Sunrise and sunset in Aurora

Aurora Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (CST)

Day length goes from 9 h 07 min on December 1 to 8 h 55 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 7:42 AM to 8:02 AM and sunset from 4:49 PM to 4:57 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 17:10 AM7:42 AM4:49 PM5:22 PM4:03 PM6:33 PM9 h 07 minLast quarter 12:09 AM1:04 PM
Dec 27:11 AM7:44 AM4:49 PM5:21 PM4:02 PM6:32 PM9 h 05 min-2.0 minLast quarter, 43%1:11 AM1:23 PM
Dec 37:12 AM7:45 AM4:48 PM5:21 PM4:02 PM6:32 PM9 h 03 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 32%2:20 AM1:42 PM
Dec 47:13 AM7:46 AM4:48 PM5:21 PM4:01 PM6:32 PM9 h 02 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 23%3:28 AM2:03 PM
Dec 57:14 AM7:47 AM4:48 PM5:21 PM4:01 PM6:32 PM9 h 01 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 15%4:37 AM2:26 PM
Dec 67:15 AM7:48 AM4:48 PM5:21 PM4:01 PM6:32 PM9 h 00 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 8%5:45 AM2:54 PM
Dec 77:16 AM7:49 AM4:48 PM5:21 PM4:01 PM6:32 PM8 h 59 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 3%6:51 AM3:28 PM
Dec 87:17 AM7:50 AM4:48 PM5:21 PM4:00 PM6:32 PM8 h 58 min-1.0 minNew moon 6:52 PM7:53 AM4:10 PM
Dec 97:18 AM7:51 AM4:48 PM5:21 PM4:00 PM6:32 PM8 h 57 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%8:49 AM5:00 PM
Dec 107:18 AM7:52 AM4:48 PM5:21 PM4:00 PM6:32 PM8 h 56 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%9:37 AM5:57 PM
Dec 117:19 AM7:52 AM4:48 PM5:21 PM4:00 PM6:33 PM8 h 56 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%10:15 AM6:59 PM
Dec 127:20 AM7:53 AM4:48 PM5:21 PM4:00 PM6:33 PM8 h 55 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%10:47 AM8:04 PM
Dec 137:21 AM7:54 AM4:48 PM5:21 PM4:00 PM6:33 PM8 h 54 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 20%11:12 AM9:09 PM
Dec 147:22 AM7:55 AM4:48 PM5:21 PM4:00 PM6:33 PM8 h 53 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 29%11:34 AM10:14 PM
Dec 157:22 AM7:56 AM4:48 PM5:22 PM4:01 PM6:34 PM8 h 52 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 39%11:53 AM11:19 PM
Dec 167:23 AM7:56 AM4:49 PM5:22 PM4:01 PM6:34 PM8 h 53 min+1.0 minFirst quarter 11:43 PM12:11 PM
Dec 177:24 AM7:57 AM4:49 PM5:22 PM4:01 PM6:34 PM8 h 52 min-1.0 minFirst quarter, 60%12:29 PM12:25 AM
Dec 187:24 AM7:58 AM4:49 PM5:23 PM4:01 PM6:35 PM8 h 51 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 70%12:49 PM1:34 AM
Dec 197:25 AM7:58 AM4:50 PM5:23 PM4:02 PM6:35 PM8 h 52 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%1:12 PM2:46 AM
Dec 207:25 AM7:59 AM4:50 PM5:23 PM4:02 PM6:36 PM8 h 51 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%1:42 PM4:03 AM
Dec 217:26 AM7:59 AM4:51 PM5:24 PM4:03 PM6:36 PM8 h 52 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 93%2:20 PM5:24 AM
Dec 227:26 AM8:00 AM4:51 PM5:24 PM4:03 PM6:37 PM8 h 51 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%3:11 PM6:44 AM
Dec 237:27 AM8:00 AM4:52 PM5:25 PM4:04 PM6:37 PM8 h 52 min+1.0 minFull moon 7:28 PM4:17 PM7:57 AM
Dec 247:27 AM8:01 AM4:52 PM5:26 PM4:04 PM6:38 PM8 h 51 min-1.0 minFull moon, 100%5:35 PM8:57 AM
Dec 257:28 AM8:01 AM4:53 PM5:26 PM4:05 PM6:38 PM8 h 52 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%6:59 PM9:43 AM
Dec 267:28 AM8:01 AM4:54 PM5:27 PM4:06 PM6:39 PM8 h 53 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%8:23 PM10:18 AM
Dec 277:28 AM8:02 AM4:54 PM5:28 PM4:07 PM6:40 PM8 h 52 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%9:43 PM10:45 AM
Dec 287:29 AM8:02 AM4:55 PM5:28 PM4:07 PM6:40 PM8 h 53 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 78%10:58 PM11:08 AM
Dec 297:29 AM8:02 AM4:56 PM5:29 PM4:08 PM6:41 PM8 h 54 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 69%11:28 AM
Dec 307:29 AM8:02 AM4:57 PM5:30 PM4:09 PM6:42 PM8 h 55 min+1.0 minLast quarter 12:59 PM12:10 AM11:47 AM
Dec 317:29 AM8:02 AM4:57 PM5:31 PM4:10 PM6:42 PM8 h 55 min+0.0 minLast quarter, 48%1:20 AM12:07 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.