PM5:01 PM3:55 PM6:02 PM10 h 00 minLast quarter 12:09 AM12:16 PM
Dec 26:06 AM6:34 AM4:33 PM5:01 PM3:55 PM6:02 PM9 h 59 min-1.0 minLast quarter, 43%12:27 AM12:43 PM
Dec 36:07 AM6:34 AM4:33 PM5:01 PM3:55 PM6:02 PM9 h 59 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 32%1:28 AM1:09 PM
Dec 46:08 AM6:35 AM4:33 PM5:01 PM3:55 PM6:03 PM9 h 58 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 23%2:29 AM1:36 PM
Dec 56:08 AM6:36 AM4:33 PM5:01 PM3:55 PM6:03 PM9 h 57 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 15%3:30 AM2:06 PM
Dec 66:09 AM6:37 AM4:33 PM5:01 PM3:55 PM6:03 PM9 h 56 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 8%4:31 AM2:40 PM
Dec 76:10 AM6:38 AM4:33 PM5:01 PM3:55 PM6:03 PM9 h 55 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 3%5:32 AM3:20 PM
Dec 86:11 AM6:38 AM4:33 PM5:01 PM3:55 PM6:03 PM9 h 55 min+0.0 minNew moon 6:52 PM6:31 AM4:04 PM
Dec 96:11 AM6:39 AM4:33 PM5:01 PM3:55 PM6:03 PM9 h 54 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%7:25 AM4:55 PM
Dec 106:12 AM6:40 AM4:34 PM5:01 PM3:55 PM6:03 PM9 h 54 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%8:14 AM5:50 PM
Dec 116:13 AM6:41 AM4:34 PM5:02 PM3:55 PM6:04 PM9 h 53 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%8:57 AM6:48 PM
Dec 126:14 AM6:41 AM4:34 PM5:02 PM3:55 PM6:04 PM9 h 53 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%9:34 AM7:46 PM
Dec 136:14 AM6:42 AM4:34 PM5:02 PM3:56 PM6:04 PM9 h 52 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 20%10:06 AM8:45 PM
Dec 146:15 AM6:43 AM4:35 PM5:02 PM3:56 PM6:05 PM9 h 52 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 29%10:34 AM9:43 PM
Dec 156:16 AM6:44 AM4:35 PM5:03 PM3:56 PM6:05 PM9 h 51 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 39%11:00 AM10:41 PM
Dec 166:16 AM6:44 AM4:35 PM5:03 PM3:56 PM6:05 PM9 h 51 min+0.0 minFirst quarter 11:43 PM11:25 AM11:40 PM
Dec 176:17 AM6:45 AM4:36 PM5:04 PM3:57 PM6:06 PM9 h 51 min+0.0 minFirst quarter, 60%11:50 AM
Dec 186:17 AM6:45 AM4:36 PM5:04 PM3:57 PM6:06 PM9 h 51 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 70%12:17 PM12:41 AM
Dec 196:18 AM6:46 AM4:36 PM5:04 PM3:58 PM6:07 PM9 h 50 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%12:48 PM1:45 AM
Dec 206:18 AM6:46 AM4:37 PM5:05 PM3:58 PM6:07 PM9 h 51 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%1:24 PM2:54 AM
Dec 216:19 AM6:47 AM4:37 PM5:05 PM3:59 PM6:08 PM9 h 50 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 93%2:09 PM4:07 AM
Dec 226:19 AM6:47 AM4:38 PM5:06 PM3:59 PM6:08 PM9 h 51 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%3:05 PM5:21 AM
Dec 236:20 AM6:48 AM4:38 PM5:06 PM4:00 PM6:09 PM9 h 50 min-1.0 minFull moon 7:28 PM4:11 PM6:32 AM
Dec 246:20 AM6:48 AM4:39 PM5:07 PM4:00 PM6:09 PM9 h 51 min+1.0 minFull moon, 100%5:26 PM7:35 AM
Dec 256:21 AM6:49 AM4:40 PM5:08 PM4:01 PM6:10 PM9 h 51 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%6:43 PM8:28 AM
Dec 266:21 AM6:49 AM4:40 PM5:08 PM4:01 PM6:10 PM9 h 51 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%7:58 PM9:11 AM
Dec 276:22 AM6:50 AM4:41 PM5:09 PM4:02 PM6:11 PM9 h 51 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%9:09 PM9:47 AM
Dec 286:22 AM6:50 AM4:41 PM5:09 PM4:03 PM6:12 PM9 h 51 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 78%10:16 PM10:17 AM
Dec 296:22 AM6:50 AM4:42 PM5:10 PM4:03 PM6:12 PM9 h 52 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 69%11:21 PM10:45 AM
Dec 306:22 AM6:50 AM4:43 PM5:11 PM4:04 PM6:13 PM9 h 53 min+1.0 minLast quarter 12:59 PM11:12 AM
Dec 316:23 AM6:51 AM4:44 PM5:11 PM4:05 PM6:14 PM9 h 53 min+0.0 minLast quarter, 48%12:23 AM11:39 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.