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Columbus, Texas, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

6:26 am – 8:22 pm
13 hours, 56 minutes

Current Time: Jun 1, 2024 at 1:02:02 am
Sun Direction: 354° North
Sun Altitude: -37.9°
Sun Distance: 94.264 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2024 3:50 pm (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 6:26 am 64° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:22 pm 296° Northwest
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2024 Sun Graph for Columbus

December 2024 — Sun in Columbus

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
17:04 am (115°)5:26 pm (245°)10:22:16−0:485:39 am6:50 pm6:08 am6:21 pm6:38 am5:52 pm12:15 pm (38.4°)91.654
27:05 am (115°)5:26 pm (245°)10:21:30−0:465:40 am6:50 pm6:09 am6:21 pm6:39 am5:52 pm12:15 pm (38.2°)91.639
37:05 am (115°)5:26 pm (245°)10:20:46−0:445:41 am6:51 pm6:10 am6:22 pm6:39 am5:52 pm12:16 pm (38.1°)91.625
47:06 am (115°)5:26 pm (245°)10:20:03−0:425:41 am6:51 pm6:10 am6:22 pm6:40 am5:52 pm12:16 pm (37.9°)91.611
57:07 am (116°)5:26 pm (244°)10:19:24−0:395:42 am6:51 pm6:11 am6:22 pm6:41 am5:52 pm12:17 pm (37.8°)91.597
67:08 am (116°)5:26 pm (244°)10:18:46−0:375:43 am6:51 pm6:12 am6:22 pm6:41 am5:52 pm12:17 pm (37.7°)91.584
77:08 am (116°)5:26 pm (244°)10:18:11−0:355:43 am6:51 pm6:13 am6:22 pm6:42 am5:53 pm12:17 pm (37.6°)91.571
87:09 am (116°)5:27 pm (244°)10:17:38−0:325:44 am6:51 pm6:13 am6:22 pm6:43 am5:53 pm12:18 pm (37.5°)91.558
97:10 am (116°)5:27 pm (244°)10:17:08−0:305:45 am6:52 pm6:14 am6:23 pm6:44 am5:53 pm12:18 pm (37.4°)91.546
107:10 am (116°)5:27 pm (244°)10:16:40−0:285:45 am6:52 pm6:15 am6:23 pm6:44 am5:53 pm12:19 pm (37.3°)91.534
117:11 am (116°)5:27 pm (244°)10:16:14−0:255:46 am6:52 pm6:15 am6:23 pm6:45 am5:53 pm12:19 pm (37.2°)91.523
127:12 am (116°)5:28 pm (244°)10:15:51−0:235:47 am6:53 pm6:16 am6:24 pm6:46 am5:54 pm12:20 pm (37.2°)91.512
137:12 am (116°)5:28 pm (244°)10:15:30−0:205:47 am6:53 pm6:16 am6:24 pm6:46 am5:54 pm12:20 pm (37.1°)91.502
147:13 am (117°)5:28 pm (243°)10:15:12−0:185:48 am6:53 pm6:17 am6:24 pm6:47 am5:54 pm12:21 pm (37.0°)91.492
157:14 am (117°)5:29 pm (243°)10:14:56−0:155:48 am6:54 pm6:18 am6:25 pm6:47 am5:55 pm12:21 pm (37.0°)91.483
167:14 am (117°)5:29 pm (243°)10:14:43−0:135:49 am6:54 pm6:18 am6:25 pm6:48 am5:55 pm12:22 pm (37.0°)91.475
177:15 am (117°)5:29 pm (243°)10:14:33−0:105:50 am6:55 pm6:19 am6:25 pm6:49 am5:56 pm12:22 pm (36.9°)91.467
187:15 am (117°)5:30 pm (243°)10:14:25−0:085:50 am6:55 pm6:19 am6:26 pm6:49 am5:56 pm12:23 pm (36.9°)91.460
197:16 am (117°)5:30 pm (243°)10:14:19−0:055:51 am6:56 pm6:20 am6:26 pm6:50 am5:57 pm12:23 pm (36.9°)91.453
207:16 am (117°)5:31 pm (243°)10:14:16−0:025:51 am6:56 pm6:20 am6:27 pm6:50 am5:57 pm12:24 pm (36.9°)91.447
217:17 am (117°)5:31 pm (243°)10:14:16< 1s5:52 am6:56 pm6:21 am6:27 pm6:51 am5:58 pm12:24 pm (36.9°)91.441
227:17 am (117°)5:32 pm (243°)10:14:18+0:025:52 am6:57 pm6:21 am6:28 pm6:51 am5:58 pm12:25 pm (36.9°)91.436
237:18 am (117°)5:32 pm (243°)10:14:23+0:045:53 am6:58 pm6:22 am6:28 pm6:52 am5:59 pm12:25 pm (36.9°)91.432
247:18 am (117°)5:33 pm (243°)10:14:31+0:075:53 am6:58 pm6:22 am6:29 pm6:52 am5:59 pm12:26 pm (36.9°)91.427
257:19 am (117°)5:33 pm (243°)10:14:41+0:105:54 am6:59 pm6:23 am6:29 pm6:52 am6:00 pm12:26 pm (36.9°)91.424
267:19 am (117°)5:34 pm (243°)10:14:53+0:125:54 am6:59 pm6:23 am6:30 pm6:53 am6:00 pm12:27 pm (37.0°)91.420
277:20 am (117°)5:35 pm (243°)10:15:08+0:155:54 am7:00 pm6:24 am6:31 pm6:53 am6:01 pm12:27 pm (37.0°)91.417
287:20 am (116°)5:35 pm (244°)10:15:26+0:175:55 am7:00 pm6:24 am6:31 pm6:54 am6:02 pm12:28 pm (37.1°)91.414
297:20 am (116°)5:36 pm (244°)10:15:46+0:205:55 am7:01 pm6:24 am6:32 pm6:54 am6:02 pm12:28 pm (37.1°)91.412
307:20 am (116°)5:37 pm (244°)10:16:09+0:225:55 am7:02 pm6:25 am6:33 pm6:54 am6:03 pm12:29 pm (37.2°)91.410
317:21 am (116°)5:37 pm (244°)10:16:34+0:255:56 am7:02 pm6:25 am6:33 pm6:55 am6:03 pm12:29 pm (37.3°)91.409
* All times are local time for Columbus. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Columbus is at 3:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 3 hours, 49 minutes shorter than the June solstice. In most locations north of the equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.

The earliest sunset is on December 1 or December 2.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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