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