Sunrise and sunset in Sterling

Sterling Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (MST)

Day length goes from 9 h 29 min on December 1 to 9 h 20 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 6:57 AM to 7:16 AM and sunset from 4:26 PM to 4:36 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 16:27 AM6:57 AM4:26 PM4:57 PM3:44 PM6:04 PM9 h 29 minLast quarter, 53%12:29 PM
Dec 26:28 AM6:58 AM4:26 PM4:56 PM3:43 PM6:03 PM9 h 28 min-1.0 minLast quarter, 42%12:38 AM12:51 PM
Dec 36:29 AM6:59 AM4:26 PM4:56 PM3:43 PM6:03 PM9 h 27 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 32%1:45 AM1:13 PM
Dec 46:30 AM7:00 AM4:26 PM4:56 PM3:43 PM6:03 PM9 h 26 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 23%2:50 AM1:36 PM
Dec 56:31 AM7:01 AM4:26 PM4:56 PM3:43 PM6:03 PM9 h 25 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 14%3:55 AM2:03 PM
Dec 66:32 AM7:02 AM4:26 PM4:56 PM3:43 PM6:03 PM9 h 24 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 8%5:00 AM2:33 PM
Dec 76:32 AM7:03 AM4:26 PM4:56 PM3:42 PM6:03 PM9 h 23 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 3%6:04 AM3:10 PM
Dec 86:33 AM7:04 AM4:26 PM4:56 PM3:42 PM6:04 PM9 h 22 min-1.0 minNew moon 5:52 PM7:04 AM3:53 PM
Dec 96:34 AM7:05 AM4:26 PM4:56 PM3:42 PM6:04 PM9 h 21 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%8:00 AM4:43 PM
Dec 106:35 AM7:06 AM4:26 PM4:56 PM3:42 PM6:04 PM9 h 20 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%8:48 AM5:40 PM
Dec 116:36 AM7:07 AM4:26 PM4:57 PM3:42 PM6:04 PM9 h 19 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%9:28 AM6:40 PM
Dec 126:37 AM7:07 AM4:26 PM4:57 PM3:42 PM6:04 PM9 h 19 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%10:01 AM7:42 PM
Dec 136:37 AM7:08 AM4:26 PM4:57 PM3:43 PM6:05 PM9 h 18 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 20%10:29 AM8:45 PM
Dec 146:38 AM7:09 AM4:26 PM4:57 PM3:43 PM6:05 PM9 h 17 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 29%10:54 AM9:47 PM
Dec 156:39 AM7:10 AM4:27 PM4:57 PM3:43 PM6:05 PM9 h 17 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 39%11:15 AM10:49 PM
Dec 166:39 AM7:10 AM4:27 PM4:58 PM3:43 PM6:05 PM9 h 17 min+0.0 minFirst quarter 10:43 PM11:36 AM11:52 PM
Dec 176:40 AM7:11 AM4:27 PM4:58 PM3:44 PM6:06 PM9 h 16 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 60%11:57 AM
Dec 186:41 AM7:11 AM4:28 PM4:59 PM3:44 PM6:06 PM9 h 17 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 70%12:20 PM12:58 AM
Dec 196:41 AM7:12 AM4:28 PM4:59 PM3:44 PM6:07 PM9 h 16 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%12:47 PM2:07 AM
Dec 206:42 AM7:13 AM4:28 PM4:59 PM3:45 PM6:07 PM9 h 15 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%1:19 PM3:21 AM
Dec 216:42 AM7:13 AM4:29 PM5:00 PM3:45 PM6:08 PM9 h 16 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 94%2:01 PM4:38 AM
Dec 226:43 AM7:14 AM4:29 PM5:00 PM3:46 PM6:08 PM9 h 15 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%2:54 PM5:55 AM
Dec 236:43 AM7:14 AM4:30 PM5:01 PM3:46 PM6:09 PM9 h 16 min+1.0 minFull moon 6:28 PM4:01 PM7:07 AM
Dec 246:44 AM7:15 AM4:31 PM5:02 PM3:47 PM6:09 PM9 h 16 min+0.0 minFull moon, 100%5:18 PM8:08 AM
Dec 256:44 AM7:15 AM4:31 PM5:02 PM3:48 PM6:10 PM9 h 16 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%6:39 PM8:57 AM
Dec 266:44 AM7:15 AM4:32 PM5:03 PM3:48 PM6:10 PM9 h 17 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%7:59 PM9:35 AM
Dec 276:45 AM7:16 AM4:33 PM5:03 PM3:49 PM6:11 PM9 h 17 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%9:15 PM10:06 AM
Dec 286:45 AM7:16 AM4:33 PM5:04 PM3:50 PM6:12 PM9 h 17 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 78%10:27 PM10:32 AM
Dec 296:45 AM7:16 AM4:34 PM5:05 PM3:50 PM6:12 PM9 h 18 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 69%11:35 PM10:55 AM
Dec 306:45 AM7:16 AM4:35 PM5:06 PM3:51 PM6:13 PM9 h 19 min+1.0 minLast quarter 11:59 AM11:17 AM
Dec 316:46 AM7:16 AM4:36 PM5:06 PM3:52 PM6:14 PM9 h 20 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 48%12:42 AM11:40 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.