Sunrise and sunset in Sterling

Sterling Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (AKST)

Day length goes from 6 h 18 min on December 1 to 5 h 51 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 9:43 AM to 10:11 AM and sunset from 4:01 PM to 4:02 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 18:47 AM9:43 AM4:01 PM4:57 PM2:11 PM6:44 PM6 h 18 minLast quarter, 52%12:26 AM1:52 PM
Dec 28:49 AM9:45 AM3:59 PM4:56 PM2:08 PM6:43 PM6 h 14 min-4.0 minLast quarter, 41%2:00 AM1:51 PM
Dec 38:51 AM9:47 AM3:58 PM4:55 PM2:04 PM6:43 PM6 h 11 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 31%3:30 AM1:50 PM
Dec 48:52 AM9:49 AM3:57 PM4:54 PM2:01 PM6:42 PM6 h 08 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 22%5:01 AM1:50 PM
Dec 58:54 AM9:51 AM3:56 PM4:53 PM1:58 PM6:42 PM6 h 05 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 14%6:33 AM1:51 PM
Dec 68:56 AM9:53 AM3:55 PM4:53 PM1:54 PM6:41 PM6 h 02 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 7%8:07 AM1:55 PM
Dec 78:57 AM9:55 AM3:54 PM4:52 PM1:51 PM6:41 PM5 h 59 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 3%9:41 AM2:03 PM
Dec 88:58 AM9:56 AM3:54 PM4:52 PM1:47 PM6:41 PM5 h 58 min-1.0 minNew moon 3:52 PM11:07 AM2:24 PM
Dec 99:00 AM9:58 AM3:53 PM4:51 PM1:44 PM6:41 PM5 h 55 min-3.0 minNew moon, 0%12:08 PM3:10 PM
Dec 109:01 AM9:59 AM3:52 PM4:51 PM1:41 PM6:40 PM5 h 53 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%12:37 PM4:26 PM
Dec 119:02 AM10:01 AM3:52 PM4:51 PM1:37 PM6:40 PM5 h 51 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 7%12:49 PM5:56 PM
Dec 129:03 AM10:02 AM3:51 PM4:50 PM1:34 PM6:40 PM5 h 49 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 13%12:54 PM7:28 PM
Dec 139:05 AM10:04 AM3:51 PM4:50 PM1:31 PM6:40 PM5 h 47 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 21%12:56 PM8:57 PM
Dec 149:06 AM10:05 AM3:51 PM4:50 PM1:27 PM6:40 PM5 h 46 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 30%12:56 PM10:24 PM
Dec 159:07 AM10:06 AM3:51 PM4:50 PM1:24 PM6:40 PM5 h 45 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 40%12:55 PM11:50 PM
Dec 169:07 AM10:07 AM3:51 PM4:50 PM1:21 PM6:41 PM5 h 44 min-1.0 minFirst quarter 8:43 PM12:54 PM
Dec 179:08 AM10:08 AM3:51 PM4:50 PM1:18 PM6:41 PM5 h 43 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 61%12:53 PM1:18 AM
Dec 189:09 AM10:09 AM3:51 PM4:51 PM1:15 PM6:41 PM5 h 42 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 71%12:53 PM2:49 AM
Dec 199:10 AM10:09 AM3:51 PM4:51 PM1:13 PM6:42 PM5 h 42 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 80%12:54 PM4:26 AM
Dec 209:10 AM10:10 AM3:52 PM4:51 PM1:12 PM6:42 PM5 h 42 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 88%12:57 PM6:12 AM
Dec 219:11 AM10:11 AM3:52 PM4:52 PM1:11 PM6:43 PM5 h 41 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 94%1:06 PM8:05 AM
Dec 229:11 AM10:11 AM3:53 PM4:52 PM1:13 PM6:43 PM5 h 42 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%1:30 PM9:56 AM
Dec 239:12 AM10:11 AM3:53 PM4:53 PM1:15 PM6:44 PM5 h 42 min+0.0 minFull moon 4:28 PM2:34 PM11:14 AM
Dec 249:12 AM10:12 AM3:54 PM4:54 PM1:19 PM6:44 PM5 h 42 min+0.0 minFull moon, 100%4:22 PM11:46 AM
Dec 259:12 AM10:12 AM3:55 PM4:54 PM1:22 PM6:45 PM5 h 43 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%6:22 PM11:57 AM
Dec 269:12 AM10:12 AM3:56 PM4:55 PM1:26 PM6:46 PM5 h 44 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 92%8:16 PM12:02 PM
Dec 279:13 AM10:12 AM3:57 PM4:56 PM1:30 PM6:47 PM5 h 45 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%10:01 PM12:03 PM
Dec 289:13 AM10:12 AM3:58 PM4:57 PM1:35 PM6:47 PM5 h 46 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 77%11:40 PM12:03 PM
Dec 299:12 AM10:12 AM3:59 PM4:58 PM1:39 PM6:48 PM5 h 47 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 68%12:02 PM
Dec 309:12 AM10:11 AM4:01 PM4:59 PM1:43 PM6:49 PM5 h 50 min+3.0 minLast quarter 9:59 AM1:14 AM12:01 PM
Dec 319:12 AM10:11 AM4:02 PM5:01 PM1:48 PM6:50 PM5 h 51 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 47%2:46 AM12:01 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.