Background

Below is a table for sunrise and sunset and moonrise and moonset for Paradise, Mt. Rainier NP. For the month of December 2012 and the azimuth of sunrise and sunset, the sunrisesmoves is relatvely constant between 123 and 125 degree true north, which is east-southeastward, and sunset is relatively constant between 236 and 237 degrees true north, which is west-southwestward, during the month, respectively.

The table of moonrise and moonset azimuth for Seattle is available for December 2012. The difference between Seattle (shown in table) and Mt. Rainier is relatively minor and can be adjusted in the field.

Sun and Moon times

Please note that while the sun/moon rise and set times are correct, the light and actual visibility of sunrise and sunset varies due to Mt. Rainier itself, sun/moonrise later on the west side and sun/moonset earlier on the east side. In addition the local terrain around your location will change the light and actually visibility of each.

Paradise, Mount Rainier NP December 2012
Sun	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
						1 Twi: 6:57am Sunrise: 7:31am Sunset: 4:21pm Twi: 4:55pm Moonrise: 7:19pm Moonset: 9:46am
2 Twi: 6:58am Sunrise: 7:32am Sunset: 4:20pm Twi: 4:55pm Moonrise: 8:20pm Moonset: 10:21am	3 Twi: 6:59am Sunrise: 7:33am Sunset: 4:20pm Twi: 4:55pm Moonrise: 9:23pm Moonset: 10:51am	4 Twi: 7:00am Sunrise: 7:35am Sunset: 4:20pm Twi: 4:54pm Moonrise: 10:28pm Moonset: 11:19am	5 Twi: 7:01am Sunrise: 7:36am Sunset: 4:19pm Twi: 4:54pm Moonrise: 11:35pm Moonset: 11:46am	6 Twi: 7:02am Sunrise: 7:37am Sunset: 4:19pm Twi: 4:54pm Moonrise: none Moonset: 12:11pm Last Qtr: 7:33am	7 Twi: 7:03am Sunrise: 7:38am Sunset: 4:19pm Twi: 4:54pm Moonrise: 12:43am Moonset: 12:38pm	8 Twi: 7:04am Sunrise: 7:39am Sunset: 4:19pm Twi: 4:54pm Moonrise: 1:55am Moonset: 1:06pm
9 Twi: 7:05am Sunrise: 7:40am Sunset: 4:19pm Twi: 4:54pm Moonrise: 3:09am Moonset: 1:39pm	10 Twi: 7:06am Sunrise: 7:41am Sunset: 4:19pm Twi: 4:54pm Moonrise: 4:25am Moonset: 2:18pm	11 Twi: 7:07am Sunrise: 7:42am Sunset: 4:19pm Twi: 4:54pm Moonrise: 5:41am Moonset: 3:06pm	12 Twi: 7:07am Sunrise: 7:43am Sunset: 4:19pm Twi: 4:54pm Moonrise: 6:53am Moonset: 4:03pm	13 Twi: 7:08am Sunrise: 7:43am Sunset: 4:19pm Twi: 4:54pm Moonrise: 7:57am Moonset: 5:10pm New Moon: 12:43am	14 Twi: 7:09am Sunrise: 7:44am Sunset: 4:19pm Twi: 4:54pm Moonrise: 8:51am Moonset: 6:23pm	15 Twi: 7:10am Sunrise: 7:45am Sunset: 4:19pm Twi: 4:54pm Moonrise: 9:36am Moonset: 7:39pm
16 Twi: 7:11am Sunrise: 7:46am Sunset: 4:19pm Twi: 4:55pm Moonrise: 10:12am Moonset: 8:54pm	17 Twi: 7:11am Sunrise: 7:46am Sunset: 4:20pm Twi: 4:55pm Moonrise: 10:43am Moonset: 10:06pm	18 Twi: 7:12am Sunrise: 7:47am Sunset: 4:20pm Twi: 4:55pm Moonrise: 11:10am Moonset: 11:15pm	19 Twi: 7:12am Sunrise: 7:48am Sunset: 4:20pm Twi: 4:56pm Moonrise: 11:35am Moonset: none First Qtr: 9:20pm	20 Twi: 7:13am Sunrise: 7:48am Sunset: 4:21pm Twi: 4:56pm Moonrise: 12:00pm Moonset: 12:22am	21 Twi: 7:14am Sunrise: 7:49am Sunset: 4:21pm Twi: 4:56pm Moonrise: 12:26pm Moonset: 1:26am	22 Twi: 7:14am Sunrise: 7:49am Sunset: 4:22pm Twi: 4:57pm Moonrise: 12:53pm Moonset: 2:29am
23 Twi: 7:15am Sunrise: 7:50am Sunset: 4:22pm Twi: 4:57pm Moonrise: 1:24pm Moonset: 3:30am	24 Twi: 7:15am Sunrise: 7:50am Sunset: 4:23pm Twi: 4:58pm Moonrise: 1:59pm Moonset: 4:29am	25 Twi: 7:15am Sunrise: 7:51am Sunset: 4:23pm Twi: 4:59pm Moonrise: 2:39pm Moonset: 5:26am	26 Twi: 7:16am Sunrise: 7:51am Sunset: 4:24pm Twi: 4:59pm Moonrise: 3:25pm Moonset: 6:18am	27 Twi: 7:16am Sunrise: 7:51am Sunset: 4:25pm Twi: 5:00pm Moonrise: 4:16pm Moonset: 7:05am	28 Twi: 7:16am Sunrise: 7:51am Sunset: 4:25pm Twi: 5:01pm Moonrise: 5:13pm Moonset: 7:46am Full Moon: 2:22am	29 Twi: 7:16am Sunrise: 7:52am Sunset: 4:26pm Twi: 5:01pm Moonrise: 6:13pm Moonset: 8:23am
30 Twi: 7:17am Sunrise: 7:52am Sunset: 4:27pm Twi: 5:02pm Moonrise: 7:15pm Moonset: 8:55am	31 Twi: 7:17am Sunrise: 7:52am Sunset: 4:28pm Twi: 5:03pm Moonrise: 8:20pm Moonset: 9:24am

Resources

Below are some Web-based calculators for sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset and sunrise/sunset azimuth. For what it's worth, knowing your exact location in the NP isn't that critical as you can use the calculation for Seattle, Washington to be sufficient close to make any minor adjustments in the field. Otherwise, Paradise is 46.77 ° north 121.73 ° west and the crest of Mt. Rainier is 46.85 ° north and 121.76 ° west for exact calculations.

• Websites
  • Time&Date.com
  • US Navy Calculator
  • LF Calculater
  • Sunrise/Sunset Calculator

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