Sunrise and sunset in Lancaster County

Lancaster County Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (EST)

Day length goes from 9 h 45 min on December 1 to 9 h 36 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 7:02 AM to 7:21 AM and sunset from 4:47 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 16:33 AM7:02 AM4:47 PM5:16 PM4:07 PM6:20 PM9 h 45 minLast quarter 1:09 AM12:39 PM
Dec 26:34 AM7:03 AM4:47 PM5:16 PM4:07 PM6:20 PM9 h 44 min-1.0 minLast quarter, 43%12:47 AM1:03 PM
Dec 36:35 AM7:04 AM4:47 PM5:16 PM4:07 PM6:20 PM9 h 43 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 33%1:51 AM1:27 PM
Dec 46:36 AM7:05 AM4:47 PM5:16 PM4:06 PM6:20 PM9 h 42 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 23%2:54 AM1:52 PM
Dec 56:37 AM7:06 AM4:47 PM5:16 PM4:06 PM6:20 PM9 h 41 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 15%3:57 AM2:20 PM
Dec 66:38 AM7:07 AM4:47 PM5:16 PM4:06 PM6:20 PM9 h 40 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 8%5:00 AM2:53 PM
Dec 76:38 AM7:08 AM4:47 PM5:16 PM4:06 PM6:20 PM9 h 39 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 3%6:02 AM3:30 PM
Dec 86:39 AM7:08 AM4:47 PM5:16 PM4:06 PM6:20 PM9 h 39 min+0.0 minNew moon 7:52 PM7:02 AM4:14 PM
Dec 96:40 AM7:09 AM4:47 PM5:16 PM4:06 PM6:21 PM9 h 38 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%7:57 AM5:04 PM
Dec 106:41 AM7:10 AM4:47 PM5:16 PM4:06 PM6:21 PM9 h 37 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%8:46 AM5:59 PM
Dec 116:42 AM7:11 AM4:47 PM5:16 PM4:06 PM6:21 PM9 h 36 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%9:28 AM6:58 PM
Dec 126:42 AM7:12 AM4:47 PM5:17 PM4:06 PM6:21 PM9 h 35 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%10:03 AM7:59 PM
Dec 136:43 AM7:12 AM4:48 PM5:17 PM4:07 PM6:22 PM9 h 36 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 19%10:33 AM8:59 PM
Dec 146:44 AM7:13 AM4:48 PM5:17 PM4:07 PM6:22 PM9 h 35 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 28%11:00 AM9:59 PM
Dec 156:44 AM7:14 AM4:48 PM5:17 PM4:07 PM6:22 PM9 h 34 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 38%11:24 AM10:59 PM
Dec 166:45 AM7:14 AM4:48 PM5:18 PM4:07 PM6:23 PM9 h 34 min+0.0 minFirst quarter, 49%11:47 AM
Dec 176:46 AM7:15 AM4:49 PM5:18 PM4:08 PM6:23 PM9 h 34 min+0.0 minFirst quarter 12:43 AM12:10 PM12:00 AM
Dec 186:46 AM7:16 AM4:49 PM5:19 PM4:08 PM6:23 PM9 h 33 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 69%12:35 PM1:03 AM
Dec 196:47 AM7:16 AM4:50 PM5:19 PM4:09 PM6:24 PM9 h 34 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%1:03 PM2:10 AM
Dec 206:47 AM7:17 AM4:50 PM5:19 PM4:09 PM6:24 PM9 h 33 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%1:37 PM3:21 AM
Dec 216:48 AM7:17 AM4:51 PM5:20 PM4:09 PM6:25 PM9 h 34 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 93%2:20 PM4:35 AM
Dec 226:48 AM7:18 AM4:51 PM5:20 PM4:10 PM6:25 PM9 h 33 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 97%3:14 PM5:51 AM
Dec 236:49 AM7:18 AM4:52 PM5:21 PM4:11 PM6:26 PM9 h 34 min+1.0 minFull moon 8:28 PM4:20 PM7:03 AM
Dec 246:49 AM7:19 AM4:52 PM5:22 PM4:11 PM6:26 PM9 h 33 min-1.0 minFull moon, 100%5:35 PM8:06 AM
Dec 256:50 AM7:19 AM4:53 PM5:22 PM4:12 PM6:27 PM9 h 34 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%6:54 PM8:57 AM
Dec 266:50 AM7:19 AM4:53 PM5:23 PM4:12 PM6:28 PM9 h 34 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%8:12 PM9:39 AM
Dec 276:50 AM7:20 AM4:54 PM5:23 PM4:13 PM6:28 PM9 h 34 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 87%9:26 PM10:12 AM
Dec 286:51 AM7:20 AM4:55 PM5:24 PM4:14 PM6:29 PM9 h 35 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 79%10:35 PM10:40 AM
Dec 296:51 AM7:20 AM4:55 PM5:25 PM4:15 PM6:29 PM9 h 35 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 70%11:42 PM11:06 AM
Dec 306:51 AM7:21 AM4:56 PM5:25 PM4:15 PM6:30 PM9 h 35 min+0.0 minLast quarter 1:59 PM11:31 AM
Dec 316:51 AM7:21 AM4:57 PM5:26 PM4:16 PM6:31 PM9 h 36 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 49%12:46 AM11:56 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.