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