Sunrise and sunset in Houston

Houston Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (AKST)

Day length goes from 5 h 57 min on December 1 to 5 h 29 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 9:50 AM to 10:18 AM and sunset from 3:47 PM to 3:47 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 18:50 AM9:50 AM3:47 PM4:46 PM1:32 PM6:38 PM5 h 57 minLast quarter, 52%12:20 AM1:49 PM
Dec 28:52 AM9:52 AM3:45 PM4:45 PM1:25 PM6:38 PM5 h 53 min-4.0 minLast quarter, 41%1:56 AM1:46 PM
Dec 38:54 AM9:54 AM3:44 PM4:44 PM1:16 PM6:37 PM5 h 50 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 31%3:29 AM1:43 PM
Dec 48:55 AM9:56 AM3:43 PM4:43 PM1:03 PM6:36 PM5 h 47 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 22%5:02 AM1:41 PM
Dec 58:57 AM9:58 AM3:42 PM4:43 PM6:36 PM5 h 44 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 14%6:37 AM1:39 PM
Dec 68:59 AM10:00 AM3:41 PM4:42 PM6:35 PM5 h 41 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 7%8:16 AM1:38 PM
Dec 79:00 AM10:02 AM3:40 PM4:41 PM6:35 PM5 h 38 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 3%9:56 AM1:40 PM
Dec 89:02 AM10:04 AM3:39 PM4:41 PM6:35 PM5 h 35 min-3.0 minNew moon 3:52 PM11:32 AM1:51 PM
Dec 99:03 AM10:05 AM3:38 PM4:40 PM6:34 PM5 h 33 min-2.0 minNew moon, 0%12:37 PM2:34 PM
Dec 109:04 AM10:07 AM3:37 PM4:40 PM6:34 PM5 h 30 min-3.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%12:57 PM3:59 PM
Dec 119:06 AM10:09 AM3:37 PM4:39 PM6:34 PM5 h 28 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 7%1:01 PM5:37 PM
Dec 129:07 AM10:10 AM3:36 PM4:39 PM6:34 PM5 h 26 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 13%1:01 PM7:14 PM
Dec 139:08 AM10:11 AM3:36 PM4:39 PM6:34 PM5 h 25 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 21%12:59 PM8:46 PM
Dec 149:09 AM10:13 AM3:35 PM4:39 PM6:34 PM5 h 22 min-3.0 minWaxing crescent, 30%12:56 PM10:16 PM
Dec 159:10 AM10:14 AM3:35 PM4:39 PM6:34 PM5 h 21 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 40%12:54 PM11:45 PM
Dec 169:11 AM10:15 AM3:35 PM4:39 PM6:34 PM5 h 20 min-1.0 minFirst quarter 8:43 PM12:51 PM
Dec 179:12 AM10:16 AM3:35 PM4:39 PM6:35 PM5 h 19 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 61%12:48 PM1:14 AM
Dec 189:13 AM10:17 AM3:35 PM4:39 PM6:35 PM5 h 18 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 71%12:46 PM2:47 AM
Dec 199:13 AM10:17 AM3:36 PM4:40 PM6:35 PM5 h 19 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 80%12:44 PM4:28 AM
Dec 209:14 AM10:18 AM3:36 PM4:40 PM6:36 PM5 h 18 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 88%12:43 PM6:17 AM
Dec 219:15 AM10:19 AM3:36 PM4:41 PM6:36 PM5 h 17 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 94%12:46 PM8:17 AM
Dec 229:15 AM10:19 AM3:37 PM4:41 PM6:37 PM5 h 18 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%1:00 PM10:18 AM
Dec 239:15 AM10:20 AM3:38 PM4:42 PM6:37 PM5 h 18 min+0.0 minFull moon 4:28 PM2:01 PM11:39 AM
Dec 249:16 AM10:20 AM3:38 PM4:42 PM6:38 PM5 h 18 min+0.0 minFull moon, 100%4:00 PM12:00 PM
Dec 259:16 AM10:20 AM3:39 PM4:43 PM6:39 PM5 h 19 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%6:07 PM12:05 PM
Dec 269:16 AM10:20 AM3:40 PM4:44 PM6:39 PM5 h 20 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 92%8:06 PM12:05 PM
Dec 279:16 AM10:20 AM3:41 PM4:45 PM6:40 PM5 h 21 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%9:54 PM12:03 PM
Dec 289:16 AM10:20 AM3:43 PM4:46 PM6:41 PM5 h 23 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 77%11:35 PM12:00 PM
Dec 299:16 AM10:19 AM3:44 PM4:47 PM6:42 PM5 h 25 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 68%11:58 AM
Dec 309:16 AM10:19 AM3:45 PM4:48 PM6:43 PM5 h 26 min+1.0 minLast quarter 9:59 AM1:12 AM11:55 AM
Dec 319:16 AM10:18 AM3:47 PM4:50 PM6:44 PM5 h 29 min+3.0 minLast quarter, 47%2:46 AM11:52 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.