Sunrise and sunset in Plains

Plains 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 8:06 AM to 8:27 AM and sunset from 4:51 PM to 4:58 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 17:31 AM8:06 AM4:51 PM5:26 PM4:00 PM6:41 PM8 h 45 minLast quarter, 53%12:13 AM1:19 PM
Dec 27:33 AM8:08 AM4:50 PM5:25 PM3:59 PM6:41 PM8 h 42 min-3.0 minLast quarter, 42%1:27 AM1:35 PM
Dec 37:34 AM8:09 AM4:50 PM5:25 PM3:59 PM6:41 PM8 h 41 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 32%2:39 AM1:52 PM
Dec 47:35 AM8:10 AM4:49 PM5:25 PM3:58 PM6:41 PM8 h 39 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 23%3:51 AM2:10 PM
Dec 57:36 AM8:11 AM4:49 PM5:25 PM3:58 PM6:40 PM8 h 38 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 14%5:02 AM2:30 PM
Dec 67:37 AM8:12 AM4:49 PM5:24 PM3:57 PM6:40 PM8 h 37 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 8%6:13 AM2:56 PM
Dec 77:38 AM8:13 AM4:49 PM5:24 PM3:57 PM6:40 PM8 h 36 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 3%7:22 AM3:28 PM
Dec 87:39 AM8:14 AM4:49 PM5:24 PM3:57 PM6:40 PM8 h 35 min-1.0 minNew moon 5:52 PM8:26 AM4:08 PM
Dec 97:40 AM8:15 AM4:49 PM5:24 PM3:57 PM6:40 PM8 h 34 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%9:22 AM4:58 PM
Dec 107:41 AM8:16 AM4:48 PM5:24 PM3:56 PM6:40 PM8 h 32 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%10:08 AM5:57 PM
Dec 117:42 AM8:17 AM4:48 PM5:24 PM3:56 PM6:41 PM8 h 31 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%10:44 AM7:01 PM
Dec 127:42 AM8:18 AM4:49 PM5:24 PM3:56 PM6:41 PM8 h 31 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%11:13 AM8:09 PM
Dec 137:43 AM8:19 AM4:49 PM5:24 PM3:56 PM6:41 PM8 h 30 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 20%11:35 AM9:17 PM
Dec 147:44 AM8:20 AM4:49 PM5:25 PM3:56 PM6:41 PM8 h 29 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 29%11:54 AM10:25 PM
Dec 157:45 AM8:21 AM4:49 PM5:25 PM3:56 PM6:41 PM8 h 28 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 39%12:10 PM11:33 PM
Dec 167:45 AM8:21 AM4:49 PM5:25 PM3:57 PM6:42 PM8 h 28 min+0.0 minFirst quarter 10:43 PM12:25 PM
Dec 177:46 AM8:22 AM4:49 PM5:25 PM3:57 PM6:42 PM8 h 27 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 60%12:41 PM12:42 AM
Dec 187:47 AM8:23 AM4:50 PM5:26 PM3:57 PM6:42 PM8 h 27 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 70%12:58 PM1:54 AM
Dec 197:47 AM8:23 AM4:50 PM5:26 PM3:57 PM6:43 PM8 h 27 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%1:19 PM3:10 AM
Dec 207:48 AM8:24 AM4:51 PM5:27 PM3:58 PM6:43 PM8 h 27 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%1:45 PM4:30 AM
Dec 217:48 AM8:24 AM4:51 PM5:27 PM3:58 PM6:44 PM8 h 27 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 94%2:21 PM5:54 AM
Dec 227:49 AM8:25 AM4:52 PM5:28 PM3:59 PM6:44 PM8 h 27 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%3:10 PM7:16 AM
Dec 237:49 AM8:25 AM4:52 PM5:28 PM3:59 PM6:45 PM8 h 27 min+0.0 minFull moon 6:28 PM4:16 PM8:30 AM
Dec 247:50 AM8:26 AM4:53 PM5:29 PM4:00 PM6:45 PM8 h 27 min+0.0 minFull moon, 100%5:37 PM9:28 AM
Dec 257:50 AM8:26 AM4:53 PM5:29 PM4:01 PM6:46 PM8 h 27 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%7:05 PM10:10 AM
Dec 267:50 AM8:26 AM4:54 PM5:30 PM4:02 PM6:47 PM8 h 28 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%8:32 PM10:41 AM
Dec 277:51 AM8:27 AM4:55 PM5:31 PM4:02 PM6:47 PM8 h 28 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%9:55 PM11:05 AM
Dec 287:51 AM8:27 AM4:56 PM5:32 PM4:03 PM6:48 PM8 h 29 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 78%11:13 PM11:24 AM
Dec 297:51 AM8:27 AM4:57 PM5:32 PM4:04 PM6:49 PM8 h 30 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 69%11:41 AM
Dec 307:51 AM8:27 AM4:57 PM5:33 PM4:05 PM6:50 PM8 h 30 min+0.0 minLast quarter 11:59 AM12:28 AM11:58 AM
Dec 317:51 AM8:27 AM4:58 PM5:34 PM4:06 PM6:50 PM8 h 31 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 48%1:41 AM12:15 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.