Sunrise and sunset in Washington

Washington Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (CST)

Day length goes from 9 h 40 min on December 1 to 9 h 31 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 7:03 AM to 7:22 AM and sunset from 4:43 PM to 4:53 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 16:34 AM7:03 AM4:43 PM5:13 PM4:02 PM6:17 PM9 h 40 minLast quarter 12:09 AM12:38 PM
Dec 26:34 AM7:04 AM4:43 PM5:12 PM4:02 PM6:17 PM9 h 39 min-1.0 minLast quarter, 43%12:48 AM1:02 PM
Dec 36:35 AM7:05 AM4:43 PM5:12 PM4:02 PM6:17 PM9 h 38 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 32%1:52 AM1:25 PM
Dec 46:36 AM7:06 AM4:43 PM5:12 PM4:02 PM6:17 PM9 h 37 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 23%2:56 AM1:50 PM
Dec 56:37 AM7:07 AM4:43 PM5:12 PM4:02 PM6:17 PM9 h 36 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 15%3:59 AM2:18 PM
Dec 66:38 AM7:07 AM4:43 PM5:12 PM4:02 PM6:17 PM9 h 36 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 8%5:03 AM2:50 PM
Dec 76:39 AM7:08 AM4:43 PM5:12 PM4:01 PM6:18 PM9 h 35 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 3%6:06 AM3:27 PM
Dec 86:40 AM7:09 AM4:43 PM5:12 PM4:01 PM6:18 PM9 h 34 min-1.0 minNew moon 6:52 PM7:06 AM4:11 PM
Dec 96:40 AM7:10 AM4:43 PM5:12 PM4:01 PM6:18 PM9 h 33 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%8:01 AM5:01 PM
Dec 106:41 AM7:11 AM4:43 PM5:13 PM4:01 PM6:18 PM9 h 32 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%8:49 AM5:57 PM
Dec 116:42 AM7:12 AM4:43 PM5:13 PM4:02 PM6:18 PM9 h 31 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%9:31 AM6:56 PM
Dec 126:43 AM7:12 AM4:43 PM5:13 PM4:02 PM6:18 PM9 h 31 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%10:05 AM7:57 PM
Dec 136:43 AM7:13 AM4:43 PM5:13 PM4:02 PM6:19 PM9 h 30 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 20%10:35 AM8:58 PM
Dec 146:44 AM7:14 AM4:44 PM5:13 PM4:02 PM6:19 PM9 h 30 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 29%11:01 AM9:59 PM
Dec 156:45 AM7:15 AM4:44 PM5:14 PM4:02 PM6:19 PM9 h 29 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 39%11:24 AM10:59 PM
Dec 166:45 AM7:15 AM4:44 PM5:14 PM4:03 PM6:20 PM9 h 29 min+0.0 minFirst quarter 11:43 PM11:46 AM
Dec 176:46 AM7:16 AM4:45 PM5:14 PM4:03 PM6:20 PM9 h 29 min+0.0 minFirst quarter, 60%12:09 PM12:01 AM
Dec 186:47 AM7:16 AM4:45 PM5:15 PM4:03 PM6:21 PM9 h 29 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 70%12:33 PM1:05 AM
Dec 196:47 AM7:17 AM4:45 PM5:15 PM4:04 PM6:21 PM9 h 28 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%1:01 PM2:12 AM
Dec 206:48 AM7:18 AM4:46 PM5:16 PM4:04 PM6:21 PM9 h 28 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%1:35 PM3:24 AM
Dec 216:48 AM7:18 AM4:46 PM5:16 PM4:05 PM6:22 PM9 h 28 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 93%2:18 PM4:40 AM
Dec 226:49 AM7:19 AM4:47 PM5:17 PM4:05 PM6:22 PM9 h 28 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%3:12 PM5:56 AM
Dec 236:49 AM7:19 AM4:47 PM5:17 PM4:06 PM6:23 PM9 h 28 min+0.0 minFull moon 7:28 PM4:18 PM7:08 AM
Dec 246:50 AM7:19 AM4:48 PM5:18 PM4:06 PM6:24 PM9 h 29 min+1.0 minFull moon, 100%5:34 PM8:10 AM
Dec 256:50 AM7:20 AM4:49 PM5:18 PM4:07 PM6:24 PM9 h 29 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%6:53 PM9:00 AM
Dec 266:50 AM7:20 AM4:49 PM5:19 PM4:08 PM6:25 PM9 h 29 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%8:12 PM9:40 AM
Dec 276:51 AM7:21 AM4:50 PM5:20 PM4:08 PM6:25 PM9 h 29 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%9:26 PM10:13 AM
Dec 286:51 AM7:21 AM4:51 PM5:20 PM4:09 PM6:26 PM9 h 30 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 78%10:36 PM10:41 AM
Dec 296:51 AM7:21 AM4:51 PM5:21 PM4:10 PM6:27 PM9 h 30 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 69%11:43 PM11:05 AM
Dec 306:52 AM7:21 AM4:52 PM5:22 PM4:11 PM6:27 PM9 h 31 min+1.0 minLast quarter 12:59 PM11:29 AM
Dec 316:52 AM7:22 AM4:53 PM5:23 PM4:11 PM6:28 PM9 h 31 min+0.0 minLast quarter, 48%12:48 AM11:54 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.