Delta Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026
Day length goes from 9 h 39 min on December 1 to 9 h 31 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 7:12 AM to 7:30 AM and sunset from 4:51 PM to 5:01 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 | 6:42 AM | 7:12 AM | 4:51 PM | 5:20 PM | 4:10 PM | 6:25 PM | 9 h 39 min | Last quarter, 53% | 12:48 PM | ||
| Dec 2 | 6:43 AM | 7:13 AM | 4:51 PM | 5:20 PM | 4:10 PM | 6:25 PM | 9 h 38 min | -1.0 min | Last quarter, 42% | 12:59 AM | 1:11 PM |
| Dec 3 | 6:44 AM | 7:14 AM | 4:51 PM | 5:20 PM | 4:10 PM | 6:25 PM | 9 h 37 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 32% | 2:03 AM | 1:35 PM |
| Dec 4 | 6:45 AM | 7:14 AM | 4:51 PM | 5:20 PM | 4:09 PM | 6:25 PM | 9 h 37 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 23% | 3:07 AM | 2:00 PM |
| Dec 5 | 6:46 AM | 7:15 AM | 4:50 PM | 5:20 PM | 4:09 PM | 6:25 PM | 9 h 35 min | -2.0 min | Waning crescent, 14% | 4:11 AM | 2:27 PM |
| Dec 6 | 6:47 AM | 7:16 AM | 4:50 PM | 5:20 PM | 4:09 PM | 6:25 PM | 9 h 34 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 8% | 5:15 AM | 2:59 PM |
| Dec 7 | 6:47 AM | 7:17 AM | 4:50 PM | 5:20 PM | 4:09 PM | 6:26 PM | 9 h 33 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 3% | 6:17 AM | 3:37 PM |
| Dec 8 | 6:48 AM | 7:18 AM | 4:50 PM | 5:20 PM | 4:09 PM | 6:26 PM | 9 h 32 min | -1.0 min | New moon 5:52 PM | 7:17 AM | 4:21 PM |
| Dec 9 | 6:49 AM | 7:19 AM | 4:51 PM | 5:20 PM | 4:09 PM | 6:26 PM | 9 h 32 min | +0.0 min | New moon, 0% | 8:12 AM | 5:11 PM |
| Dec 10 | 6:50 AM | 7:20 AM | 4:51 PM | 5:20 PM | 4:09 PM | 6:26 PM | 9 h 31 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 2% | 9:00 AM | 6:07 PM |
| Dec 11 | 6:51 AM | 7:20 AM | 4:51 PM | 5:21 PM | 4:09 PM | 6:26 PM | 9 h 31 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 6% | 9:41 AM | 7:07 PM |
| Dec 12 | 6:51 AM | 7:21 AM | 4:51 PM | 5:21 PM | 4:09 PM | 6:26 PM | 9 h 30 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 12% | 10:16 AM | 8:08 PM |
| Dec 13 | 6:52 AM | 7:22 AM | 4:51 PM | 5:21 PM | 4:09 PM | 6:27 PM | 9 h 29 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 20% | 10:45 AM | 9:09 PM |
| Dec 14 | 6:53 AM | 7:23 AM | 4:51 PM | 5:21 PM | 4:10 PM | 6:27 PM | 9 h 28 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 29% | 11:10 AM | 10:10 PM |
| Dec 15 | 6:53 AM | 7:23 AM | 4:52 PM | 5:22 PM | 4:10 PM | 6:27 PM | 9 h 29 min | +1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 39% | 11:33 AM | 11:10 PM |
| Dec 16 | 6:54 AM | 7:24 AM | 4:52 PM | 5:22 PM | 4:10 PM | 6:28 PM | 9 h 28 min | -1.0 min | First quarter 10:43 PM | 11:56 AM | |
| Dec 17 | 6:55 AM | 7:25 AM | 4:52 PM | 5:22 PM | 4:10 PM | 6:28 PM | 9 h 27 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 60% | 12:18 PM | 12:12 AM |
| Dec 18 | 6:55 AM | 7:25 AM | 4:53 PM | 5:23 PM | 4:11 PM | 6:29 PM | 9 h 28 min | +1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 70% | 12:42 PM | 1:16 AM |
| Dec 19 | 6:56 AM | 7:26 AM | 4:53 PM | 5:23 PM | 4:11 PM | 6:29 PM | 9 h 27 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 79% | 1:11 PM | 2:24 AM |
| Dec 20 | 6:56 AM | 7:26 AM | 4:54 PM | 5:24 PM | 4:12 PM | 6:29 PM | 9 h 28 min | +1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 87% | 1:45 PM | 3:36 AM |
| Dec 21 | 6:57 AM | 7:27 AM | 4:54 PM | 5:24 PM | 4:12 PM | 6:30 PM | 9 h 27 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 94% | 2:28 PM | 4:52 AM |
| Dec 22 | 6:57 AM | 7:27 AM | 4:55 PM | 5:25 PM | 4:13 PM | 6:30 PM | 9 h 28 min | +1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 98% | 3:22 PM | 6:08 AM |
| Dec 23 | 6:58 AM | 7:28 AM | 4:55 PM | 5:25 PM | 4:13 PM | 6:31 PM | 9 h 27 min | -1.0 min | Full moon 6:28 PM | 4:29 PM | 7:20 AM |
| Dec 24 | 6:58 AM | 7:28 AM | 4:56 PM | 5:26 PM | 4:14 PM | 6:32 PM | 9 h 28 min | +1.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 5:45 PM | 8:21 AM |
| Dec 25 | 6:59 AM | 7:29 AM | 4:56 PM | 5:26 PM | 4:14 PM | 6:32 PM | 9 h 27 min | -1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 97% | 7:05 PM | 9:11 AM |
| Dec 26 | 6:59 AM | 7:29 AM | 4:57 PM | 5:27 PM | 4:15 PM | 6:33 PM | 9 h 28 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 93% | 8:23 PM | 9:51 AM |
| Dec 27 | 6:59 AM | 7:29 AM | 4:58 PM | 5:28 PM | 4:16 PM | 6:33 PM | 9 h 29 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 86% | 9:37 PM | 10:23 AM |
| Dec 28 | 7:00 AM | 7:30 AM | 4:58 PM | 5:28 PM | 4:17 PM | 6:34 PM | 9 h 28 min | -1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 78% | 10:48 PM | 10:50 AM |
| Dec 29 | 7:00 AM | 7:30 AM | 4:59 PM | 5:29 PM | 4:17 PM | 6:35 PM | 9 h 29 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 69% | 11:55 PM | 11:15 AM |
| Dec 30 | 7:00 AM | 7:30 AM | 5:00 PM | 5:30 PM | 4:18 PM | 6:35 PM | 9 h 30 min | +1.0 min | Last quarter 11:59 AM | 11:39 AM | |
| Dec 31 | 7:01 AM | 7:30 AM | 5:01 PM | 5:30 PM | 4:19 PM | 6:36 PM | 9 h 31 min | +1.0 min | Last quarter, 48% | 1:00 AM | 12:03 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.