Sunrise and sunset in Dover

Dover Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (EST)

Day length goes from 9 h 15 min on December 1 to 9 h 04 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 7:03 AM to 7:22 AM and sunset from 4:18 PM to 4:26 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 AM7:03 AM4:18 PM4:49 PM3:33 PM5:59 PM9 h 15 minLast quarter 1:09 AM12:27 PM
Dec 26:32 AM7:04 AM4:17 PM4:49 PM3:32 PM5:59 PM9 h 13 min-2.0 minLast quarter, 43%12:31 AM12:47 PM
Dec 36:33 AM7:05 AM4:17 PM4:49 PM3:32 PM5:59 PM9 h 12 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 33%1:39 AM1:07 PM
Dec 46:34 AM7:06 AM4:17 PM4:49 PM3:32 PM5:59 PM9 h 11 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 23%2:46 AM1:28 PM
Dec 56:35 AM7:07 AM4:17 PM4:49 PM3:32 PM5:59 PM9 h 10 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 15%3:53 AM1:53 PM
Dec 66:36 AM7:08 AM4:17 PM4:49 PM3:31 PM5:59 PM9 h 09 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 8%5:00 AM2:21 PM
Dec 76:37 AM7:09 AM4:17 PM4:49 PM3:31 PM5:59 PM9 h 08 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 3%6:06 AM2:56 PM
Dec 86:38 AM7:10 AM4:17 PM4:49 PM3:31 PM5:59 PM9 h 07 min-1.0 minNew moon 7:52 PM7:08 AM3:38 PM
Dec 96:38 AM7:11 AM4:17 PM4:49 PM3:31 PM5:59 PM9 h 06 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%8:04 AM4:27 PM
Dec 106:39 AM7:11 AM4:17 PM4:49 PM3:31 PM5:59 PM9 h 06 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%8:52 AM5:24 PM
Dec 116:40 AM7:12 AM4:17 PM4:49 PM3:31 PM5:59 PM9 h 05 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%9:32 AM6:25 PM
Dec 126:41 AM7:13 AM4:17 PM4:49 PM3:31 PM5:59 PM9 h 04 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%10:05 AM7:28 PM
Dec 136:42 AM7:14 AM4:17 PM4:49 PM3:31 PM5:59 PM9 h 03 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 19%10:31 AM8:32 PM
Dec 146:42 AM7:15 AM4:17 PM4:49 PM3:31 PM6:00 PM9 h 02 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 28%10:54 AM9:36 PM
Dec 156:43 AM7:15 AM4:17 PM4:50 PM3:31 PM6:00 PM9 h 02 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 38%11:15 AM10:40 PM
Dec 166:44 AM7:16 AM4:18 PM4:50 PM3:32 PM6:00 PM9 h 02 min+0.0 minFirst quarter, 49%11:34 AM11:45 PM
Dec 176:44 AM7:17 AM4:18 PM4:50 PM3:32 PM6:01 PM9 h 01 min-1.0 minFirst quarter 12:43 AM11:53 AM
Dec 186:45 AM7:17 AM4:18 PM4:51 PM3:32 PM6:01 PM9 h 01 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 69%12:14 PM12:53 AM
Dec 196:46 AM7:18 AM4:19 PM4:51 PM3:33 PM6:02 PM9 h 01 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%12:38 PM2:03 AM
Dec 206:46 AM7:19 AM4:19 PM4:52 PM3:33 PM6:02 PM9 h 00 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%1:08 PM3:19 AM
Dec 216:47 AM7:19 AM4:20 PM4:52 PM3:33 PM6:03 PM9 h 01 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 93%1:47 PM4:38 AM
Dec 226:47 AM7:20 AM4:20 PM4:53 PM3:34 PM6:03 PM9 h 00 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 97%2:38 PM5:57 AM
Dec 236:48 AM7:20 AM4:21 PM4:53 PM3:35 PM6:04 PM9 h 01 min+1.0 minFull moon 8:28 PM3:43 PM7:10 AM
Dec 246:48 AM7:20 AM4:21 PM4:54 PM3:35 PM6:04 PM9 h 01 min+0.0 minFull moon, 100%5:00 PM8:12 AM
Dec 256:48 AM7:21 AM4:22 PM4:54 PM3:36 PM6:05 PM9 h 01 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%6:23 PM9:00 AM
Dec 266:49 AM7:21 AM4:23 PM4:55 PM3:37 PM6:05 PM9 h 02 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%7:45 PM9:37 AM
Dec 276:49 AM7:21 AM4:23 PM4:56 PM3:37 PM6:06 PM9 h 02 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 87%9:04 PM10:06 AM
Dec 286:49 AM7:22 AM4:24 PM4:56 PM3:38 PM6:07 PM9 h 02 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 79%10:18 PM10:30 AM
Dec 296:50 AM7:22 AM4:25 PM4:57 PM3:39 PM6:07 PM9 h 03 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 70%11:29 PM10:51 AM
Dec 306:50 AM7:22 AM4:26 PM4:58 PM3:40 PM6:08 PM9 h 04 min+1.0 minLast quarter 1:59 PM11:12 AM
Dec 316:50 AM7:22 AM4:26 PM4:59 PM3:41 PM6:09 PM9 h 04 min+0.0 minLast quarter, 49%12:38 AM11:33 AM

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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.