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Cromwell sunrise & sunset — December 2026

Every day this month for Cromwell, with civil twilight, the Moon, and how fast the days are changing. Times are NZDT.

Longest day15h 38m21 Dec
Shortest day15h 20m1 Dec
Sun at midday68.4°altitude on the 21th
MoonFull 24 Dec · New 9 Decthis month

Computed from standard astronomical algorithms · Cromwell at -45.04, 169.189 · Reviewed Oct 2026 · Method

Flat horizon, sea level

These times are computed for a level, unobstructed horizon at sea level, with an average atmosphere. Hills, mountains and buildings all bring sunset forward and push sunrise back — in steep country by half an hour or more. Refraction varies with temperature and pressure, which is worth another minute either way. Do not plan anything where being wrong is dangerous around these times. Give yourself real margin before dark.

Sunrise, sunset, twilight and moon times for Cromwell, December 2026
DateSunriseSunset Daylight± First lightLast light MoonriseMoonsetMoon
1 Tue 05:5221:12 15h 20m 05:1621:49 01:5712:56 53.4%
2 Wed 05:5221:13 15h 22m +2m 05:1621:50 02:1814:09 42.6%
3 Thu 05:5221:15 15h 23m +1m 05:1521:51 02:3715:19 32.4%
4 Fri 05:5121:16 15h 25m +2m 05:1521:52 02:5516:29 23.2%
5 Sat 05:5121:17 15h 26m +1m 05:1421:53 03:1517:37 15.3%
6 Sun 05:5121:18 15h 27m +1m 05:1421:55 03:3618:46 8.9%
7 Mon 05:5021:19 15h 28m +1m 05:1421:56 04:0219:53 4.2%
8 Tue 05:5021:20 15h 30m +2m 05:1321:57 04:3420:58 1.3%
9 Wed 05:5021:21 15h 31m +1m 05:1321:58 05:1321:55 0.2%
10 Thu 05:5021:22 15h 32m +1m 05:1321:59 06:0122:45 0.9%
11 Fri 05:5021:23 15h 33m +1m 05:1322:00 06:5723:25 3.4%
12 Sat 05:5021:24 15h 34m +1m 05:1322:01 07:5923:57 7.5%
13 Sun 05:5021:24 15h 34m +0m 05:1322:02 09:04— 13.2%
14 Mon 05:5021:25 15h 35m +1m 05:1322:03 10:0900:23 20.2%
15 Tue 05:5021:26 15h 36m +1m 05:1322:03 11:1500:45 28.3%
16 Wed 05:5121:27 15h 36m +0m 05:1322:04 12:2101:04 37.5%
17 Thu 05:5121:28 15h 37m +1m 05:1322:05 13:2701:22 47.3%
18 Fri 05:5121:28 15h 37m +0m 05:1422:06 14:3601:40 57.5%
19 Sat 05:5121:29 15h 37m +0m 05:1422:06 15:4801:58 67.7%
20 Sun 05:5221:29 15h 37m +0m 05:1422:07 17:0502:20 77.5%
21 Mon 05:5221:30 15h 38m +1m 05:1522:07 18:2602:46 86.2%
22 Tue 05:5321:30 15h 38m +0m 05:1522:08 19:4703:21 93.3%
23 Wed 05:5321:31 15h 38m +0m 05:1622:08 21:0304:08 98%
24 Thu 05:5421:31 15h 37m −1m 05:1622:09 22:0605:10 99.9%
25 Fri 05:5421:32 15h 37m +0m 05:1722:09 22:5506:27 98.7%
26 Sat 05:5521:32 15h 37m +0m 05:1822:09 23:3107:51 94.6%
27 Sun 05:5621:32 15h 37m +0m 05:1822:10 23:5909:16 87.9%
28 Mon 05:5621:32 15h 36m −1m 05:1922:10 —10:38 79.3%
29 Tue 05:5721:33 15h 35m −1m 05:2022:10 00:2111:55 69.4%
30 Wed 05:5821:33 15h 35m +0m 05:2122:10 00:4113:09 58.9%
31 Thu 05:5921:33 15h 34m −1m 05:2222:10 01:0014:20 48.4%

“First light” and “last light” are civil twilight — the Sun 6° below the horizon, when there is enough light to see without a torch. A dash means the event does not happen on that date: the Moon rises about 50 minutes later each day, so roughly once a month it skips a calendar day.

Meteor showers peaking this month

Geminids

Peaks around 14 Dec · up to 150/hour in ideal conditions

Good from New Zealand. Moon 20% lit at the peak — close to ideal.

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