Sunrise and sunset in Aurora

Aurora Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (MST)

Day length goes from 9 h 34 min on December 1 to 9 h 25 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 7:01 AM to 7:20 AM and sunset from 4:35 PM to 4:45 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 16:31 AM7:01 AM4:35 PM5:05 PM3:54 PM6:11 PM9 h 34 minLast quarter, 53%12:35 PM
Dec 26:32 AM7:02 AM4:35 PM5:05 PM3:53 PM6:11 PM9 h 33 min-1.0 minLast quarter, 42%12:45 AM12:58 PM
Dec 36:33 AM7:03 AM4:35 PM5:05 PM3:53 PM6:11 PM9 h 32 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 32%1:51 AM1:20 PM
Dec 46:34 AM7:04 AM4:35 PM5:05 PM3:53 PM6:11 PM9 h 31 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 23%2:55 AM1:45 PM
Dec 56:35 AM7:05 AM4:35 PM5:05 PM3:53 PM6:11 PM9 h 30 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 14%4:00 AM2:12 PM
Dec 66:36 AM7:06 AM4:35 PM5:05 PM3:52 PM6:11 PM9 h 29 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 8%5:04 AM2:43 PM
Dec 76:37 AM7:07 AM4:35 PM5:05 PM3:52 PM6:11 PM9 h 28 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 3%6:07 AM3:20 PM
Dec 86:38 AM7:08 AM4:35 PM5:05 PM3:52 PM6:11 PM9 h 27 min-1.0 minNew moon 5:52 PM7:08 AM4:03 PM
Dec 96:38 AM7:09 AM4:35 PM5:05 PM3:52 PM6:11 PM9 h 26 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%8:03 AM4:54 PM
Dec 106:39 AM7:10 AM4:35 PM5:05 PM3:52 PM6:12 PM9 h 25 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%8:51 AM5:50 PM
Dec 116:40 AM7:10 AM4:35 PM5:05 PM3:52 PM6:12 PM9 h 25 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%9:31 AM6:50 PM
Dec 126:41 AM7:11 AM4:35 PM5:05 PM3:53 PM6:12 PM9 h 24 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%10:05 AM7:52 PM
Dec 136:42 AM7:12 AM4:35 PM5:06 PM3:53 PM6:12 PM9 h 23 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 20%10:34 AM8:53 PM
Dec 146:42 AM7:13 AM4:36 PM5:06 PM3:53 PM6:13 PM9 h 23 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 29%10:59 AM9:55 PM
Dec 156:43 AM7:13 AM4:36 PM5:06 PM3:53 PM6:13 PM9 h 23 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 39%11:21 AM10:56 PM
Dec 166:44 AM7:14 AM4:36 PM5:07 PM3:53 PM6:13 PM9 h 22 min-1.0 minFirst quarter 10:43 PM11:43 AM11:59 PM
Dec 176:44 AM7:15 AM4:36 PM5:07 PM3:54 PM6:14 PM9 h 21 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 60%12:04 PM
Dec 186:45 AM7:15 AM4:37 PM5:07 PM3:54 PM6:14 PM9 h 22 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 70%12:28 PM1:04 AM
Dec 196:45 AM7:16 AM4:37 PM5:08 PM3:54 PM6:15 PM9 h 21 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%12:55 PM2:12 AM
Dec 206:46 AM7:16 AM4:38 PM5:08 PM3:55 PM6:15 PM9 h 22 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%1:29 PM3:25 AM
Dec 216:46 AM7:17 AM4:38 PM5:09 PM3:55 PM6:15 PM9 h 21 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 94%2:11 PM4:42 AM
Dec 226:47 AM7:17 AM4:39 PM5:09 PM3:56 PM6:16 PM9 h 22 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%3:05 PM5:59 AM
Dec 236:47 AM7:18 AM4:39 PM5:10 PM3:56 PM6:17 PM9 h 21 min-1.0 minFull moon 6:28 PM4:11 PM7:10 AM
Dec 246:48 AM7:18 AM4:40 PM5:10 PM3:57 PM6:17 PM9 h 22 min+1.0 minFull moon, 100%5:28 PM8:12 AM
Dec 256:48 AM7:19 AM4:40 PM5:11 PM3:58 PM6:18 PM9 h 21 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%6:48 PM9:01 AM
Dec 266:49 AM7:19 AM4:41 PM5:12 PM3:58 PM6:18 PM9 h 22 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%8:08 PM9:40 AM
Dec 276:49 AM7:19 AM4:42 PM5:12 PM3:59 PM6:19 PM9 h 23 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%9:23 PM10:11 AM
Dec 286:49 AM7:20 AM4:42 PM5:13 PM4:00 PM6:20 PM9 h 22 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 78%10:34 PM10:38 AM
Dec 296:49 AM7:20 AM4:43 PM5:14 PM4:01 PM6:20 PM9 h 23 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 69%11:42 PM11:01 AM
Dec 306:50 AM7:20 AM4:44 PM5:14 PM4:01 PM6:21 PM9 h 24 min+1.0 minLast quarter 11:59 AM11:25 AM
Dec 316:50 AM7:20 AM4:45 PM5:15 PM4:02 PM6:22 PM9 h 25 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 48%12:48 AM11:48 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.