Sunrise and sunset in Rule

Rule Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (CST)

Day length goes from 10 h 07 min on December 1 to 10 h 00 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 7:25 AM to 7:43 AM and sunset from 5:32 PM to 5:43 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 16:58 AM7:25 AM5:32 PM5:59 PM4:55 PM7:00 PM10 h 07 minLast quarter 12:09 AM12:22 AM1:12 PM
Dec 26:59 AM7:26 AM5:32 PM5:59 PM4:55 PM7:00 PM10 h 06 min-1.0 minLast quarter, 43%1:25 AM1:40 PM
Dec 37:00 AM7:27 AM5:32 PM5:59 PM4:55 PM7:00 PM10 h 05 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 32%2:26 AM2:07 PM
Dec 47:00 AM7:28 AM5:32 PM5:59 PM4:55 PM7:00 PM10 h 04 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 23%3:26 AM2:35 PM
Dec 57:01 AM7:28 AM5:32 PM5:59 PM4:55 PM7:00 PM10 h 04 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 15%4:26 AM3:06 PM
Dec 67:02 AM7:29 AM5:32 PM5:59 PM4:55 PM7:00 PM10 h 03 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 8%5:26 AM3:41 PM
Dec 77:03 AM7:30 AM5:32 PM6:00 PM4:55 PM7:00 PM10 h 02 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 3%6:26 AM4:21 PM
Dec 87:03 AM7:31 AM5:32 PM6:00 PM4:55 PM7:01 PM10 h 01 min-1.0 minNew moon 6:52 PM7:24 AM5:07 PM
Dec 97:04 AM7:31 AM5:33 PM6:00 PM4:55 PM7:01 PM10 h 02 min+1.0 minNew moon, 0%8:18 AM5:57 PM
Dec 107:05 AM7:32 AM5:33 PM6:00 PM4:55 PM7:01 PM10 h 01 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%9:07 AM6:52 PM
Dec 117:06 AM7:33 AM5:33 PM6:00 PM4:55 PM7:01 PM10 h 00 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%9:50 AM7:49 PM
Dec 127:06 AM7:34 AM5:33 PM6:01 PM4:55 PM7:02 PM9 h 59 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%10:27 AM8:47 PM
Dec 137:07 AM7:34 AM5:33 PM6:01 PM4:56 PM7:02 PM9 h 59 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 20%11:00 AM9:45 PM
Dec 147:08 AM7:35 AM5:34 PM6:01 PM4:56 PM7:02 PM9 h 59 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 29%11:29 AM10:42 PM
Dec 157:08 AM7:36 AM5:34 PM6:01 PM4:56 PM7:03 PM9 h 58 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 39%11:55 AM11:40 PM
Dec 167:09 AM7:36 AM5:34 PM6:02 PM4:57 PM7:03 PM9 h 58 min+0.0 minFirst quarter 11:43 PM12:21 PM
Dec 177:09 AM7:37 AM5:35 PM6:02 PM4:57 PM7:03 PM9 h 58 min+0.0 minFirst quarter, 60%12:47 PM12:38 AM
Dec 187:10 AM7:37 AM5:35 PM6:03 PM4:57 PM7:04 PM9 h 58 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 70%1:15 PM1:38 AM
Dec 197:11 AM7:38 AM5:36 PM6:03 PM4:58 PM7:04 PM9 h 58 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%1:47 PM2:42 AM
Dec 207:11 AM7:39 AM5:36 PM6:04 PM4:58 PM7:05 PM9 h 57 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%2:25 PM3:49 AM
Dec 217:12 AM7:39 AM5:37 PM6:04 PM4:59 PM7:05 PM9 h 58 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 93%3:11 PM5:01 AM
Dec 227:12 AM7:40 AM5:37 PM6:05 PM4:59 PM7:06 PM9 h 57 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%4:07 PM6:15 AM
Dec 237:13 AM7:40 AM5:38 PM6:05 PM5:00 PM7:06 PM9 h 58 min+1.0 minFull moon 7:28 PM5:14 PM7:26 AM
Dec 247:13 AM7:40 AM5:38 PM6:06 PM5:00 PM7:07 PM9 h 58 min+0.0 minFull moon, 100%6:29 PM8:29 AM
Dec 257:13 AM7:41 AM5:39 PM6:06 PM5:01 PM7:07 PM9 h 58 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%7:45 PM9:22 AM
Dec 267:14 AM7:41 AM5:39 PM6:07 PM5:01 PM7:08 PM9 h 58 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%8:59 PM10:05 AM
Dec 277:14 AM7:42 AM5:40 PM6:07 PM5:02 PM7:09 PM9 h 58 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%10:09 PM10:42 AM
Dec 287:15 AM7:42 AM5:41 PM6:08 PM5:03 PM7:09 PM9 h 59 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 78%11:15 PM11:13 AM
Dec 297:15 AM7:42 AM5:41 PM6:09 PM5:04 PM7:10 PM9 h 59 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 69%11:42 AM
Dec 307:15 AM7:43 AM5:42 PM6:09 PM5:04 PM7:10 PM9 h 59 min+0.0 minLast quarter 12:59 PM12:18 AM12:10 PM
Dec 317:15 AM7:43 AM5:43 PM6:10 PM5:05 PM7:11 PM10 h 00 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 48%1:19 AM12:38 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.