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Stratford sunrise & sunset — December 2026

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

Longest day14h 57m19 Dec
Shortest day14h 43m1 Dec
Sun at midday74.1°altitude on the 21th
MoonFull 24 Dec · New 9 Decthis month

Computed from standard astronomical algorithms · Stratford at -39.334, 174.288 · 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 Stratford, December 2026
DateSunriseSunset Daylight± First lightLast light MoonriseMoonsetMoon
1 Tue 05:5020:33 14h 43m 05:1921:05 01:2812:42 53.4%
2 Wed 05:5020:34 14h 44m +1m 05:1921:06 01:5313:50 42.6%
3 Thu 05:5020:35 14h 45m +1m 05:1821:07 02:1714:55 32.4%
4 Fri 05:5020:36 14h 47m +2m 05:1821:08 02:4015:59 23.2%
5 Sat 05:5020:37 14h 48m +1m 05:1821:09 03:0417:03 15.3%
6 Sun 05:4920:38 14h 49m +1m 05:1821:10 03:3018:07 8.9%
7 Mon 05:4920:39 14h 50m +1m 05:1821:11 04:0019:11 4.2%
8 Tue 05:4920:40 14h 51m +1m 05:1721:12 04:3520:12 1.3%
9 Wed 05:4920:41 14h 51m +0m 05:1721:13 05:1721:09 0.2%
10 Thu 05:4920:42 14h 52m +1m 05:1721:14 06:0621:59 0.9%
11 Fri 05:4920:42 14h 53m +1m 05:1721:15 07:0022:41 3.4%
12 Sat 05:5020:43 14h 54m +1m 05:1721:15 07:5923:17 7.5%
13 Sun 05:5020:44 14h 54m +0m 05:1821:16 09:0023:47 13.2%
14 Mon 05:5020:45 14h 55m +1m 05:1821:17 10:02— 20.2%
15 Tue 05:5020:45 14h 55m +0m 05:1821:18 11:0300:13 28.3%
16 Wed 05:5020:46 14h 56m +1m 05:1821:18 12:0400:37 37.5%
17 Thu 05:5120:47 14h 56m +0m 05:1821:19 13:0600:59 47.3%
18 Fri 05:5120:47 14h 56m +0m 05:1921:20 14:1001:21 57.5%
19 Sat 05:5120:48 14h 57m +1m 05:1921:20 15:1701:44 67.7%
20 Sun 05:5220:49 14h 57m +0m 05:1921:21 16:2902:10 77.5%
21 Mon 05:5220:49 14h 57m +0m 05:2021:22 17:4402:42 86.2%
22 Tue 05:5320:50 14h 57m +0m 05:2021:22 19:0203:21 93.3%
23 Wed 05:5320:50 14h 57m +0m 05:2121:22 20:1604:11 98%
24 Thu 05:5420:51 14h 57m +0m 05:2121:23 21:2005:15 99.9%
25 Fri 05:5420:51 14h 57m +0m 05:2221:23 22:1306:29 98.7%
26 Sat 05:5520:51 14h 56m −1m 05:2321:24 22:5407:49 94.6%
27 Sun 05:5620:52 14h 56m +0m 05:2321:24 23:2709:09 87.9%
28 Mon 05:5620:52 14h 56m +0m 05:2421:24 23:5510:25 79.3%
29 Tue 05:5720:52 14h 55m −1m 05:2521:24 —11:37 69.4%
30 Wed 05:5820:52 14h 55m +0m 05:2521:25 00:2012:46 58.9%
31 Thu 05:5820:53 14h 54m −1m 05:2621:25 00:4313:52 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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