Sunrise and sunset in Death Valley

Death Valley Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (PST)

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