Sunrise and sunset in Half Moon

Half Moon Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (EST)

Day length goes from 10 h 00 min on December 1 to 9 h 52 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 6:59 AM to 7:17 AM and sunset from 4:59 PM to 5:09 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 16:31 AM6:59 AM4:59 PM5:26 PM4:20 PM6:28 PM10 h 00 minLast quarter 1:09 AM12:42 PM
Dec 26:32 AM7:00 AM4:58 PM5:26 PM4:20 PM6:28 PM9 h 58 min-2.0 minLast quarter, 43%12:51 AM1:08 PM
Dec 36:33 AM7:01 AM4:58 PM5:26 PM4:20 PM6:28 PM9 h 57 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 33%1:53 AM1:34 PM
Dec 46:34 AM7:02 AM4:58 PM5:26 PM4:20 PM6:28 PM9 h 56 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 23%2:54 AM2:01 PM
Dec 56:35 AM7:03 AM4:58 PM5:26 PM4:20 PM6:28 PM9 h 55 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 15%3:55 AM2:31 PM
Dec 66:36 AM7:03 AM4:58 PM5:26 PM4:20 PM6:28 PM9 h 55 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 8%4:56 AM3:05 PM
Dec 76:36 AM7:04 AM4:58 PM5:26 PM4:20 PM6:28 PM9 h 54 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 3%5:57 AM3:44 PM
Dec 86:37 AM7:05 AM4:59 PM5:26 PM4:20 PM6:29 PM9 h 54 min+0.0 minNew moon 7:52 PM6:56 AM4:28 PM
Dec 96:38 AM7:06 AM4:59 PM5:27 PM4:20 PM6:29 PM9 h 53 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%7:51 AM5:19 PM
Dec 106:39 AM7:07 AM4:59 PM5:27 PM4:20 PM6:29 PM9 h 52 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%8:40 AM6:14 PM
Dec 116:39 AM7:07 AM4:59 PM5:27 PM4:20 PM6:29 PM9 h 52 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%9:23 AM7:11 PM
Dec 126:40 AM7:08 AM4:59 PM5:27 PM4:20 PM6:30 PM9 h 51 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%10:00 AM8:10 PM
Dec 136:41 AM7:09 AM4:59 PM5:28 PM4:21 PM6:30 PM9 h 50 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 19%10:32 AM9:09 PM
Dec 146:41 AM7:09 AM5:00 PM5:28 PM4:21 PM6:30 PM9 h 51 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 28%11:00 AM10:07 PM
Dec 156:42 AM7:10 AM5:00 PM5:28 PM4:21 PM6:31 PM9 h 50 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 38%11:25 AM11:05 PM
Dec 166:43 AM7:11 AM5:00 PM5:28 PM4:22 PM6:31 PM9 h 49 min-1.0 minFirst quarter, 49%11:50 AM
Dec 176:43 AM7:11 AM5:01 PM5:29 PM4:22 PM6:31 PM9 h 50 min+1.0 minFirst quarter 12:43 AM12:15 PM12:04 AM
Dec 186:44 AM7:12 AM5:01 PM5:29 PM4:22 PM6:32 PM9 h 49 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 69%12:42 PM1:05 AM
Dec 196:44 AM7:12 AM5:02 PM5:30 PM4:23 PM6:32 PM9 h 50 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%1:12 PM2:10 AM
Dec 206:45 AM7:13 AM5:02 PM5:30 PM4:23 PM6:33 PM9 h 49 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%1:49 PM3:19 AM
Dec 216:45 AM7:14 AM5:03 PM5:31 PM4:24 PM6:33 PM9 h 49 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 93%2:33 PM4:31 AM
Dec 226:46 AM7:14 AM5:03 PM5:31 PM4:24 PM6:34 PM9 h 49 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 97%3:28 PM5:46 AM
Dec 236:46 AM7:14 AM5:04 PM5:32 PM4:25 PM6:34 PM9 h 50 min+1.0 minFull moon 8:28 PM4:35 PM6:57 AM
Dec 246:47 AM7:15 AM5:04 PM5:32 PM4:25 PM6:35 PM9 h 49 min-1.0 minFull moon, 100%5:49 PM8:01 AM
Dec 256:47 AM7:15 AM5:05 PM5:33 PM4:26 PM6:35 PM9 h 50 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%7:06 PM8:53 AM
Dec 266:48 AM7:16 AM5:05 PM5:33 PM4:26 PM6:36 PM9 h 49 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%8:22 PM9:37 AM
Dec 276:48 AM7:16 AM5:06 PM5:34 PM4:27 PM6:36 PM9 h 50 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 87%9:33 PM10:12 AM
Dec 286:48 AM7:16 AM5:07 PM5:35 PM4:28 PM6:37 PM9 h 51 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 79%10:41 PM10:43 AM
Dec 296:49 AM7:17 AM5:07 PM5:35 PM4:29 PM6:38 PM9 h 50 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 70%11:45 PM11:10 AM
Dec 306:49 AM7:17 AM5:08 PM5:36 PM4:29 PM6:38 PM9 h 51 min+1.0 minLast quarter 1:59 PM11:37 AM
Dec 316:49 AM7:17 AM5:09 PM5:37 PM4:30 PM6:39 PM9 h 52 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 49%12:47 AM12:04 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.