Sunrise and sunset in Alpha

Alpha Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (EST)

Day length goes from 9 h 29 min on December 1 to 9 h 19 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 7:05 AM to 7:24 AM and sunset from 4:34 PM to 4:43 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 16:35 AM7:05 AM4:34 PM5:04 PM3:51 PM6:11 PM9 h 29 minLast quarter 1:09 AM12:35 PM
Dec 26:36 AM7:06 AM4:34 PM5:04 PM3:51 PM6:11 PM9 h 28 min-1.0 minLast quarter, 43%12:41 AM12:57 PM
Dec 36:37 AM7:07 AM4:34 PM5:04 PM3:51 PM6:11 PM9 h 27 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 33%1:47 AM1:19 PM
Dec 46:38 AM7:08 AM4:33 PM5:04 PM3:51 PM6:11 PM9 h 25 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 23%2:53 AM1:42 PM
Dec 56:39 AM7:09 AM4:33 PM5:04 PM3:50 PM6:11 PM9 h 24 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 15%3:58 AM2:08 PM
Dec 66:39 AM7:10 AM4:33 PM5:04 PM3:50 PM6:11 PM9 h 23 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 8%5:03 AM2:38 PM
Dec 76:40 AM7:11 AM4:33 PM5:04 PM3:50 PM6:11 PM9 h 22 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 3%6:07 AM3:14 PM
Dec 86:41 AM7:12 AM4:33 PM5:04 PM3:50 PM6:11 PM9 h 21 min-1.0 minNew moon 7:52 PM7:08 AM3:57 PM
Dec 96:42 AM7:13 AM4:33 PM5:04 PM3:50 PM6:11 PM9 h 20 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%8:04 AM4:47 PM
Dec 106:43 AM7:14 AM4:33 PM5:04 PM3:50 PM6:12 PM9 h 19 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%8:52 AM5:43 PM
Dec 116:44 AM7:14 AM4:33 PM5:04 PM3:50 PM6:12 PM9 h 19 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%9:33 AM6:43 PM
Dec 126:44 AM7:15 AM4:34 PM5:04 PM3:50 PM6:12 PM9 h 19 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%10:07 AM7:45 PM
Dec 136:45 AM7:16 AM4:34 PM5:05 PM3:50 PM6:12 PM9 h 18 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 19%10:35 AM8:48 PM
Dec 146:46 AM7:17 AM4:34 PM5:05 PM3:50 PM6:13 PM9 h 17 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 28%11:00 AM9:50 PM
Dec 156:47 AM7:17 AM4:34 PM5:05 PM3:51 PM6:13 PM9 h 17 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 38%11:22 AM10:52 PM
Dec 166:47 AM7:18 AM4:35 PM5:05 PM3:51 PM6:13 PM9 h 17 min+0.0 minFirst quarter, 49%11:42 AM11:55 PM
Dec 176:48 AM7:19 AM4:35 PM5:06 PM3:51 PM6:14 PM9 h 16 min-1.0 minFirst quarter 12:43 AM12:03 PM
Dec 186:48 AM7:19 AM4:35 PM5:06 PM3:52 PM6:14 PM9 h 16 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 69%12:26 PM1:00 AM
Dec 196:49 AM7:20 AM4:36 PM5:07 PM3:52 PM6:14 PM9 h 16 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%12:52 PM2:09 AM
Dec 206:50 AM7:21 AM4:36 PM5:07 PM3:52 PM6:15 PM9 h 15 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%1:24 PM3:23 AM
Dec 216:50 AM7:21 AM4:37 PM5:08 PM3:53 PM6:15 PM9 h 16 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 93%2:05 PM4:40 AM
Dec 226:51 AM7:22 AM4:37 PM5:08 PM3:53 PM6:16 PM9 h 15 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 97%2:57 PM5:57 AM
Dec 236:51 AM7:22 AM4:38 PM5:09 PM3:54 PM6:16 PM9 h 16 min+1.0 minFull moon 8:28 PM4:03 PM7:10 AM
Dec 246:51 AM7:22 AM4:38 PM5:09 PM3:55 PM6:17 PM9 h 16 min+0.0 minFull moon, 100%5:19 PM8:12 AM
Dec 256:52 AM7:23 AM4:39 PM5:10 PM3:55 PM6:18 PM9 h 16 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%6:40 PM9:02 AM
Dec 266:52 AM7:23 AM4:39 PM5:10 PM3:56 PM6:18 PM9 h 16 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%8:00 PM9:40 AM
Dec 276:53 AM7:23 AM4:40 PM5:11 PM3:57 PM6:19 PM9 h 17 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 87%9:17 PM10:11 AM
Dec 286:53 AM7:24 AM4:41 PM5:12 PM3:57 PM6:19 PM9 h 17 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 79%10:29 PM10:38 AM
Dec 296:53 AM7:24 AM4:42 PM5:12 PM3:58 PM6:20 PM9 h 18 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 70%11:38 PM11:01 AM
Dec 306:53 AM7:24 AM4:42 PM5:13 PM3:59 PM6:21 PM9 h 18 min+0.0 minLast quarter 1:59 PM11:23 AM
Dec 316:54 AM7:24 AM4:43 PM5:14 PM4:00 PM6:22 PM9 h 19 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 49%12:45 AM11:46 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.