Sunrise and sunset in Costa Mesa

Costa Mesa Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (PST)

Day length goes from 10 h 05 min on December 1 to 9 h 58 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 6:38 AM to 6:56 AM and sunset from 4:43 PM to 4:54 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 16:11 AM6:38 AM4:43 PM5:10 PM4:06 PM6:11 PM10 h 05 minLast quarter, 52%12:26 PM
Dec 26:12 AM6:39 AM4:43 PM5:10 PM4:06 PM6:11 PM10 h 04 min-1.0 minLast quarter, 42%12:40 AM12:53 PM
Dec 36:13 AM6:40 AM4:43 PM5:10 PM4:06 PM6:11 PM10 h 03 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 32%1:41 AM1:20 PM
Dec 46:13 AM6:41 AM4:43 PM5:10 PM4:05 PM6:11 PM10 h 02 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 22%2:41 AM1:48 PM
Dec 56:14 AM6:42 AM4:43 PM5:10 PM4:05 PM6:12 PM10 h 01 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 14%3:42 AM2:19 PM
Dec 66:15 AM6:42 AM4:43 PM5:11 PM4:05 PM6:12 PM10 h 01 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 8%4:42 AM2:54 PM
Dec 76:16 AM6:43 AM4:43 PM5:11 PM4:05 PM6:12 PM10 h 00 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 3%5:42 AM3:34 PM
Dec 86:16 AM6:44 AM4:43 PM5:11 PM4:06 PM6:12 PM9 h 59 min-1.0 minNew moon 4:52 PM6:40 AM4:20 PM
Dec 96:17 AM6:45 AM4:43 PM5:11 PM4:06 PM6:12 PM9 h 58 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%7:34 AM5:11 PM
Dec 106:18 AM6:45 AM4:44 PM5:11 PM4:06 PM6:13 PM9 h 59 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%8:23 AM6:06 PM
Dec 116:19 AM6:46 AM4:44 PM5:11 PM4:06 PM6:13 PM9 h 58 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%9:06 AM7:03 PM
Dec 126:19 AM6:47 AM4:44 PM5:12 PM4:06 PM6:13 PM9 h 57 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%9:42 AM8:01 PM
Dec 136:20 AM6:48 AM4:44 PM5:12 PM4:06 PM6:13 PM9 h 56 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 20%10:14 AM8:59 PM
Dec 146:21 AM6:48 AM4:45 PM5:12 PM4:07 PM6:14 PM9 h 57 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 29%10:43 AM9:57 PM
Dec 156:21 AM6:49 AM4:45 PM5:13 PM4:07 PM6:14 PM9 h 56 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 39%11:09 AM10:54 PM
Dec 166:22 AM6:50 AM4:45 PM5:13 PM4:07 PM6:14 PM9 h 55 min-1.0 minFirst quarter 9:43 PM11:34 AM11:53 PM
Dec 176:23 AM6:50 AM4:46 PM5:13 PM4:08 PM6:15 PM9 h 56 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 61%12:00 PM
Dec 186:23 AM6:51 AM4:46 PM5:14 PM4:08 PM6:15 PM9 h 55 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 71%12:28 PM12:53 AM
Dec 196:24 AM6:51 AM4:47 PM5:14 PM4:08 PM6:16 PM9 h 56 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 80%1:00 PM1:58 AM
Dec 206:24 AM6:52 AM4:47 PM5:15 PM4:09 PM6:16 PM9 h 55 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 88%1:38 PM3:06 AM
Dec 216:25 AM6:52 AM4:47 PM5:15 PM4:09 PM6:17 PM9 h 55 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 94%2:24 PM4:18 AM
Dec 226:25 AM6:53 AM4:48 PM5:16 PM4:10 PM6:17 PM9 h 55 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%3:21 PM5:32 AM
Dec 236:26 AM6:53 AM4:49 PM5:16 PM4:10 PM6:18 PM9 h 56 min+1.0 minFull moon 5:28 PM4:29 PM6:43 AM
Dec 246:26 AM6:54 AM4:49 PM5:17 PM4:11 PM6:18 PM9 h 55 min-1.0 minFull moon, 100%5:43 PM7:45 AM
Dec 256:27 AM6:54 AM4:50 PM5:17 PM4:12 PM6:19 PM9 h 56 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%7:00 PM8:37 AM
Dec 266:27 AM6:55 AM4:50 PM5:18 PM4:12 PM6:19 PM9 h 55 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 92%8:14 PM9:20 AM
Dec 276:27 AM6:55 AM4:51 PM5:19 PM4:13 PM6:20 PM9 h 56 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%9:24 PM9:56 AM
Dec 286:28 AM6:55 AM4:52 PM5:19 PM4:14 PM6:21 PM9 h 57 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 78%10:30 PM10:27 AM
Dec 296:28 AM6:56 AM4:52 PM5:20 PM4:14 PM6:21 PM9 h 56 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 68%11:33 PM10:55 AM
Dec 306:28 AM6:56 AM4:53 PM5:21 PM4:15 PM6:22 PM9 h 57 min+1.0 minLast quarter 10:59 AM11:23 AM
Dec 316:28 AM6:56 AM4:54 PM5:21 PM4:16 PM6:23 PM9 h 58 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 47%12:35 AM11:51 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.