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Alpena, Michigan, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

6:32 am – 8:31 pm
13 hours, 59 minutes

Current Time: Apr 24, 2024 at 12:25:04 pm
Sun Direction: 151° Southeast
Sun Altitude: 55.1°
Sun Distance: 93.502 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2024 4:50 pm (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 6:32 am 70° East
Sunset Today: 8:31 pm 290° West
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2024 Sun Graph for Alpena

December 2024 — Sun in Alpena

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
17:52 am (121°)4:53 pm (239°)9:00:38−1:306:07 am6:38 pm6:42 am6:03 pm7:19 am5:26 pm12:23 pm (23.0°)91.654
27:53 am (121°)4:52 pm (239°)8:59:11−1:276:08 am6:38 pm6:43 am6:02 pm7:20 am5:26 pm12:23 pm (22.9°)91.639
37:54 am (121°)4:52 pm (239°)8:57:48−1:236:09 am6:38 pm6:44 am6:02 pm7:21 am5:25 pm12:23 pm (22.7°)91.625
47:55 am (122°)4:52 pm (238°)8:56:29−1:186:10 am6:38 pm6:45 am6:02 pm7:22 am5:25 pm12:24 pm (22.6°)91.611
57:56 am (122°)4:52 pm (238°)8:55:14−1:146:10 am6:38 pm6:46 am6:02 pm7:23 am5:25 pm12:24 pm (22.5°)91.597
67:57 am (122°)4:51 pm (238°)8:54:04−1:106:11 am6:38 pm6:47 am6:02 pm7:24 am5:25 pm12:25 pm (22.4°)91.584
77:58 am (122°)4:51 pm (238°)8:52:58−1:066:12 am6:38 pm6:48 am6:02 pm7:25 am5:25 pm12:25 pm (22.3°)91.571
87:59 am (122°)4:51 pm (238°)8:51:56−1:016:13 am6:38 pm6:49 am6:02 pm7:26 am5:25 pm12:25 pm (22.2°)91.558
98:00 am (122°)4:51 pm (238°)8:50:58−0:576:14 am6:38 pm6:50 am6:02 pm7:27 am5:25 pm12:26 pm (22.1°)91.546
108:01 am (123°)4:51 pm (237°)8:50:05−0:526:15 am6:38 pm6:50 am6:02 pm7:28 am5:25 pm12:26 pm (22.0°)91.534
118:02 am (123°)4:51 pm (237°)8:49:17−0:486:15 am6:38 pm6:51 am6:02 pm7:28 am5:25 pm12:27 pm (21.9°)91.523
128:03 am (123°)4:51 pm (237°)8:48:33−0:436:16 am6:38 pm6:52 am6:02 pm7:29 am5:25 pm12:27 pm (21.8°)91.512
138:04 am (123°)4:52 pm (237°)8:47:54−0:396:17 am6:38 pm6:53 am6:03 pm7:30 am5:25 pm12:28 pm (21.8°)91.502
148:04 am (123°)4:52 pm (237°)8:47:20−0:346:18 am6:39 pm6:53 am6:03 pm7:31 am5:26 pm12:28 pm (21.7°)91.493
158:05 am (123°)4:52 pm (237°)8:46:50−0:296:18 am6:39 pm6:54 am6:03 pm7:31 am5:26 pm12:29 pm (21.7°)91.484
168:06 am (123°)4:52 pm (237°)8:46:25−0:246:19 am6:39 pm6:55 am6:03 pm7:32 am5:26 pm12:29 pm (21.6°)91.475
178:07 am (123°)4:53 pm (237°)8:46:05−0:206:20 am6:40 pm6:55 am6:04 pm7:33 am5:27 pm12:30 pm (21.6°)91.467
188:07 am (123°)4:53 pm (237°)8:45:49−0:156:20 am6:40 pm6:56 am6:04 pm7:33 am5:27 pm12:30 pm (21.6°)91.460
198:08 am (123°)4:53 pm (237°)8:45:39−0:106:21 am6:40 pm6:57 am6:05 pm7:34 am5:27 pm12:31 pm (21.5°)91.453
208:08 am (123°)4:54 pm (237°)8:45:33−0:056:21 am6:41 pm6:57 am6:05 pm7:34 am5:28 pm12:31 pm (21.5°)91.447
218:09 am (123°)4:54 pm (237°)8:45:33< 1s6:22 am6:41 pm6:58 am6:06 pm7:35 am5:28 pm12:32 pm (21.5°)91.442
228:09 am (123°)4:55 pm (237°)8:45:37+0:046:22 am6:42 pm6:58 am6:06 pm7:35 am5:29 pm12:32 pm (21.5°)91.436
238:10 am (123°)4:56 pm (237°)8:45:46+0:086:23 am6:43 pm6:59 am6:07 pm7:36 am5:29 pm12:33 pm (21.6°)91.432
248:10 am (123°)4:56 pm (237°)8:45:59+0:136:23 am6:43 pm6:59 am6:07 pm7:36 am5:30 pm12:33 pm (21.6°)91.427
258:10 am (123°)4:57 pm (237°)8:46:18+0:186:24 am6:44 pm6:59 am6:08 pm7:37 am5:31 pm12:34 pm (21.6°)91.424
268:11 am (123°)4:58 pm (237°)8:46:42+0:236:24 am6:44 pm7:00 am6:09 pm7:37 am5:31 pm12:34 pm (21.7°)91.420
278:11 am (123°)4:58 pm (237°)8:47:10+0:286:24 am6:45 pm7:00 am6:09 pm7:37 am5:32 pm12:35 pm (21.7°)91.417
288:11 am (123°)4:59 pm (237°)8:47:43+0:336:25 am6:46 pm7:00 am6:10 pm7:37 am5:33 pm12:35 pm (21.7°)91.415
298:11 am (123°)5:00 pm (237°)8:48:21+0:376:25 am6:47 pm7:00 am6:11 pm7:38 am5:34 pm12:36 pm (21.8°)91.412
308:12 am (123°)5:01 pm (237°)8:49:04+0:426:25 am6:47 pm7:01 am6:12 pm7:38 am5:34 pm12:36 pm (21.9°)91.410
318:12 am (123°)5:02 pm (237°)8:49:51+0:476:25 am6:48 pm7:01 am6:12 pm7:38 am5:35 pm12:37 pm (22.0°)91.409
* All times are local time for Alpena. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Alpena is at 4:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 6 hours, 52 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 9.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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