Sunrise and sunset in Earth

Earth Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (CST)

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