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Athens, West Virginia, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

6:02 am – 8:44 pm
14 hours, 41 minutes

Current Time: Jun 9, 2024 at 2:33:49 pm
Sun Direction: 231° Southwest
Sun Altitude: 69.1°
Sun Distance: 94.372 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2024 4:50 pm (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 6:02 am 60° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:44 pm 300° Northwest
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2024 Sun Graph for Athens

December 2024 — Sun in Athens

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
17:20 am (117°)5:06 pm (243°)9:45:57−1:065:47 am6:38 pm6:19 am6:07 pm6:51 am5:34 pm12:13 pm (30.7°)91.654
27:21 am (118°)5:06 pm (242°)9:44:53−1:035:48 am6:38 pm6:19 am6:07 pm6:52 am5:34 pm12:13 pm (30.5°)91.640
37:22 am (118°)5:05 pm (242°)9:43:52−1:015:49 am6:38 pm6:20 am6:07 pm6:53 am5:34 pm12:14 pm (30.4°)91.625
47:22 am (118°)5:05 pm (242°)9:42:54−0:575:50 am6:38 pm6:21 am6:07 pm6:54 am5:34 pm12:14 pm (30.2°)91.611
57:23 am (118°)5:05 pm (242°)9:41:59−0:545:50 am6:38 pm6:22 am6:07 pm6:54 am5:34 pm12:14 pm (30.1°)91.597
67:24 am (118°)5:05 pm (242°)9:41:07−0:515:51 am6:39 pm6:23 am6:07 pm6:55 am5:34 pm12:15 pm (30.0°)91.584
77:25 am (118°)5:05 pm (242°)9:40:19−0:485:52 am6:39 pm6:23 am6:07 pm6:56 am5:34 pm12:15 pm (29.9°)91.571
87:26 am (118°)5:05 pm (241°)9:39:33−0:455:53 am6:39 pm6:24 am6:07 pm6:57 am5:34 pm12:16 pm (29.8°)91.558
97:27 am (119°)5:06 pm (241°)9:38:51−0:425:53 am6:39 pm6:25 am6:07 pm6:58 am5:35 pm12:16 pm (29.7°)91.546
107:27 am (119°)5:06 pm (241°)9:38:13−0:385:54 am6:39 pm6:26 am6:07 pm6:58 am5:35 pm12:17 pm (29.6°)91.534
117:28 am (119°)5:06 pm (241°)9:37:37−0:355:55 am6:39 pm6:26 am6:08 pm6:59 am5:35 pm12:17 pm (29.5°)91.523
127:29 am (119°)5:06 pm (241°)9:37:05−0:325:55 am6:40 pm6:27 am6:08 pm7:00 am5:35 pm12:18 pm (29.5°)91.513
137:30 am (119°)5:06 pm (241°)9:36:36−0:285:56 am6:40 pm6:28 am6:08 pm7:01 am5:35 pm12:18 pm (29.4°)91.502
147:30 am (119°)5:07 pm (241°)9:36:11−0:255:57 am6:40 pm6:28 am6:09 pm7:01 am5:36 pm12:19 pm (29.3°)91.493
157:31 am (119°)5:07 pm (241°)9:35:50−0:215:57 am6:41 pm6:29 am6:09 pm7:02 am5:36 pm12:19 pm (29.3°)91.484
167:32 am (119°)5:07 pm (241°)9:35:31−0:185:58 am6:41 pm6:30 am6:09 pm7:02 am5:36 pm12:20 pm (29.3°)91.475
177:32 am (119°)5:08 pm (241°)9:35:17−0:145:58 am6:41 pm6:30 am6:10 pm7:03 am5:37 pm12:20 pm (29.2°)91.468
187:33 am (119°)5:08 pm (241°)9:35:05−0:115:59 am6:42 pm6:31 am6:10 pm7:04 am5:37 pm12:20 pm (29.2°)91.460
197:33 am (119°)5:08 pm (241°)9:34:58−0:076:00 am6:42 pm6:31 am6:10 pm7:04 am5:38 pm12:21 pm (29.2°)91.454
207:34 am (119°)5:09 pm (241°)9:34:54−0:046:00 am6:43 pm6:32 am6:11 pm7:05 am5:38 pm12:21 pm (29.2°)91.447
217:35 am (119°)5:09 pm (241°)9:34:53< 1s6:01 am6:43 pm6:32 am6:11 pm7:05 am5:39 pm12:22 pm (29.2°)91.442
227:35 am (119°)5:10 pm (241°)9:34:56+0:026:01 am6:44 pm6:33 am6:12 pm7:06 am5:39 pm12:22 pm (29.2°)91.436
237:35 am (119°)5:10 pm (241°)9:35:03+0:066:02 am6:44 pm6:33 am6:13 pm7:06 am5:40 pm12:23 pm (29.2°)91.432
247:36 am (119°)5:11 pm (241°)9:35:13+0:106:02 am6:45 pm6:34 am6:13 pm7:07 am5:40 pm12:23 pm (29.2°)91.427
257:36 am (119°)5:12 pm (241°)9:35:26+0:136:02 am6:46 pm6:34 am6:14 pm7:07 am5:41 pm12:24 pm (29.2°)91.424
267:37 am (119°)5:12 pm (241°)9:35:43+0:176:03 am6:46 pm6:35 am6:14 pm7:07 am5:42 pm12:24 pm (29.3°)91.420
277:37 am (119°)5:13 pm (241°)9:36:04+0:206:03 am6:47 pm6:35 am6:15 pm7:08 am5:42 pm12:25 pm (29.3°)91.417
287:37 am (119°)5:14 pm (241°)9:36:28+0:246:04 am6:47 pm6:35 am6:16 pm7:08 am5:43 pm12:25 pm (29.4°)91.415
297:37 am (119°)5:14 pm (241°)9:36:56+0:276:04 am6:48 pm6:36 am6:16 pm7:08 am5:44 pm12:26 pm (29.4°)91.412
307:38 am (119°)5:15 pm (241°)9:37:27+0:316:04 am6:49 pm6:36 am6:17 pm7:09 am5:44 pm12:26 pm (29.5°)91.410
317:38 am (119°)5:16 pm (241°)9:38:02+0:346:04 am6:49 pm6:36 am6:18 pm7:09 am5:45 pm12:27 pm (29.6°)91.409
* All times are local time for Athens. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Athens is at 4:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 10 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 5 or December 6.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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