Sunrise and sunset in Columbus

Columbus Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (MST)

Day length goes from 10 h 13 min on December 1 to 10 h 07 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 6:53 AM to 7:10 AM and sunset from 5:06 PM to 5:17 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 16:26 AM6:53 AM5:06 PM5:33 PM4:30 PM6:32 PM10 h 13 minLast quarter, 53%12:44 PM
Dec 26:27 AM6:54 AM5:06 PM5:33 PM4:30 PM6:33 PM10 h 12 min-1.0 minLast quarter, 42%12:57 AM1:12 PM
Dec 36:28 AM6:55 AM5:06 PM5:33 PM4:30 PM6:33 PM10 h 11 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 32%1:57 AM1:40 PM
Dec 46:29 AM6:55 AM5:06 PM5:33 PM4:30 PM6:33 PM10 h 11 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 23%2:56 AM2:09 PM
Dec 56:29 AM6:56 AM5:06 PM5:33 PM4:30 PM6:33 PM10 h 10 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 14%3:55 AM2:41 PM
Dec 66:30 AM6:57 AM5:06 PM5:33 PM4:30 PM6:33 PM10 h 09 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 8%4:55 AM3:16 PM
Dec 76:31 AM6:58 AM5:06 PM5:33 PM4:30 PM6:33 PM10 h 08 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 3%5:54 AM3:57 PM
Dec 86:32 AM6:58 AM5:07 PM5:33 PM4:30 PM6:33 PM10 h 09 min+1.0 minNew moon 5:52 PM6:52 AM4:43 PM
Dec 96:32 AM6:59 AM5:07 PM5:34 PM4:30 PM6:34 PM10 h 08 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%7:46 AM5:34 PM
Dec 106:33 AM7:00 AM5:07 PM5:34 PM4:30 PM6:34 PM10 h 07 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%8:35 AM6:29 PM
Dec 116:34 AM7:01 AM5:07 PM5:34 PM4:30 PM6:34 PM10 h 06 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%9:18 AM7:25 PM
Dec 126:34 AM7:01 AM5:07 PM5:34 PM4:30 PM6:34 PM10 h 06 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%9:56 AM8:23 PM
Dec 136:35 AM7:02 AM5:08 PM5:35 PM4:31 PM6:35 PM10 h 06 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 20%10:29 AM9:20 PM
Dec 146:36 AM7:03 AM5:08 PM5:35 PM4:31 PM6:35 PM10 h 05 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 29%10:58 AM10:16 PM
Dec 156:36 AM7:03 AM5:08 PM5:35 PM4:31 PM6:36 PM10 h 05 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 39%11:26 AM11:13 PM
Dec 166:37 AM7:04 AM5:09 PM5:36 PM4:32 PM6:36 PM10 h 05 min+0.0 minFirst quarter 10:43 PM11:52 AM
Dec 176:38 AM7:05 AM5:09 PM5:36 PM4:32 PM6:36 PM10 h 04 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 60%12:19 PM12:10 AM
Dec 186:38 AM7:05 AM5:09 PM5:36 PM4:32 PM6:37 PM10 h 04 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 70%12:48 PM1:09 AM
Dec 196:39 AM7:06 AM5:10 PM5:37 PM4:33 PM6:37 PM10 h 04 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%1:21 PM2:12 AM
Dec 206:39 AM7:06 AM5:10 PM5:37 PM4:33 PM6:38 PM10 h 04 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%2:00 PM3:19 AM
Dec 216:40 AM7:07 AM5:11 PM5:38 PM4:34 PM6:38 PM10 h 04 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 94%2:47 PM4:30 AM
Dec 226:40 AM7:07 AM5:11 PM5:38 PM4:34 PM6:39 PM10 h 04 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%3:44 PM5:43 AM
Dec 236:41 AM7:08 AM5:12 PM5:39 PM4:35 PM6:39 PM10 h 04 min+0.0 minFull moon 6:28 PM4:51 PM6:54 AM
Dec 246:41 AM7:08 AM5:12 PM5:39 PM4:35 PM6:40 PM10 h 04 min+0.0 minFull moon, 100%6:05 PM7:57 AM
Dec 256:42 AM7:09 AM5:13 PM5:40 PM4:36 PM6:40 PM10 h 04 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%7:21 PM8:50 AM
Dec 266:42 AM7:09 AM5:14 PM5:41 PM4:37 PM6:41 PM10 h 05 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%8:34 PM9:35 AM
Dec 276:42 AM7:09 AM5:14 PM5:41 PM4:37 PM6:41 PM10 h 05 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%9:43 PM10:12 AM
Dec 286:43 AM7:10 AM5:15 PM5:42 PM4:38 PM6:42 PM10 h 05 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 78%10:48 PM10:44 AM
Dec 296:43 AM7:10 AM5:16 PM5:43 PM4:39 PM6:43 PM10 h 06 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 69%11:50 PM11:14 AM
Dec 306:43 AM7:10 AM5:16 PM5:43 PM4:39 PM6:43 PM10 h 06 min+0.0 minLast quarter 11:59 AM11:42 AM
Dec 316:44 AM7:10 AM5:17 PM5:44 PM4:40 PM6:44 PM10 h 07 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 48%12:50 AM12:11 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.