Sunrise and sunset in Unity

Unity Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (EST)

Day length goes from 9 h 12 min on December 1 to 9 h 02 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 7:02 AM to 7:21 AM and sunset from 4:14 PM to 4:23 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 16:30 AM7:02 AM4:14 PM4:46 PM3:29 PM5:56 PM9 h 12 minLast quarter 1:09 AM12:24 PM
Dec 26:31 AM7:03 AM4:14 PM4:46 PM3:29 PM5:56 PM9 h 11 min-1.0 minLast quarter, 43%12:29 AM12:44 PM
Dec 36:32 AM7:04 AM4:14 PM4:46 PM3:28 PM5:56 PM9 h 10 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 33%1:37 AM1:04 PM
Dec 46:33 AM7:05 AM4:14 PM4:46 PM3:28 PM5:56 PM9 h 09 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 23%2:44 AM1:26 PM
Dec 56:34 AM7:06 AM4:14 PM4:46 PM3:28 PM5:56 PM9 h 08 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 15%3:52 AM1:49 PM
Dec 66:34 AM7:07 AM4:13 PM4:46 PM3:28 PM5:56 PM9 h 06 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 8%4:59 AM2:18 PM
Dec 76:35 AM7:08 AM4:13 PM4:46 PM3:27 PM5:56 PM9 h 05 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 3%6:05 AM2:52 PM
Dec 86:36 AM7:09 AM4:13 PM4:46 PM3:27 PM5:56 PM9 h 04 min-1.0 minNew moon 7:52 PM7:07 AM3:34 PM
Dec 96:37 AM7:10 AM4:13 PM4:46 PM3:27 PM5:56 PM9 h 03 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%8:03 AM4:23 PM
Dec 106:38 AM7:10 AM4:13 PM4:46 PM3:27 PM5:56 PM9 h 03 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%8:51 AM5:20 PM
Dec 116:39 AM7:11 AM4:13 PM4:46 PM3:27 PM5:56 PM9 h 02 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%9:31 AM6:21 PM
Dec 126:40 AM7:12 AM4:13 PM4:46 PM3:27 PM5:57 PM9 h 01 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%10:04 AM7:25 PM
Dec 136:40 AM7:13 AM4:14 PM4:46 PM3:27 PM5:57 PM9 h 01 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 19%10:30 AM8:29 PM
Dec 146:41 AM7:14 AM4:14 PM4:46 PM3:27 PM5:57 PM9 h 00 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 28%10:53 AM9:34 PM
Dec 156:42 AM7:14 AM4:14 PM4:47 PM3:28 PM5:57 PM9 h 00 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 38%11:13 AM10:38 PM
Dec 166:43 AM7:15 AM4:14 PM4:47 PM3:28 PM5:58 PM8 h 59 min-1.0 minFirst quarter, 49%11:32 AM11:43 PM
Dec 176:43 AM7:16 AM4:15 PM4:47 PM3:28 PM5:58 PM8 h 59 min+0.0 minFirst quarter 12:43 AM11:51 AM
Dec 186:44 AM7:16 AM4:15 PM4:48 PM3:28 PM5:58 PM8 h 59 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 69%12:11 PM12:51 AM
Dec 196:44 AM7:17 AM4:15 PM4:48 PM3:29 PM5:59 PM8 h 58 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%12:35 PM2:02 AM
Dec 206:45 AM7:18 AM4:16 PM4:48 PM3:29 PM5:59 PM8 h 58 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%1:05 PM3:17 AM
Dec 216:45 AM7:18 AM4:16 PM4:49 PM3:30 PM6:00 PM8 h 58 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 93%1:43 PM4:37 AM
Dec 226:46 AM7:19 AM4:17 PM4:49 PM3:30 PM6:00 PM8 h 58 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 97%2:34 PM5:56 AM
Dec 236:46 AM7:19 AM4:17 PM4:50 PM3:31 PM6:01 PM8 h 58 min+0.0 minFull moon 8:28 PM3:39 PM7:09 AM
Dec 246:47 AM7:19 AM4:18 PM4:51 PM3:31 PM6:01 PM8 h 59 min+1.0 minFull moon, 100%4:56 PM8:11 AM
Dec 256:47 AM7:20 AM4:19 PM4:51 PM3:32 PM6:02 PM8 h 59 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%6:19 PM8:59 AM
Dec 266:48 AM7:20 AM4:19 PM4:52 PM3:33 PM6:03 PM8 h 59 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%7:42 PM9:35 AM
Dec 276:48 AM7:20 AM4:20 PM4:53 PM3:33 PM6:03 PM9 h 00 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 87%9:01 PM10:04 AM
Dec 286:48 AM7:21 AM4:21 PM4:53 PM3:34 PM6:04 PM9 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 79%10:16 PM10:28 AM
Dec 296:48 AM7:21 AM4:21 PM4:54 PM3:35 PM6:05 PM9 h 00 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 70%11:27 PM10:49 AM
Dec 306:49 AM7:21 AM4:22 PM4:55 PM3:36 PM6:05 PM9 h 01 min+1.0 minLast quarter 1:59 PM11:09 AM
Dec 316:49 AM7:21 AM4:23 PM4:56 PM3:37 PM6:06 PM9 h 02 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 49%12:36 AM11:30 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.