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