Sunrise and sunset in Circle

Circle Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (MST)

Day length goes from 8 h 45 min on December 1 to 8 h 31 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 7:29 AM to 7:50 AM and sunset from 4:14 PM to 4:21 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 16:54 AM7:29 AM4:14 PM4:49 PM3:23 PM6:04 PM8 h 45 minLast quarter, 53%12:42 PM
Dec 26:55 AM7:30 AM4:13 PM4:48 PM3:22 PM6:04 PM8 h 43 min-2.0 minLast quarter, 42%12:48 AM12:58 PM
Dec 36:56 AM7:31 AM4:13 PM4:48 PM3:22 PM6:04 PM8 h 42 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 32%2:00 AM1:14 PM
Dec 46:57 AM7:33 AM4:12 PM4:48 PM3:21 PM6:03 PM8 h 39 min-3.0 minWaning crescent, 23%3:12 AM1:32 PM
Dec 56:58 AM7:34 AM4:12 PM4:47 PM3:21 PM6:03 PM8 h 38 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 14%4:23 AM1:53 PM
Dec 66:59 AM7:35 AM4:12 PM4:47 PM3:20 PM6:03 PM8 h 37 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 8%5:34 AM2:18 PM
Dec 77:00 AM7:36 AM4:12 PM4:47 PM3:20 PM6:03 PM8 h 36 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 3%6:42 AM2:50 PM
Dec 87:01 AM7:37 AM4:12 PM4:47 PM3:20 PM6:03 PM8 h 35 min-1.0 minNew moon 5:52 PM7:47 AM3:30 PM
Dec 97:02 AM7:38 AM4:12 PM4:47 PM3:20 PM6:03 PM8 h 34 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%8:43 AM4:20 PM
Dec 107:03 AM7:39 AM4:11 PM4:47 PM3:19 PM6:03 PM8 h 32 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%9:29 AM5:18 PM
Dec 117:04 AM7:40 AM4:11 PM4:47 PM3:19 PM6:03 PM8 h 31 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%10:06 AM6:23 PM
Dec 127:05 AM7:41 AM4:12 PM4:47 PM3:19 PM6:04 PM8 h 31 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%10:35 AM7:30 PM
Dec 137:06 AM7:42 AM4:12 PM4:47 PM3:19 PM6:04 PM8 h 30 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 20%10:57 AM8:38 PM
Dec 147:07 AM7:42 AM4:12 PM4:48 PM3:19 PM6:04 PM8 h 30 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 29%11:16 AM9:46 PM
Dec 157:07 AM7:43 AM4:12 PM4:48 PM3:19 PM6:04 PM8 h 29 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 39%11:33 AM10:54 PM
Dec 167:08 AM7:44 AM4:12 PM4:48 PM3:20 PM6:05 PM8 h 28 min-1.0 minFirst quarter 10:43 PM11:48 AM
Dec 177:09 AM7:45 AM4:13 PM4:48 PM3:20 PM6:05 PM8 h 28 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 60%12:03 PM12:03 AM
Dec 187:09 AM7:45 AM4:13 PM4:49 PM3:20 PM6:05 PM8 h 28 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 70%12:21 PM1:15 AM
Dec 197:10 AM7:46 AM4:13 PM4:49 PM3:21 PM6:06 PM8 h 27 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%12:41 PM2:31 AM
Dec 207:11 AM7:47 AM4:14 PM4:50 PM3:21 PM6:06 PM8 h 27 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%1:07 PM3:51 AM
Dec 217:11 AM7:47 AM4:14 PM4:50 PM3:21 PM6:07 PM8 h 27 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 94%1:43 PM5:15 AM
Dec 227:12 AM7:48 AM4:15 PM4:51 PM3:22 PM6:07 PM8 h 27 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%2:32 PM6:37 AM
Dec 237:12 AM7:48 AM4:15 PM4:51 PM3:23 PM6:08 PM8 h 27 min+0.0 minFull moon 6:28 PM3:38 PM7:51 AM
Dec 247:12 AM7:48 AM4:16 PM4:52 PM3:23 PM6:08 PM8 h 28 min+1.0 minFull moon, 100%4:58 PM8:49 AM
Dec 257:13 AM7:49 AM4:16 PM4:52 PM3:24 PM6:09 PM8 h 27 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%6:26 PM9:32 AM
Dec 267:13 AM7:49 AM4:17 PM4:53 PM3:25 PM6:10 PM8 h 28 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%7:53 PM10:03 AM
Dec 277:13 AM7:49 AM4:18 PM4:54 PM3:25 PM6:10 PM8 h 29 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%9:16 PM10:27 AM
Dec 287:14 AM7:49 AM4:19 PM4:55 PM3:26 PM6:11 PM8 h 30 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 78%10:34 PM10:47 AM
Dec 297:14 AM7:50 AM4:20 PM4:55 PM3:27 PM6:12 PM8 h 30 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 69%11:49 PM11:04 AM
Dec 307:14 AM7:50 AM4:20 PM4:56 PM3:28 PM6:13 PM8 h 30 min+0.0 minLast quarter 11:59 AM11:20 AM
Dec 317:14 AM7:50 AM4:21 PM4:57 PM3:29 PM6:13 PM8 h 31 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 48%1:02 AM11:38 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.