Sunrise and sunset in Start

Start Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (CST)

Day length goes from 10 h 11 min on December 1 to 10 h 03 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 6:51 AM to 7:09 AM and sunset from 5:02 PM to 5:12 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 16:24 AM6:51 AM5:02 PM5:28 PM4:25 PM6:29 PM10 h 11 minLast quarter 12:09 AM12:39 PM
Dec 26:25 AM6:52 AM5:02 PM5:28 PM4:25 PM6:29 PM10 h 10 min-1.0 minLast quarter, 43%12:51 AM1:07 PM
Dec 36:26 AM6:53 AM5:02 PM5:28 PM4:25 PM6:29 PM10 h 09 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 32%1:52 AM1:35 PM
Dec 46:27 AM6:54 AM5:02 PM5:29 PM4:25 PM6:29 PM10 h 08 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 23%2:51 AM2:03 PM
Dec 56:28 AM6:55 AM5:02 PM5:29 PM4:25 PM6:29 PM10 h 07 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 15%3:51 AM2:35 PM
Dec 66:28 AM6:55 AM5:02 PM5:29 PM4:25 PM6:29 PM10 h 07 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 8%4:51 AM3:10 PM
Dec 76:29 AM6:56 AM5:02 PM5:29 PM4:25 PM6:29 PM10 h 06 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 3%5:50 AM3:50 PM
Dec 86:30 AM6:57 AM5:02 PM5:29 PM4:25 PM6:29 PM10 h 05 min-1.0 minNew moon 6:52 PM6:48 AM4:36 PM
Dec 96:31 AM6:58 AM5:02 PM5:29 PM4:25 PM6:30 PM10 h 04 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%7:43 AM5:26 PM
Dec 106:31 AM6:58 AM5:02 PM5:29 PM4:25 PM6:30 PM10 h 04 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%8:32 AM6:21 PM
Dec 116:32 AM6:59 AM5:02 PM5:30 PM4:25 PM6:30 PM10 h 03 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%9:15 AM7:18 PM
Dec 126:33 AM7:00 AM5:03 PM5:30 PM4:25 PM6:30 PM10 h 03 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%9:53 AM8:16 PM
Dec 136:33 AM7:00 AM5:03 PM5:30 PM4:26 PM6:31 PM10 h 03 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 20%10:26 AM9:13 PM
Dec 146:34 AM7:01 AM5:03 PM5:30 PM4:26 PM6:31 PM10 h 02 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 29%10:55 AM10:10 PM
Dec 156:35 AM7:02 AM5:04 PM5:31 PM4:26 PM6:31 PM10 h 02 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 39%11:22 AM11:07 PM
Dec 166:35 AM7:02 AM5:04 PM5:31 PM4:27 PM6:32 PM10 h 02 min+0.0 minFirst quarter 11:43 PM11:48 AM
Dec 176:36 AM7:03 AM5:04 PM5:32 PM4:27 PM6:32 PM10 h 01 min-1.0 minFirst quarter, 60%12:15 PM12:04 AM
Dec 186:36 AM7:04 AM5:05 PM5:32 PM4:27 PM6:33 PM10 h 01 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 70%12:43 PM1:04 AM
Dec 196:37 AM7:04 AM5:05 PM5:32 PM4:28 PM6:33 PM10 h 01 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%1:15 PM2:07 AM
Dec 206:37 AM7:05 AM5:06 PM5:33 PM4:28 PM6:34 PM10 h 01 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%1:53 PM3:14 AM
Dec 216:38 AM7:05 AM5:06 PM5:33 PM4:29 PM6:34 PM10 h 01 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 93%2:40 PM4:26 AM
Dec 226:38 AM7:06 AM5:07 PM5:34 PM4:29 PM6:35 PM10 h 01 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%3:36 PM5:39 AM
Dec 236:39 AM7:06 AM5:07 PM5:34 PM4:30 PM6:35 PM10 h 01 min+0.0 minFull moon 7:28 PM4:43 PM6:50 AM
Dec 246:39 AM7:07 AM5:08 PM5:35 PM4:30 PM6:36 PM10 h 01 min+0.0 minFull moon, 100%5:57 PM7:53 AM
Dec 256:40 AM7:07 AM5:08 PM5:36 PM4:31 PM6:36 PM10 h 01 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%7:13 PM8:47 AM
Dec 266:40 AM7:07 AM5:09 PM5:36 PM4:31 PM6:37 PM10 h 02 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%8:26 PM9:31 AM
Dec 276:41 AM7:08 AM5:10 PM5:37 PM4:32 PM6:37 PM10 h 02 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%9:36 PM10:08 AM
Dec 286:41 AM7:08 AM5:10 PM5:37 PM4:33 PM6:38 PM10 h 02 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 78%10:42 PM10:40 AM
Dec 296:41 AM7:08 AM5:11 PM5:38 PM4:33 PM6:39 PM10 h 03 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 69%11:44 PM11:09 AM
Dec 306:42 AM7:09 AM5:12 PM5:39 PM4:34 PM6:39 PM10 h 03 min+0.0 minLast quarter 12:59 PM11:37 AM
Dec 316:42 AM7:09 AM5:12 PM5:39 PM4:35 PM6:40 PM10 h 03 min+0.0 minLast quarter, 48%12:45 AM12:06 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.