Sunrise and sunset in Opportunity

Opportunity Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in December 2026

Local time (PST)

Day length goes from 8 h 42 min on December 1 to 8 h 30 min on December 31. Sunrise moves from 7:17 AM to 7:37 AM and sunset from 3:59 PM to 4:07 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 16:41 AM7:17 AM3:59 PM4:35 PM3:08 PM5:50 PM8 h 42 minLast quarter, 52%12:29 PM
Dec 26:43 AM7:18 AM3:59 PM4:34 PM3:08 PM5:50 PM8 h 41 min-1.0 minLast quarter, 42%12:37 AM12:45 PM
Dec 36:44 AM7:19 AM3:58 PM4:34 PM3:07 PM5:50 PM8 h 39 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 32%1:50 AM1:01 PM
Dec 46:45 AM7:20 AM3:58 PM4:34 PM3:07 PM5:50 PM8 h 38 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 22%3:01 AM1:19 PM
Dec 56:46 AM7:21 AM3:58 PM4:33 PM3:06 PM5:50 PM8 h 37 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 14%4:12 AM1:39 PM
Dec 66:47 AM7:22 AM3:58 PM4:33 PM3:06 PM5:50 PM8 h 36 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 8%5:23 AM2:05 PM
Dec 76:48 AM7:23 AM3:57 PM4:33 PM3:05 PM5:49 PM8 h 34 min-2.0 minWaning crescent, 3%6:32 AM2:36 PM
Dec 86:49 AM7:25 AM3:57 PM4:33 PM3:05 PM5:49 PM8 h 32 min-2.0 minNew moon 4:52 PM7:36 AM3:17 PM
Dec 96:50 AM7:26 AM3:57 PM4:33 PM3:05 PM5:49 PM8 h 31 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%8:32 AM4:07 PM
Dec 106:51 AM7:27 AM3:57 PM4:33 PM3:05 PM5:50 PM8 h 30 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%9:19 AM5:06 PM
Dec 116:52 AM7:27 AM3:57 PM4:33 PM3:05 PM5:50 PM8 h 30 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%9:55 AM6:10 PM
Dec 126:52 AM7:28 AM3:57 PM4:33 PM3:05 PM5:50 PM8 h 29 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%10:23 AM7:18 PM
Dec 136:53 AM7:29 AM3:57 PM4:33 PM3:05 PM5:50 PM8 h 28 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 20%10:45 AM8:26 PM
Dec 146:54 AM7:30 AM3:57 PM4:33 PM3:05 PM5:50 PM8 h 27 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 29%11:04 AM9:34 PM
Dec 156:55 AM7:31 AM3:58 PM4:34 PM3:05 PM5:51 PM8 h 27 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 39%11:20 AM10:43 PM
Dec 166:55 AM7:32 AM3:58 PM4:34 PM3:05 PM5:51 PM8 h 26 min-1.0 minFirst quarter 9:43 PM11:35 AM11:52 PM
Dec 176:56 AM7:32 AM3:58 PM4:34 PM3:05 PM5:51 PM8 h 26 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 61%11:50 AM
Dec 186:57 AM7:33 AM3:58 PM4:35 PM3:05 PM5:52 PM8 h 25 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 71%12:07 PM1:04 AM
Dec 196:57 AM7:34 AM3:59 PM4:35 PM3:06 PM5:52 PM8 h 25 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 80%12:28 PM2:20 AM
Dec 206:58 AM7:34 AM3:59 PM4:35 PM3:06 PM5:52 PM8 h 25 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 88%12:54 PM3:41 AM
Dec 216:58 AM7:35 AM4:00 PM4:36 PM3:07 PM5:53 PM8 h 25 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 94%1:29 PM5:05 AM
Dec 226:59 AM7:35 AM4:00 PM4:36 PM3:07 PM5:53 PM8 h 25 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%2:19 PM6:27 AM
Dec 236:59 AM7:36 AM4:01 PM4:37 PM3:08 PM5:54 PM8 h 25 min+0.0 minFull moon 5:28 PM3:25 PM7:41 AM
Dec 247:00 AM7:36 AM4:01 PM4:38 PM3:08 PM5:55 PM8 h 25 min+0.0 minFull moon, 100%4:46 PM8:38 AM
Dec 257:00 AM7:36 AM4:02 PM4:38 PM3:09 PM5:55 PM8 h 26 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%6:14 PM9:21 AM
Dec 267:01 AM7:37 AM4:03 PM4:39 PM3:10 PM5:56 PM8 h 26 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 92%7:41 PM9:51 AM
Dec 277:01 AM7:37 AM4:04 PM4:40 PM3:11 PM5:57 PM8 h 27 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 86%9:05 PM10:15 AM
Dec 287:01 AM7:37 AM4:04 PM4:40 PM3:12 PM5:57 PM8 h 27 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 78%10:23 PM10:34 AM
Dec 297:01 AM7:37 AM4:05 PM4:41 PM3:12 PM5:58 PM8 h 28 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 68%11:38 PM10:51 AM
Dec 307:01 AM7:37 AM4:06 PM4:42 PM3:13 PM5:59 PM8 h 29 min+1.0 minLast quarter 10:59 AM11:07 AM
Dec 317:01 AM7:37 AM4:07 PM4:43 PM3:14 PM6:00 PM8 h 30 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 47%12:51 AM11:24 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.