Sunrise and sunset in Sundown

Sundown Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (CST)

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