Sunrise and sunset in Madison

Madison Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (EST)

Day length goes from 10 h 06 min on December 1 to 9 h 58 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 7:20 AM to 7:38 AM and sunset from 5:26 PM to 5:36 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 16:53 AM7:20 AM5:26 PM5:53 PM4:48 PM6:54 PM10 h 06 minLast quarter 1:09 AM12:13 AM1:06 PM
Dec 26:54 AM7:21 AM5:25 PM5:53 PM4:48 PM6:54 PM10 h 04 min-2.0 minLast quarter, 43%1:16 AM1:33 PM
Dec 36:55 AM7:22 AM5:25 PM5:53 PM4:48 PM6:54 PM10 h 03 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 33%2:17 AM1:59 PM
Dec 46:55 AM7:23 AM5:25 PM5:53 PM4:48 PM6:54 PM10 h 02 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 23%3:18 AM2:27 PM
Dec 56:56 AM7:24 AM5:25 PM5:53 PM4:48 PM6:54 PM10 h 01 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 15%4:18 AM2:58 PM
Dec 66:57 AM7:24 AM5:25 PM5:53 PM4:48 PM6:54 PM10 h 01 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 8%5:18 AM3:33 PM
Dec 76:58 AM7:25 AM5:26 PM5:53 PM4:48 PM6:54 PM10 h 01 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 3%6:19 AM4:12 PM
Dec 86:59 AM7:26 AM5:26 PM5:53 PM4:48 PM6:54 PM10 h 00 min-1.0 minNew moon 7:52 PM7:17 AM4:57 PM
Dec 96:59 AM7:27 AM5:26 PM5:53 PM4:48 PM6:55 PM9 h 59 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%8:12 AM5:48 PM
Dec 107:00 AM7:27 AM5:26 PM5:53 PM4:48 PM6:55 PM9 h 59 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%9:01 AM6:43 PM
Dec 117:01 AM7:28 AM5:26 PM5:54 PM4:48 PM6:55 PM9 h 58 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%9:44 AM7:40 PM
Dec 127:01 AM7:29 AM5:26 PM5:54 PM4:48 PM6:55 PM9 h 57 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%10:21 AM8:38 PM
Dec 137:02 AM7:30 AM5:27 PM5:54 PM4:49 PM6:56 PM9 h 57 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 19%10:54 AM9:36 PM
Dec 147:03 AM7:30 AM5:27 PM5:55 PM4:49 PM6:56 PM9 h 57 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 28%11:22 AM10:34 PM
Dec 157:03 AM7:31 AM5:27 PM5:55 PM4:49 PM6:56 PM9 h 56 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 38%11:49 AM11:31 PM
Dec 167:04 AM7:32 AM5:28 PM5:55 PM4:50 PM6:57 PM9 h 56 min+0.0 minFirst quarter, 49%12:14 PM
Dec 177:05 AM7:32 AM5:28 PM5:56 PM4:50 PM6:57 PM9 h 56 min+0.0 minFirst quarter 12:43 AM12:40 PM12:29 AM
Dec 187:05 AM7:33 AM5:28 PM5:56 PM4:50 PM6:58 PM9 h 55 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 69%1:08 PM1:30 AM
Dec 197:06 AM7:33 AM5:29 PM5:56 PM4:51 PM6:58 PM9 h 56 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%1:39 PM2:33 AM
Dec 207:06 AM7:34 AM5:29 PM5:57 PM4:51 PM6:58 PM9 h 55 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%2:16 PM3:41 AM
Dec 217:07 AM7:34 AM5:30 PM5:57 PM4:52 PM6:59 PM9 h 56 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 93%3:02 PM4:53 AM
Dec 227:07 AM7:35 AM5:30 PM5:58 PM4:52 PM6:59 PM9 h 55 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 97%3:58 PM6:07 AM
Dec 237:08 AM7:35 AM5:31 PM5:58 PM4:53 PM7:00 PM9 h 56 min+1.0 minFull moon 8:28 PM5:04 PM7:18 AM
Dec 247:08 AM7:36 AM5:31 PM5:59 PM4:53 PM7:01 PM9 h 55 min-1.0 minFull moon, 100%6:18 PM8:22 AM
Dec 257:09 AM7:36 AM5:32 PM6:00 PM4:54 PM7:01 PM9 h 56 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%7:35 PM9:15 AM
Dec 267:09 AM7:37 AM5:33 PM6:00 PM4:54 PM7:02 PM9 h 56 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%8:49 PM9:59 AM
Dec 277:09 AM7:37 AM5:33 PM6:01 PM4:55 PM7:02 PM9 h 56 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 87%10:00 PM10:35 AM
Dec 287:10 AM7:37 AM5:34 PM6:01 PM4:56 PM7:03 PM9 h 57 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 79%11:06 PM11:06 AM
Dec 297:10 AM7:38 AM5:35 PM6:02 PM4:56 PM7:04 PM9 h 57 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 70%11:35 AM
Dec 307:10 AM7:38 AM5:35 PM6:03 PM4:57 PM7:04 PM9 h 57 min+0.0 minLast quarter 1:59 PM12:10 AM12:02 PM
Dec 317:11 AM7:38 AM5:36 PM6:03 PM4:58 PM7:05 PM9 h 58 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 49%1:11 AM12:30 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.