Sunrise and sunset in Houston

Houston Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (CST)

Day length goes from 10 h 04 min on December 1 to 9 h 56 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 6:43 AM to 7:01 AM and sunset from 4:47 PM to 4:57 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 16:16 AM6:43 AM4:47 PM5:14 PM4:09 PM6:15 PM10 h 04 minLast quarter 12:09 AM12:28 PM
Dec 26:17 AM6:44 AM4:47 PM5:14 PM4:09 PM6:15 PM10 h 03 min-1.0 minLast quarter, 43%12:39 AM12:55 PM
Dec 36:17 AM6:45 AM4:47 PM5:14 PM4:09 PM6:15 PM10 h 02 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 32%1:41 AM1:22 PM
Dec 46:18 AM6:46 AM4:47 PM5:14 PM4:09 PM6:15 PM10 h 01 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 23%2:41 AM1:50 PM
Dec 56:19 AM6:46 AM4:47 PM5:14 PM4:09 PM6:16 PM10 h 01 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 15%3:42 AM2:20 PM
Dec 66:20 AM6:47 AM4:47 PM5:14 PM4:09 PM6:16 PM10 h 00 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 8%4:42 AM2:55 PM
Dec 76:21 AM6:48 AM4:47 PM5:14 PM4:09 PM6:16 PM9 h 59 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 3%5:43 AM3:34 PM
Dec 86:21 AM6:49 AM4:47 PM5:15 PM4:09 PM6:16 PM9 h 58 min-1.0 minNew moon 6:52 PM6:41 AM4:19 PM
Dec 96:22 AM6:50 AM4:47 PM5:15 PM4:09 PM6:16 PM9 h 57 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%7:35 AM5:10 PM
Dec 106:23 AM6:50 AM4:47 PM5:15 PM4:09 PM6:16 PM9 h 57 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%8:25 AM6:05 PM
Dec 116:23 AM6:51 AM4:48 PM5:15 PM4:09 PM6:17 PM9 h 57 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%9:07 AM7:02 PM
Dec 126:24 AM6:52 AM4:48 PM5:15 PM4:10 PM6:17 PM9 h 56 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%9:45 AM8:01 PM
Dec 136:25 AM6:52 AM4:48 PM5:16 PM4:10 PM6:17 PM9 h 56 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 20%10:17 AM8:59 PM
Dec 146:25 AM6:53 AM4:48 PM5:16 PM4:10 PM6:18 PM9 h 55 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 29%10:45 AM9:56 PM
Dec 156:26 AM6:54 AM4:49 PM5:16 PM4:10 PM6:18 PM9 h 55 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 39%11:12 AM10:54 PM
Dec 166:27 AM6:54 AM4:49 PM5:17 PM4:11 PM6:18 PM9 h 55 min+0.0 minFirst quarter 11:43 PM11:37 AM11:52 PM
Dec 176:27 AM6:55 AM4:49 PM5:17 PM4:11 PM6:19 PM9 h 54 min-1.0 minFirst quarter, 60%12:02 PM
Dec 186:28 AM6:56 AM4:50 PM5:17 PM4:11 PM6:19 PM9 h 54 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 70%12:30 PM12:53 AM
Dec 196:28 AM6:56 AM4:50 PM5:18 PM4:12 PM6:20 PM9 h 54 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%1:01 PM1:57 AM
Dec 206:29 AM6:57 AM4:51 PM5:18 PM4:12 PM6:20 PM9 h 54 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%1:38 PM3:05 AM
Dec 216:30 AM6:57 AM4:51 PM5:19 PM4:13 PM6:21 PM9 h 54 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 93%2:24 PM4:17 AM
Dec 226:30 AM6:58 AM4:52 PM5:19 PM4:13 PM6:21 PM9 h 54 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%3:20 PM5:31 AM
Dec 236:30 AM6:58 AM4:52 PM5:20 PM4:14 PM6:22 PM9 h 54 min+0.0 minFull moon 7:28 PM4:26 PM6:42 AM
Dec 246:31 AM6:59 AM4:53 PM5:20 PM4:14 PM6:22 PM9 h 54 min+0.0 minFull moon, 100%5:40 PM7:46 AM
Dec 256:31 AM6:59 AM4:53 PM5:21 PM4:15 PM6:23 PM9 h 54 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%6:57 PM8:39 AM
Dec 266:32 AM6:59 AM4:54 PM5:22 PM4:16 PM6:23 PM9 h 55 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%8:12 PM9:22 AM
Dec 276:32 AM7:00 AM4:55 PM5:22 PM4:16 PM6:24 PM9 h 55 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%9:23 PM9:58 AM
Dec 286:32 AM7:00 AM4:55 PM5:23 PM4:17 PM6:25 PM9 h 55 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 78%10:29 PM10:29 AM
Dec 296:33 AM7:00 AM4:56 PM5:24 PM4:18 PM6:25 PM9 h 56 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 69%11:33 PM10:57 AM
Dec 306:33 AM7:01 AM4:57 PM5:24 PM4:18 PM6:26 PM9 h 56 min+0.0 minLast quarter 12:59 PM11:25 AM
Dec 316:33 AM7:01 AM4:57 PM5:25 PM4:19 PM6:27 PM9 h 56 min+0.0 minLast quarter, 48%12:35 AM11:52 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.