Sunrise and sunset in Rifle

Rifle Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (MST)

Day length goes from 9 h 35 min on December 1 to 9 h 26 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 7:13 AM to 7:31 AM and sunset from 4:48 PM to 4:57 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 16:43 AM7:13 AM4:48 PM5:17 PM4:06 PM6:23 PM9 h 35 minLast quarter, 53%12:47 PM
Dec 26:44 AM7:14 AM4:47 PM5:17 PM4:06 PM6:23 PM9 h 33 min-2.0 minLast quarter, 42%12:58 AM1:10 PM
Dec 36:45 AM7:15 AM4:47 PM5:17 PM4:06 PM6:23 PM9 h 32 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 32%2:03 AM1:33 PM
Dec 46:46 AM7:16 AM4:47 PM5:17 PM4:05 PM6:23 PM9 h 31 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 23%3:07 AM1:57 PM
Dec 56:46 AM7:16 AM4:47 PM5:17 PM4:05 PM6:23 PM9 h 31 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 14%4:11 AM2:24 PM
Dec 66:47 AM7:17 AM4:47 PM5:17 PM4:05 PM6:23 PM9 h 30 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 8%5:16 AM2:55 PM
Dec 76:48 AM7:18 AM4:47 PM5:17 PM4:05 PM6:23 PM9 h 29 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 3%6:19 AM3:33 PM
Dec 86:49 AM7:19 AM4:47 PM5:17 PM4:05 PM6:23 PM9 h 28 min-1.0 minNew moon 5:52 PM7:19 AM4:16 PM
Dec 96:50 AM7:20 AM4:47 PM5:17 PM4:05 PM6:24 PM9 h 27 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%8:14 AM5:07 PM
Dec 106:51 AM7:21 AM4:47 PM5:17 PM4:05 PM6:24 PM9 h 26 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%9:02 AM6:03 PM
Dec 116:51 AM7:22 AM4:47 PM5:18 PM4:05 PM6:24 PM9 h 25 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%9:43 AM7:03 PM
Dec 126:52 AM7:22 AM4:48 PM5:18 PM4:05 PM6:24 PM9 h 26 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%10:17 AM8:04 PM
Dec 136:53 AM7:23 AM4:48 PM5:18 PM4:05 PM6:24 PM9 h 25 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 20%10:45 AM9:06 PM
Dec 146:54 AM7:24 AM4:48 PM5:18 PM4:05 PM6:25 PM9 h 24 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 29%11:10 AM10:07 PM
Dec 156:54 AM7:25 AM4:48 PM5:19 PM4:06 PM6:25 PM9 h 23 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 39%11:33 AM11:09 PM
Dec 166:55 AM7:25 AM4:49 PM5:19 PM4:06 PM6:25 PM9 h 24 min+1.0 minFirst quarter 10:43 PM11:55 AM
Dec 176:56 AM7:26 AM4:49 PM5:19 PM4:06 PM6:26 PM9 h 23 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 60%12:16 PM12:11 AM
Dec 186:56 AM7:26 AM4:49 PM5:20 PM4:07 PM6:26 PM9 h 23 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 70%12:40 PM1:16 AM
Dec 196:57 AM7:27 AM4:50 PM5:20 PM4:07 PM6:27 PM9 h 23 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%1:08 PM2:24 AM
Dec 206:57 AM7:28 AM4:50 PM5:20 PM4:07 PM6:27 PM9 h 22 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%1:41 PM3:37 AM
Dec 216:58 AM7:28 AM4:51 PM5:21 PM4:08 PM6:28 PM9 h 23 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 94%2:24 PM4:53 AM
Dec 226:58 AM7:29 AM4:51 PM5:21 PM4:08 PM6:28 PM9 h 22 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%3:18 PM6:10 AM
Dec 236:59 AM7:29 AM4:52 PM5:22 PM4:09 PM6:29 PM9 h 23 min+1.0 minFull moon 6:28 PM4:24 PM7:22 AM
Dec 246:59 AM7:29 AM4:52 PM5:23 PM4:10 PM6:29 PM9 h 23 min+0.0 minFull moon, 100%5:41 PM8:23 AM
Dec 257:00 AM7:30 AM4:53 PM5:23 PM4:10 PM6:30 PM9 h 23 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%7:01 PM9:12 AM
Dec 267:00 AM7:30 AM4:54 PM5:24 PM4:11 PM6:30 PM9 h 24 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%8:20 PM9:51 AM
Dec 277:00 AM7:31 AM4:54 PM5:24 PM4:12 PM6:31 PM9 h 23 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%9:35 PM10:23 AM
Dec 287:01 AM7:31 AM4:55 PM5:25 PM4:12 PM6:32 PM9 h 24 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 78%10:46 PM10:49 AM
Dec 297:01 AM7:31 AM4:56 PM5:26 PM4:13 PM6:32 PM9 h 25 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 69%11:54 PM11:13 AM
Dec 307:01 AM7:31 AM4:56 PM5:27 PM4:14 PM6:33 PM9 h 25 min+0.0 minLast quarter 11:59 AM11:37 AM
Dec 317:01 AM7:31 AM4:57 PM5:27 PM4:15 PM6:34 PM9 h 26 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 48%1:00 AM12:01 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.