Rainbow City Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026
Day length goes from 10 h 04 min on December 1 to 9 h 56 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 7:07 AM to 7:25 AM and sunset from 5:11 PM to 5:21 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 | 6:40 AM | 7:07 AM | 5:11 PM | 5:38 PM | 4:33 PM | 6:39 PM | 10 h 04 min | Last quarter, 53% | 12:04 AM | 12:54 PM | |
| Dec 2 | 6:40 AM | 7:08 AM | 5:11 PM | 5:38 PM | 4:33 PM | 6:39 PM | 10 h 03 min | -1.0 min | Last quarter, 42% | 1:07 AM | 1:21 PM |
| Dec 3 | 6:41 AM | 7:09 AM | 5:11 PM | 5:38 PM | 4:33 PM | 6:39 PM | 10 h 02 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 32% | 2:08 AM | 1:47 PM |
| Dec 4 | 6:42 AM | 7:10 AM | 5:11 PM | 5:38 PM | 4:33 PM | 6:39 PM | 10 h 01 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 23% | 3:08 AM | 2:15 PM |
| Dec 5 | 6:43 AM | 7:10 AM | 5:11 PM | 5:38 PM | 4:33 PM | 6:40 PM | 10 h 01 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 14% | 4:09 AM | 2:46 PM |
| Dec 6 | 6:44 AM | 7:11 AM | 5:11 PM | 5:38 PM | 4:33 PM | 6:40 PM | 10 h 00 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 8% | 5:10 AM | 3:21 PM |
| Dec 7 | 6:44 AM | 7:12 AM | 5:11 PM | 5:38 PM | 4:33 PM | 6:40 PM | 9 h 59 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 3% | 6:10 AM | 4:01 PM |
| Dec 8 | 6:45 AM | 7:13 AM | 5:11 PM | 5:39 PM | 4:33 PM | 6:40 PM | 9 h 58 min | -1.0 min | New moon 5:52 PM | 7:08 AM | 4:46 PM |
| Dec 9 | 6:46 AM | 7:13 AM | 5:11 PM | 5:39 PM | 4:33 PM | 6:40 PM | 9 h 58 min | +0.0 min | New moon, 0% | 8:02 AM | 5:37 PM |
| Dec 10 | 6:47 AM | 7:14 AM | 5:11 PM | 5:39 PM | 4:33 PM | 6:40 PM | 9 h 57 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 2% | 8:51 AM | 6:32 PM |
| Dec 11 | 6:47 AM | 7:15 AM | 5:12 PM | 5:39 PM | 4:33 PM | 6:41 PM | 9 h 57 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 6% | 9:34 AM | 7:30 PM |
| Dec 12 | 6:48 AM | 7:16 AM | 5:12 PM | 5:39 PM | 4:34 PM | 6:41 PM | 9 h 56 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 12% | 10:10 AM | 8:28 PM |
| Dec 13 | 6:49 AM | 7:16 AM | 5:12 PM | 5:40 PM | 4:34 PM | 6:41 PM | 9 h 56 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 20% | 10:42 AM | 9:26 PM |
| Dec 14 | 6:49 AM | 7:17 AM | 5:12 PM | 5:40 PM | 4:34 PM | 6:42 PM | 9 h 55 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 29% | 11:11 AM | 10:24 PM |
| Dec 15 | 6:50 AM | 7:18 AM | 5:13 PM | 5:40 PM | 4:34 PM | 6:42 PM | 9 h 55 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 39% | 11:37 AM | 11:21 PM |
| Dec 16 | 6:51 AM | 7:18 AM | 5:13 PM | 5:41 PM | 4:35 PM | 6:42 PM | 9 h 55 min | +0.0 min | First quarter 10:43 PM | 12:02 PM | |
| Dec 17 | 6:51 AM | 7:19 AM | 5:13 PM | 5:41 PM | 4:35 PM | 6:43 PM | 9 h 54 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 60% | 12:28 PM | 12:20 AM |
| Dec 18 | 6:52 AM | 7:20 AM | 5:14 PM | 5:41 PM | 4:35 PM | 6:43 PM | 9 h 54 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 70% | 12:56 PM | 1:20 AM |
| Dec 19 | 6:52 AM | 7:20 AM | 5:14 PM | 5:42 PM | 4:36 PM | 6:44 PM | 9 h 54 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 79% | 1:27 PM | 2:25 AM |
| Dec 20 | 6:53 AM | 7:21 AM | 5:15 PM | 5:42 PM | 4:36 PM | 6:44 PM | 9 h 54 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 87% | 2:05 PM | 3:33 AM |
| Dec 21 | 6:53 AM | 7:21 AM | 5:15 PM | 5:43 PM | 4:37 PM | 6:45 PM | 9 h 54 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 94% | 2:51 PM | 4:46 AM |
| Dec 22 | 6:54 AM | 7:22 AM | 5:16 PM | 5:43 PM | 4:37 PM | 6:45 PM | 9 h 54 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 98% | 3:47 PM | 5:59 AM |
| Dec 23 | 6:54 AM | 7:22 AM | 5:16 PM | 5:44 PM | 4:38 PM | 6:46 PM | 9 h 54 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 6:28 PM | 4:54 PM | 7:10 AM |
| Dec 24 | 6:55 AM | 7:23 AM | 5:17 PM | 5:44 PM | 4:38 PM | 6:46 PM | 9 h 54 min | +0.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 6:09 PM | 8:13 AM |
| Dec 25 | 6:55 AM | 7:23 AM | 5:17 PM | 5:45 PM | 4:39 PM | 6:47 PM | 9 h 54 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 97% | 7:26 PM | 9:05 AM |
| Dec 26 | 6:56 AM | 7:23 AM | 5:18 PM | 5:46 PM | 4:40 PM | 6:47 PM | 9 h 55 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 93% | 8:40 PM | 9:48 AM |
| Dec 27 | 6:56 AM | 7:24 AM | 5:19 PM | 5:46 PM | 4:40 PM | 6:48 PM | 9 h 55 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 86% | 9:51 PM | 10:24 AM |
| Dec 28 | 6:56 AM | 7:24 AM | 5:19 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:41 PM | 6:49 PM | 9 h 55 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 78% | 10:57 PM | 10:55 AM |
| Dec 29 | 6:57 AM | 7:24 AM | 5:20 PM | 5:48 PM | 4:42 PM | 6:49 PM | 9 h 56 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 69% | 11:23 AM | |
| Dec 30 | 6:57 AM | 7:25 AM | 5:21 PM | 5:48 PM | 4:42 PM | 6:50 PM | 9 h 56 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter 11:59 AM | 12:00 AM | 11:50 AM |
| Dec 31 | 6:57 AM | 7:25 AM | 5:21 PM | 5:49 PM | 4:43 PM | 6:51 PM | 9 h 56 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter, 48% | 1:02 AM | 12:18 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.