Big Delta Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026
Day length goes from 4 h 59 min on December 1 to 4 h 21 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 10:03 AM to 10:36 AM and sunset from 3:02 PM to 2:57 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 | 8:52 AM | 10:03 AM | 3:02 PM | 4:13 PM | 6:17 PM | 4 h 59 min | Last quarter, 52% | 1:35 PM | |||
| Dec 2 | 8:54 AM | 10:05 AM | 3:00 PM | 4:12 PM | 6:16 PM | 4 h 55 min | -4.0 min | Last quarter, 41% | 1:39 AM | 1:27 PM | |
| Dec 3 | 8:56 AM | 10:08 AM | 2:58 PM | 4:10 PM | 6:16 PM | 4 h 50 min | -5.0 min | Waning crescent, 31% | 3:18 AM | 1:19 PM | |
| Dec 4 | 8:58 AM | 10:10 AM | 2:57 PM | 4:09 PM | 6:15 PM | 4 h 47 min | -3.0 min | Waning crescent, 22% | 4:58 AM | 1:10 PM | |
| Dec 5 | 9:00 AM | 10:13 AM | 2:55 PM | 4:08 PM | 6:14 PM | 4 h 42 min | -5.0 min | Waning crescent, 14% | 6:42 AM | 1:00 PM | |
| Dec 6 | 9:01 AM | 10:15 AM | 2:53 PM | 4:07 PM | 6:14 PM | 4 h 38 min | -4.0 min | Waning crescent, 7% | 8:35 AM | 12:45 PM | |
| Dec 7 | 9:03 AM | 10:18 AM | 2:52 PM | 4:07 PM | 6:13 PM | 4 h 34 min | -4.0 min | Waning crescent, 3% | 11:01 AM | 12:02 PM | |
| Dec 8 | 9:05 AM | 10:20 AM | 2:51 PM | 4:06 PM | 6:13 PM | 4 h 31 min | -3.0 min | New moon 3:52 PM | |||
| Dec 9 | 9:06 AM | 10:22 AM | 2:49 PM | 4:05 PM | 6:12 PM | 4 h 27 min | -4.0 min | New moon, 0% | |||
| Dec 10 | 9:08 AM | 10:24 AM | 2:48 PM | 4:05 PM | 6:12 PM | 4 h 24 min | -3.0 min | Waxing crescent, 2% | |||
| Dec 11 | 9:09 AM | 10:26 AM | 2:47 PM | 4:04 PM | 6:12 PM | 4 h 21 min | -3.0 min | Waxing crescent, 7% | 1:35 PM | 4:31 PM | |
| Dec 12 | 9:11 AM | 10:28 AM | 2:46 PM | 4:04 PM | 6:12 PM | 4 h 18 min | -3.0 min | Waxing crescent, 13% | 1:14 PM | 6:28 PM | |
| Dec 13 | 9:12 AM | 10:30 AM | 2:46 PM | 4:03 PM | 6:12 PM | 4 h 16 min | -2.0 min | Waxing crescent, 21% | 1:02 PM | 8:12 PM | |
| Dec 14 | 9:13 AM | 10:31 AM | 2:45 PM | 4:03 PM | 6:12 PM | 4 h 14 min | -2.0 min | Waxing crescent, 30% | 12:52 PM | 9:49 PM | |
| Dec 15 | 9:14 AM | 10:33 AM | 2:45 PM | 4:03 PM | 6:12 PM | 4 h 12 min | -2.0 min | Waxing crescent, 40% | 12:44 PM | 11:24 PM | |
| Dec 16 | 9:15 AM | 10:34 AM | 2:44 PM | 4:03 PM | 6:12 PM | 4 h 10 min | -2.0 min | First quarter 8:43 PM | 12:36 PM | ||
| Dec 17 | 9:16 AM | 10:35 AM | 2:44 PM | 4:03 PM | 6:12 PM | 4 h 09 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 61% | 12:28 PM | 12:59 AM | |
| Dec 18 | 9:17 AM | 10:36 AM | 2:44 PM | 4:03 PM | 6:12 PM | 4 h 08 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 71% | 12:20 PM | 2:38 AM | |
| Dec 19 | 9:18 AM | 10:37 AM | 2:44 PM | 4:04 PM | 6:13 PM | 4 h 07 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 80% | 12:11 PM | 4:26 AM | |
| Dec 20 | 9:18 AM | 10:38 AM | 2:45 PM | 4:04 PM | 6:13 PM | 4 h 07 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 88% | 11:59 AM | 6:27 AM | |
| Dec 21 | 9:19 AM | 10:38 AM | 2:45 PM | 4:04 PM | 6:14 PM | 4 h 07 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 94% | 11:37 AM | 8:52 AM | |
| Dec 22 | 9:19 AM | 10:39 AM | 2:46 PM | 4:05 PM | 6:14 PM | 4 h 07 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 98% | |||
| Dec 23 | 9:20 AM | 10:39 AM | 2:46 PM | 4:06 PM | 6:15 PM | 4 h 07 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 4:28 PM | |||
| Dec 24 | 9:20 AM | 10:39 AM | 2:47 PM | 4:06 PM | 6:15 PM | 4 h 08 min | +1.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 2:32 PM | 12:56 PM | |
| Dec 25 | 9:20 AM | 10:39 AM | 2:48 PM | 4:07 PM | 6:16 PM | 4 h 09 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 97% | 5:19 PM | 12:21 PM | |
| Dec 26 | 9:20 AM | 10:39 AM | 2:49 PM | 4:08 PM | 6:17 PM | 4 h 10 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 92% | 7:32 PM | 12:07 PM | |
| Dec 27 | 9:20 AM | 10:39 AM | 2:51 PM | 4:09 PM | 6:18 PM | 4 h 12 min | +2.0 min | Waning gibbous, 86% | 9:29 PM | 11:57 AM | |
| Dec 28 | 9:20 AM | 10:38 AM | 2:52 PM | 4:10 PM | 6:19 PM | 4 h 14 min | +2.0 min | Waning gibbous, 77% | 11:17 PM | 11:49 AM | |
| Dec 29 | 9:20 AM | 10:38 AM | 2:54 PM | 4:12 PM | 6:20 PM | 4 h 16 min | +2.0 min | Waning gibbous, 68% | 11:40 AM | ||
| Dec 30 | 9:20 AM | 10:37 AM | 2:56 PM | 4:13 PM | 6:21 PM | 4 h 19 min | +3.0 min | Last quarter 9:59 AM | 12:59 AM | 11:32 AM | |
| Dec 31 | 9:19 AM | 10:36 AM | 2:57 PM | 4:14 PM | 6:22 PM | 4 h 21 min | +2.0 min | Last quarter, 47% | 2:40 AM | 11:23 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.