Stephen Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026
Day length goes from 8 h 37 min on December 1 to 8 h 23 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 7:58 AM to 8:19 AM and sunset from 4:35 PM to 4:42 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 | 7:22 AM | 7:58 AM | 4:35 PM | 5:11 PM | 3:42 PM | 6:28 PM | 8 h 37 min | Last quarter 12:09 AM | 1:07 PM | ||
| Dec 2 | 7:23 AM | 7:59 AM | 4:34 PM | 5:10 PM | 3:42 PM | 6:27 PM | 8 h 35 min | -2.0 min | Last quarter, 43% | 1:11 AM | 1:22 PM |
| Dec 3 | 7:25 AM | 8:01 AM | 4:34 PM | 5:10 PM | 3:41 PM | 6:27 PM | 8 h 33 min | -2.0 min | Waning crescent, 32% | 2:25 AM | 1:37 PM |
| Dec 4 | 7:26 AM | 8:02 AM | 4:34 PM | 5:10 PM | 3:41 PM | 6:27 PM | 8 h 32 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 23% | 3:37 AM | 1:54 PM |
| Dec 5 | 7:27 AM | 8:03 AM | 4:33 PM | 5:09 PM | 3:40 PM | 6:27 PM | 8 h 30 min | -2.0 min | Waning crescent, 15% | 4:49 AM | 2:14 PM |
| Dec 6 | 7:28 AM | 8:04 AM | 4:33 PM | 5:09 PM | 3:40 PM | 6:27 PM | 8 h 29 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 8% | 6:01 AM | 2:38 PM |
| Dec 7 | 7:29 AM | 8:05 AM | 4:33 PM | 5:09 PM | 3:39 PM | 6:27 PM | 8 h 28 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 3% | 7:11 AM | 3:09 PM |
| Dec 8 | 7:30 AM | 8:06 AM | 4:33 PM | 5:09 PM | 3:39 PM | 6:27 PM | 8 h 27 min | -1.0 min | New moon 6:52 PM | 8:16 AM | 3:48 PM |
| Dec 9 | 7:31 AM | 8:07 AM | 4:32 PM | 5:09 PM | 3:39 PM | 6:27 PM | 8 h 25 min | -2.0 min | New moon, 0% | 9:13 AM | 4:38 PM |
| Dec 10 | 7:32 AM | 8:08 AM | 4:32 PM | 5:09 PM | 3:38 PM | 6:27 PM | 8 h 24 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 2% | 9:59 AM | 5:36 PM |
| Dec 11 | 7:33 AM | 8:09 AM | 4:32 PM | 5:09 PM | 3:38 PM | 6:27 PM | 8 h 23 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 6% | 10:36 AM | 6:41 PM |
| Dec 12 | 7:33 AM | 8:10 AM | 4:32 PM | 5:09 PM | 3:38 PM | 6:27 PM | 8 h 22 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 12% | 11:03 AM | 7:50 PM |
| Dec 13 | 7:34 AM | 8:11 AM | 4:32 PM | 5:09 PM | 3:38 PM | 6:27 PM | 8 h 21 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 20% | 11:25 AM | 8:59 PM |
| Dec 14 | 7:35 AM | 8:12 AM | 4:33 PM | 5:09 PM | 3:38 PM | 6:27 PM | 8 h 21 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 29% | 11:43 AM | 10:07 PM |
| Dec 15 | 7:36 AM | 8:13 AM | 4:33 PM | 5:10 PM | 3:38 PM | 6:28 PM | 8 h 20 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 39% | 11:59 AM | 11:17 PM |
| Dec 16 | 7:37 AM | 8:13 AM | 4:33 PM | 5:10 PM | 3:39 PM | 6:28 PM | 8 h 20 min | +0.0 min | First quarter 11:43 PM | 12:13 PM | |
| Dec 17 | 7:37 AM | 8:14 AM | 4:33 PM | 5:10 PM | 3:39 PM | 6:28 PM | 8 h 19 min | -1.0 min | First quarter, 60% | 12:27 PM | 12:27 AM |
| Dec 18 | 7:38 AM | 8:15 AM | 4:34 PM | 5:10 PM | 3:39 PM | 6:29 PM | 8 h 19 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 70% | 12:44 PM | 1:39 AM |
| Dec 19 | 7:39 AM | 8:15 AM | 4:34 PM | 5:11 PM | 3:39 PM | 6:29 PM | 8 h 19 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 79% | 1:03 PM | 2:56 AM |
| Dec 20 | 7:39 AM | 8:16 AM | 4:34 PM | 5:11 PM | 3:40 PM | 6:30 PM | 8 h 18 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 87% | 1:28 PM | 4:18 AM |
| Dec 21 | 7:40 AM | 8:17 AM | 4:35 PM | 5:12 PM | 3:40 PM | 6:30 PM | 8 h 18 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 93% | 2:02 PM | 5:42 AM |
| Dec 22 | 7:40 AM | 8:17 AM | 4:35 PM | 5:12 PM | 3:41 PM | 6:31 PM | 8 h 18 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 98% | 2:50 PM | 7:06 AM |
| Dec 23 | 7:41 AM | 8:17 AM | 4:36 PM | 5:13 PM | 3:41 PM | 6:31 PM | 8 h 19 min | +1.0 min | Full moon 7:28 PM | 3:55 PM | 8:20 AM |
| Dec 24 | 7:41 AM | 8:18 AM | 4:37 PM | 5:13 PM | 3:42 PM | 6:32 PM | 8 h 19 min | +0.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 5:16 PM | 9:18 AM |
| Dec 25 | 7:41 AM | 8:18 AM | 4:37 PM | 5:14 PM | 3:43 PM | 6:32 PM | 8 h 19 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 97% | 6:44 PM | 10:01 AM |
| Dec 26 | 7:42 AM | 8:18 AM | 4:38 PM | 5:15 PM | 3:44 PM | 6:33 PM | 8 h 20 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 93% | 8:13 PM | 10:31 AM |
| Dec 27 | 7:42 AM | 8:19 AM | 4:39 PM | 5:16 PM | 3:44 PM | 6:34 PM | 8 h 20 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 86% | 9:37 PM | 10:54 AM |
| Dec 28 | 7:42 AM | 8:19 AM | 4:40 PM | 5:16 PM | 3:45 PM | 6:34 PM | 8 h 21 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 78% | 10:57 PM | 11:12 AM |
| Dec 29 | 7:42 AM | 8:19 AM | 4:40 PM | 5:17 PM | 3:46 PM | 6:35 PM | 8 h 21 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 69% | 11:28 AM | |
| Dec 30 | 7:42 AM | 8:19 AM | 4:41 PM | 5:18 PM | 3:47 PM | 6:36 PM | 8 h 22 min | +1.0 min | Last quarter 12:59 PM | 12:13 AM | 11:44 AM |
| Dec 31 | 7:43 AM | 8:19 AM | 4:42 PM | 5:19 PM | 3:48 PM | 6:37 PM | 8 h 23 min | +1.0 min | Last quarter, 48% | 1:27 AM | 12:00 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.