Sunrise and sunset in Aurora

Aurora Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (CST)

Day length goes from 9 h 22 min on December 1 to 9 h 12 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 7:01 AM to 7:20 AM and sunset from 4:23 PM to 4:32 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 16:30 AM7:01 AM4:23 PM4:54 PM3:40 PM6:03 PM9 h 22 minLast quarter 12:09 AM12:29 PM
Dec 26:31 AM7:02 AM4:23 PM4:54 PM3:39 PM6:02 PM9 h 21 min-1.0 minLast quarter, 43%12:36 AM12:50 PM
Dec 36:32 AM7:03 AM4:23 PM4:54 PM3:39 PM6:02 PM9 h 20 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 32%1:43 AM1:11 PM
Dec 46:33 AM7:04 AM4:23 PM4:54 PM3:39 PM6:02 PM9 h 19 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 23%2:49 AM1:34 PM
Dec 56:34 AM7:05 AM4:23 PM4:54 PM3:39 PM6:02 PM9 h 18 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 15%3:55 AM1:59 PM
Dec 66:35 AM7:06 AM4:23 PM4:54 PM3:38 PM6:02 PM9 h 17 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 8%5:01 AM2:29 PM
Dec 76:36 AM7:07 AM4:22 PM4:54 PM3:38 PM6:02 PM9 h 15 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 3%6:06 AM3:04 PM
Dec 86:37 AM7:08 AM4:22 PM4:54 PM3:38 PM6:02 PM9 h 14 min-1.0 minNew moon 6:52 PM7:07 AM3:47 PM
Dec 96:37 AM7:09 AM4:22 PM4:54 PM3:38 PM6:03 PM9 h 13 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%8:03 AM4:37 PM
Dec 106:38 AM7:10 AM4:23 PM4:54 PM3:38 PM6:03 PM9 h 13 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%8:51 AM5:33 PM
Dec 116:39 AM7:11 AM4:23 PM4:54 PM3:38 PM6:03 PM9 h 12 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%9:31 AM6:34 PM
Dec 126:40 AM7:11 AM4:23 PM4:54 PM3:38 PM6:03 PM9 h 12 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%10:04 AM7:37 PM
Dec 136:41 AM7:12 AM4:23 PM4:54 PM3:38 PM6:03 PM9 h 11 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 20%10:32 AM8:40 PM
Dec 146:41 AM7:13 AM4:23 PM4:55 PM3:38 PM6:04 PM9 h 10 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 29%10:55 AM9:43 PM
Dec 156:42 AM7:14 AM4:23 PM4:55 PM3:39 PM6:04 PM9 h 09 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 39%11:16 AM10:46 PM
Dec 166:43 AM7:14 AM4:24 PM4:55 PM3:39 PM6:04 PM9 h 10 min+1.0 minFirst quarter 11:43 PM11:36 AM11:50 PM
Dec 176:43 AM7:15 AM4:24 PM4:56 PM3:39 PM6:05 PM9 h 09 min-1.0 minFirst quarter, 60%11:56 AM
Dec 186:44 AM7:16 AM4:24 PM4:56 PM3:40 PM6:05 PM9 h 08 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 70%12:18 PM12:57 AM
Dec 196:45 AM7:16 AM4:25 PM4:56 PM3:40 PM6:05 PM9 h 09 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%12:44 PM2:07 AM
Dec 206:45 AM7:17 AM4:25 PM4:57 PM3:40 PM6:06 PM9 h 08 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%1:15 PM3:21 AM
Dec 216:46 AM7:17 AM4:26 PM4:57 PM3:41 PM6:06 PM9 h 09 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 93%1:55 PM4:39 AM
Dec 226:46 AM7:18 AM4:26 PM4:58 PM3:41 PM6:07 PM9 h 08 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%2:47 PM5:57 AM
Dec 236:47 AM7:18 AM4:27 PM4:58 PM3:42 PM6:07 PM9 h 09 min+1.0 minFull moon 7:28 PM3:53 PM7:10 AM
Dec 246:47 AM7:19 AM4:27 PM4:59 PM3:43 PM6:08 PM9 h 08 min-1.0 minFull moon, 100%5:10 PM8:11 AM
Dec 256:47 AM7:19 AM4:28 PM5:00 PM3:43 PM6:09 PM9 h 09 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%6:32 PM8:59 AM
Dec 266:48 AM7:19 AM4:29 PM5:00 PM3:44 PM6:09 PM9 h 10 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%7:54 PM9:37 AM
Dec 276:48 AM7:20 AM4:29 PM5:01 PM3:45 PM6:10 PM9 h 09 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%9:11 PM10:07 AM
Dec 286:48 AM7:20 AM4:30 PM5:02 PM3:45 PM6:11 PM9 h 10 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 78%10:24 PM10:32 AM
Dec 296:49 AM7:20 AM4:31 PM5:02 PM3:46 PM6:11 PM9 h 11 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 69%11:34 PM10:54 AM
Dec 306:49 AM7:20 AM4:32 PM5:03 PM3:47 PM6:12 PM9 h 12 min+1.0 minLast quarter 12:59 PM11:16 AM
Dec 316:49 AM7:20 AM4:32 PM5:04 PM3:48 PM6:13 PM9 h 12 min+0.0 minLast quarter, 48%12:41 AM11:38 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.