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Long Island sunrise & sunset — December 2026

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

Longest day15h 09m20 Dec
Shortest day14h 54m1 Dec
Sun at midday72.3°altitude on the 21th
MoonFull 24 Dec · New 9 Decthis month

Computed from standard astronomical algorithms · Long Island at -41.117, 174.283 · 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 Long Island, December 2026
DateSunriseSunset Daylight± First lightLast light MoonriseMoonsetMoon
1 Tue 05:4520:39 14h 54m 05:1221:12 01:3112:40 53.4%
2 Wed 05:4520:40 14h 55m +1m 05:1221:13 01:5513:49 42.6%
3 Thu 05:4520:41 14h 56m +1m 05:1221:14 02:1714:56 32.4%
4 Fri 05:4420:42 14h 58m +2m 05:1121:15 02:3816:02 23.2%
5 Sat 05:4420:43 14h 59m +1m 05:1121:16 03:0117:07 15.3%
6 Sun 05:4420:44 15h 00m +1m 05:1121:17 03:2618:12 8.9%
7 Mon 05:4420:45 15h 01m +1m 05:1121:18 03:5519:17 4.2%
8 Tue 05:4420:46 15h 02m +1m 05:1021:19 04:2920:19 1.3%
9 Wed 05:4420:47 15h 03m +1m 05:1021:20 05:1021:16 0.2%
10 Thu 05:4420:47 15h 04m +1m 05:1021:21 05:5822:06 0.9%
11 Fri 05:4420:48 15h 04m +0m 05:1021:22 06:5322:48 3.4%
12 Sat 05:4420:49 15h 05m +1m 05:1021:23 07:5323:23 7.5%
13 Sun 05:4420:50 15h 06m +1m 05:1021:23 08:5523:52 13.2%
14 Mon 05:4420:51 15h 06m +0m 05:1121:24 09:58— 20.2%
15 Tue 05:4420:51 15h 07m +1m 05:1121:25 11:0000:17 28.3%
16 Wed 05:4520:52 15h 07m +0m 05:1121:26 12:0300:39 37.5%
17 Thu 05:4520:53 15h 08m +1m 05:1121:26 13:0601:00 47.3%
18 Fri 05:4520:53 15h 08m +0m 05:1121:27 14:1101:20 57.5%
19 Sat 05:4620:54 15h 08m +0m 05:1221:28 15:2001:42 67.7%
20 Sun 05:4620:54 15h 09m +1m 05:1221:28 16:3302:07 77.5%
21 Mon 05:4620:55 15h 09m +0m 05:1321:29 17:5002:37 86.2%
22 Tue 05:4720:56 15h 09m +0m 05:1321:29 19:0903:15 93.3%
23 Wed 05:4720:56 15h 09m +0m 05:1421:30 20:2304:04 98%
24 Thu 05:4820:56 15h 08m −1m 05:1421:30 21:2705:07 99.9%
25 Fri 05:4920:57 15h 08m +0m 05:1521:31 22:1906:22 98.7%
26 Sat 05:4920:57 15h 08m +0m 05:1521:31 22:5907:44 94.6%
27 Sun 05:5020:57 15h 08m +0m 05:1621:31 23:3009:05 87.9%
28 Mon 05:5020:58 15h 07m −1m 05:1721:31 23:5710:23 79.3%
29 Tue 05:5120:58 15h 07m +0m 05:1821:32 —11:36 69.4%
30 Wed 05:5220:58 15h 06m −1m 05:1821:32 00:2012:46 58.9%
31 Thu 05:5320:58 15h 06m +0m 05:1921:32 00:4213:53 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.

Other months for Long Island

At the coast? Long Island is a LINZ tide port, so you can line these times up against the water: tide times for Long Island, December 2026. A low tide inside golden hour is the combination worth planning around.

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