Elsmere Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026
Day length goes from 9 h 38 min on December 1 to 9 h 29 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 7:38 AM to 7:57 AM and sunset from 5:16 PM to 5:26 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 | 7:09 AM | 7:38 AM | 5:16 PM | 5:46 PM | 4:35 PM | 6:51 PM | 9 h 38 min | Last quarter 1:09 AM | 12:14 AM | 1:13 PM | |
| Dec 2 | 7:10 AM | 7:39 AM | 5:16 PM | 5:46 PM | 4:35 PM | 6:51 PM | 9 h 37 min | -1.0 min | Last quarter, 43% | 1:21 AM | 1:36 PM |
| Dec 3 | 7:11 AM | 7:40 AM | 5:16 PM | 5:46 PM | 4:35 PM | 6:51 PM | 9 h 36 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 33% | 2:26 AM | 1:59 PM |
| Dec 4 | 7:12 AM | 7:41 AM | 5:16 PM | 5:46 PM | 4:35 PM | 6:51 PM | 9 h 35 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 23% | 3:30 AM | 2:23 PM |
| Dec 5 | 7:12 AM | 7:42 AM | 5:16 PM | 5:46 PM | 4:34 PM | 6:51 PM | 9 h 34 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 15% | 4:34 AM | 2:51 PM |
| Dec 6 | 7:13 AM | 7:43 AM | 5:16 PM | 5:46 PM | 4:34 PM | 6:51 PM | 9 h 33 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 8% | 5:37 AM | 3:22 PM |
| Dec 7 | 7:14 AM | 7:44 AM | 5:16 PM | 5:46 PM | 4:34 PM | 6:51 PM | 9 h 32 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 3% | 6:40 AM | 3:59 PM |
| Dec 8 | 7:15 AM | 7:45 AM | 5:16 PM | 5:46 PM | 4:34 PM | 6:51 PM | 9 h 31 min | -1.0 min | New moon 7:52 PM | 7:41 AM | 4:43 PM |
| Dec 9 | 7:16 AM | 7:46 AM | 5:16 PM | 5:46 PM | 4:34 PM | 6:52 PM | 9 h 30 min | -1.0 min | New moon, 0% | 8:36 AM | 5:33 PM |
| Dec 10 | 7:17 AM | 7:46 AM | 5:16 PM | 5:46 PM | 4:34 PM | 6:52 PM | 9 h 30 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 2% | 9:24 AM | 6:29 PM |
| Dec 11 | 7:17 AM | 7:47 AM | 5:16 PM | 5:46 PM | 4:34 PM | 6:52 PM | 9 h 29 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 6% | 10:06 AM | 7:28 PM |
| Dec 12 | 7:18 AM | 7:48 AM | 5:16 PM | 5:46 PM | 4:34 PM | 6:52 PM | 9 h 28 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 12% | 10:40 AM | 8:29 PM |
| Dec 13 | 7:19 AM | 7:49 AM | 5:17 PM | 5:46 PM | 4:35 PM | 6:52 PM | 9 h 28 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 19% | 11:10 AM | 9:30 PM |
| Dec 14 | 7:20 AM | 7:50 AM | 5:17 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:35 PM | 6:53 PM | 9 h 27 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 28% | 11:35 AM | 10:31 PM |
| Dec 15 | 7:20 AM | 7:50 AM | 5:17 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:35 PM | 6:53 PM | 9 h 27 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 38% | 11:58 AM | 11:32 PM |
| Dec 16 | 7:21 AM | 7:51 AM | 5:17 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:35 PM | 6:53 PM | 9 h 26 min | -1.0 min | First quarter, 49% | 12:20 PM | |
| Dec 17 | 7:21 AM | 7:52 AM | 5:18 PM | 5:48 PM | 4:36 PM | 6:54 PM | 9 h 26 min | +0.0 min | First quarter 12:43 AM | 12:43 PM | 12:34 AM |
| Dec 18 | 7:22 AM | 7:52 AM | 5:18 PM | 5:48 PM | 4:36 PM | 6:54 PM | 9 h 26 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 69% | 1:07 PM | 1:39 AM |
| Dec 19 | 7:23 AM | 7:53 AM | 5:19 PM | 5:49 PM | 4:36 PM | 6:55 PM | 9 h 26 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 79% | 1:34 PM | 2:46 AM |
| Dec 20 | 7:23 AM | 7:53 AM | 5:19 PM | 5:49 PM | 4:37 PM | 6:55 PM | 9 h 26 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 87% | 2:08 PM | 3:58 AM |
| Dec 21 | 7:24 AM | 7:54 AM | 5:19 PM | 5:49 PM | 4:37 PM | 6:56 PM | 9 h 25 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 93% | 2:50 PM | 5:14 AM |
| Dec 22 | 7:24 AM | 7:54 AM | 5:20 PM | 5:50 PM | 4:38 PM | 6:56 PM | 9 h 26 min | +1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 97% | 3:43 PM | 6:31 AM |
| Dec 23 | 7:25 AM | 7:55 AM | 5:20 PM | 5:51 PM | 4:38 PM | 6:57 PM | 9 h 25 min | -1.0 min | Full moon 8:28 PM | 4:49 PM | 7:43 AM |
| Dec 24 | 7:25 AM | 7:55 AM | 5:21 PM | 5:51 PM | 4:39 PM | 6:57 PM | 9 h 26 min | +1.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 6:05 PM | 8:45 AM |
| Dec 25 | 7:26 AM | 7:56 AM | 5:22 PM | 5:52 PM | 4:40 PM | 6:58 PM | 9 h 26 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 97% | 7:25 PM | 9:35 AM |
| Dec 26 | 7:26 AM | 7:56 AM | 5:22 PM | 5:52 PM | 4:40 PM | 6:58 PM | 9 h 26 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 93% | 8:44 PM | 10:15 AM |
| Dec 27 | 7:26 AM | 7:56 AM | 5:23 PM | 5:53 PM | 4:41 PM | 6:59 PM | 9 h 27 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 87% | 9:59 PM | 10:47 AM |
| Dec 28 | 7:27 AM | 7:57 AM | 5:24 PM | 5:54 PM | 4:42 PM | 7:00 PM | 9 h 27 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 79% | 11:09 PM | 11:15 AM |
| Dec 29 | 7:27 AM | 7:57 AM | 5:24 PM | 5:54 PM | 4:42 PM | 7:00 PM | 9 h 27 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 70% | 11:39 AM | |
| Dec 30 | 7:27 AM | 7:57 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:55 PM | 4:43 PM | 7:01 PM | 9 h 28 min | +1.0 min | Last quarter 1:59 PM | 12:17 AM | 12:03 PM |
| Dec 31 | 7:27 AM | 7:57 AM | 5:26 PM | 5:56 PM | 4:44 PM | 7:02 PM | 9 h 29 min | +1.0 min | Last quarter, 49% | 1:22 AM | 12:27 PM |
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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.