Sunrise and sunset in Helena

Helena Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (MST)

Day length goes from 8 h 50 min on December 1 to 8 h 38 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 7:52 AM to 8:12 AM and sunset from 4:42 PM to 4:50 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 17:18 AM7:52 AM4:42 PM5:17 PM3:53 PM6:31 PM8 h 50 minLast quarter, 53%12:02 AM1:07 PM
Dec 27:19 AM7:53 AM4:42 PM5:16 PM3:52 PM6:31 PM8 h 49 min-1.0 minLast quarter, 42%1:15 AM1:24 PM
Dec 37:20 AM7:54 AM4:42 PM5:16 PM3:52 PM6:31 PM8 h 48 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 32%2:27 AM1:41 PM
Dec 47:21 AM7:55 AM4:41 PM5:16 PM3:51 PM6:30 PM8 h 46 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 23%3:37 AM2:00 PM
Dec 57:22 AM7:56 AM4:41 PM5:16 PM3:51 PM6:30 PM8 h 45 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 14%4:47 AM2:22 PM
Dec 67:23 AM7:58 AM4:41 PM5:16 PM3:51 PM6:30 PM8 h 43 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 8%5:57 AM2:48 PM
Dec 77:24 AM7:59 AM4:41 PM5:15 PM3:50 PM6:30 PM8 h 42 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 3%7:05 AM3:20 PM
Dec 87:25 AM8:00 AM4:41 PM5:15 PM3:50 PM6:30 PM8 h 41 min-1.0 minNew moon 5:52 PM8:09 AM4:01 PM
Dec 97:26 AM8:01 AM4:41 PM5:15 PM3:50 PM6:30 PM8 h 40 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%9:05 AM4:51 PM
Dec 107:27 AM8:01 AM4:40 PM5:15 PM3:50 PM6:30 PM8 h 39 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%9:51 AM5:50 PM
Dec 117:27 AM8:02 AM4:41 PM5:15 PM3:50 PM6:31 PM8 h 39 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%10:28 AM6:54 PM
Dec 127:28 AM8:03 AM4:41 PM5:16 PM3:50 PM6:31 PM8 h 38 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%10:58 AM8:00 PM
Dec 137:29 AM8:04 AM4:41 PM5:16 PM3:50 PM6:31 PM8 h 37 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 20%11:21 AM9:07 PM
Dec 147:30 AM8:05 AM4:41 PM5:16 PM3:50 PM6:31 PM8 h 36 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 29%11:41 AM10:14 PM
Dec 157:31 AM8:06 AM4:41 PM5:16 PM3:50 PM6:31 PM8 h 35 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 39%11:58 AM11:22 PM
Dec 167:31 AM8:06 AM4:41 PM5:16 PM3:50 PM6:32 PM8 h 35 min+0.0 minFirst quarter 10:43 PM12:14 PM
Dec 177:32 AM8:07 AM4:42 PM5:17 PM3:50 PM6:32 PM8 h 35 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 60%12:30 PM12:30 AM
Dec 187:33 AM8:08 AM4:42 PM5:17 PM3:51 PM6:32 PM8 h 34 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 70%12:48 PM1:41 AM
Dec 197:33 AM8:08 AM4:42 PM5:18 PM3:51 PM6:33 PM8 h 34 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%1:09 PM2:56 AM
Dec 207:34 AM8:09 AM4:43 PM5:18 PM3:52 PM6:33 PM8 h 34 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%1:36 PM4:15 AM
Dec 217:34 AM8:09 AM4:43 PM5:18 PM3:52 PM6:34 PM8 h 34 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 94%2:13 PM5:38 AM
Dec 227:35 AM8:10 AM4:44 PM5:19 PM3:53 PM6:34 PM8 h 34 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%3:03 PM7:00 AM
Dec 237:35 AM8:10 AM4:44 PM5:20 PM3:53 PM6:35 PM8 h 34 min+0.0 minFull moon 6:28 PM4:09 PM8:13 AM
Dec 247:36 AM8:11 AM4:45 PM5:20 PM3:54 PM6:35 PM8 h 34 min+0.0 minFull moon, 100%5:29 PM9:11 AM
Dec 257:36 AM8:11 AM4:46 PM5:21 PM3:54 PM6:36 PM8 h 35 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%6:56 PM9:55 AM
Dec 267:36 AM8:11 AM4:46 PM5:21 PM3:55 PM6:37 PM8 h 35 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%8:22 PM10:27 AM
Dec 277:37 AM8:12 AM4:47 PM5:22 PM3:56 PM6:37 PM8 h 35 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%9:44 PM10:52 AM
Dec 287:37 AM8:12 AM4:48 PM5:23 PM3:57 PM6:38 PM8 h 36 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 78%11:02 PM11:12 AM
Dec 297:37 AM8:12 AM4:49 PM5:24 PM3:58 PM6:39 PM8 h 37 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 69%11:30 AM
Dec 307:37 AM8:12 AM4:49 PM5:24 PM3:59 PM6:40 PM8 h 37 min+0.0 minLast quarter 11:59 AM12:16 AM11:47 AM
Dec 317:37 AM8:12 AM4:50 PM5:25 PM4:00 PM6:40 PM8 h 38 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 48%1:28 AM12:05 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.