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Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

5:14 am – 6:29 pm
13 hours, 16 minutes

Current Time: Apr 26, 2024 at 8:05:48 pm
Sun Direction: 301° Northwest
Sun Altitude: -19.6°
Sun Distance: 93.547 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 21, 2024 4:50 am (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 5:14 am 74° East
Sunset Today: 6:29 pm 287° West
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2024 Sun Graph for Shanghai

December 2024 — Sun in Shanghai

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
16:34 am (115°)4:51 pm (245°)10:16:10−0:535:09 am6:16 pm5:38 am5:47 pm6:08 am5:17 pm11:43 am (36.9°)91.663
26:35 am (115°)4:51 pm (245°)10:15:19−0:505:10 am6:16 pm5:39 am5:47 pm6:09 am5:17 pm11:43 am (36.8°)91.648
36:36 am (116°)4:51 pm (244°)10:14:30−0:485:10 am6:16 pm5:40 am5:47 pm6:10 am5:17 pm11:43 am (36.6°)91.633
46:37 am (116°)4:51 pm (244°)10:13:44−0:465:11 am6:16 pm5:40 am5:47 pm6:10 am5:17 pm11:44 am (36.5°)91.619
56:38 am (116°)4:51 pm (244°)10:13:00−0:435:12 am6:17 pm5:41 am5:47 pm6:11 am5:17 pm11:44 am (36.4°)91.605
66:38 am (116°)4:51 pm (244°)10:12:18−0:415:12 am6:17 pm5:42 am5:47 pm6:12 am5:17 pm11:45 am (36.3°)91.592
76:39 am (116°)4:51 pm (244°)10:11:39−0:395:13 am6:17 pm5:42 am5:47 pm6:13 am5:17 pm11:45 am (36.1°)91.578
86:40 am (116°)4:51 pm (244°)10:11:03−0:365:14 am6:17 pm5:43 am5:48 pm6:13 am5:18 pm11:45 am (36.0°)91.565
96:41 am (116°)4:51 pm (244°)10:10:29−0:345:14 am6:17 pm5:44 am5:48 pm6:14 am5:18 pm11:46 am (35.9°)91.553
106:41 am (117°)4:51 pm (243°)10:09:57−0:315:15 am6:18 pm5:45 am5:48 pm6:15 am5:18 pm11:46 am (35.8°)91.541
116:42 am (117°)4:52 pm (243°)10:09:28−0:285:16 am6:18 pm5:45 am5:48 pm6:15 am5:18 pm11:47 am (35.8°)91.529
126:43 am (117°)4:52 pm (243°)10:09:02−0:265:16 am6:18 pm5:46 am5:49 pm6:16 am5:18 pm11:47 am (35.7°)91.518
136:43 am (117°)4:52 pm (243°)10:08:38−0:235:17 am6:19 pm5:46 am5:49 pm6:17 am5:19 pm11:48 am (35.6°)91.508
146:44 am (117°)4:52 pm (243°)10:08:17−0:205:18 am6:19 pm5:47 am5:49 pm6:17 am5:19 pm11:48 am (35.6°)91.498
156:45 am (117°)4:53 pm (243°)10:07:59−0:185:18 am6:19 pm5:48 am5:50 pm6:18 am5:19 pm11:49 am (35.5°)91.489
166:45 am (117°)4:53 pm (243°)10:07:43−0:155:19 am6:20 pm5:48 am5:50 pm6:19 am5:20 pm11:49 am (35.5°)91.480
176:46 am (117°)4:53 pm (243°)10:07:31−0:125:19 am6:20 pm5:49 am5:50 pm6:19 am5:20 pm11:50 am (35.4°)91.472
186:46 am (117°)4:54 pm (243°)10:07:20−0:105:20 am6:21 pm5:49 am5:51 pm6:20 am5:21 pm11:50 am (35.4°)91.464
196:47 am (117°)4:54 pm (243°)10:07:13−0:075:20 am6:21 pm5:50 am5:51 pm6:20 am5:21 pm11:51 am (35.4°)91.457
206:48 am (117°)4:55 pm (243°)10:07:08−0:045:21 am6:21 pm5:51 am5:52 pm6:21 am5:21 pm11:51 am (35.4°)91.451
216:48 am (117°)4:55 pm (243°)10:07:06−0:015:21 am6:22 pm5:51 am5:52 pm6:21 am5:22 pm11:52 am (35.4°)91.445
226:49 am (117°)4:56 pm (243°)10:07:07< 1s5:22 am6:22 pm5:52 am5:53 pm6:22 am5:22 pm11:52 am (35.4°)91.439
236:49 am (117°)4:56 pm (243°)10:07:10+0:035:22 am6:23 pm5:52 am5:53 pm6:22 am5:23 pm11:53 am (35.4°)91.434
246:50 am (117°)4:57 pm (243°)10:07:17+0:065:23 am6:23 pm5:52 am5:54 pm6:23 am5:24 pm11:53 am (35.4°)91.430
256:50 am (117°)4:57 pm (243°)10:07:26+0:095:23 am6:24 pm5:53 am5:54 pm6:23 am5:24 pm11:54 am (35.4°)91.426
266:50 am (117°)4:58 pm (243°)10:07:38+0:115:24 am6:25 pm5:53 am5:55 pm6:24 am5:25 pm11:54 am (35.4°)91.422
276:51 am (117°)4:59 pm (243°)10:07:52+0:145:24 am6:25 pm5:54 am5:56 pm6:24 am5:25 pm11:55 am (35.5°)91.419
286:51 am (117°)4:59 pm (243°)10:08:09+0:175:25 am6:26 pm5:54 am5:56 pm6:24 am5:26 pm11:55 am (35.5°)91.416
296:51 am (117°)5:00 pm (243°)10:08:29+0:195:25 am6:26 pm5:54 am5:57 pm6:25 am5:27 pm11:56 am (35.6°)91.414
306:52 am (117°)5:01 pm (243°)10:08:52+0:225:25 am6:27 pm5:55 am5:57 pm6:25 am5:27 pm11:56 am (35.7°)91.411
316:52 am (117°)5:01 pm (243°)10:09:17+0:255:26 am6:28 pm5:55 am5:58 pm6:25 am5:28 pm11:57 am (35.7°)91.410
* All times are local time for Shanghai. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Shanghai is at 5:20 pm on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 4 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 2 or December 3.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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