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Asheville, North Carolina, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

6:32 am – 8:21 pm
13 hours, 49 minutes

Current Time: May 6, 2024 at 7:35:08 am
Sun Direction: 77° East
Sun Altitude: 11.4°
Sun Distance: 93.787 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2024 4:50 pm (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 6:32 am 69° East
Sunset Today: 8:21 pm 292° Northwest
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2024 Sun Graph for Asheville

December 2024 — Sun in Asheville

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
17:21 am (117°)5:16 pm (243°)9:55:12−1:025:51 am6:47 pm6:22 am6:16 pm6:53 am5:44 pm12:19 pm (32.5°)91.654
27:22 am (117°)5:16 pm (243°)9:54:12−0:595:52 am6:47 pm6:23 am6:16 pm6:54 am5:44 pm12:19 pm (32.3°)91.640
37:23 am (117°)5:16 pm (243°)9:53:16−0:565:52 am6:47 pm6:23 am6:16 pm6:55 am5:44 pm12:20 pm (32.2°)91.625
47:24 am (117°)5:16 pm (243°)9:52:22−0:535:53 am6:47 pm6:24 am6:16 pm6:56 am5:44 pm12:20 pm (32.1°)91.611
57:25 am (117°)5:16 pm (243°)9:51:31−0:515:54 am6:47 pm6:25 am6:16 pm6:57 am5:44 pm12:21 pm (31.9°)91.597
67:26 am (118°)5:16 pm (242°)9:50:43−0:485:55 am6:47 pm6:26 am6:16 pm6:57 am5:44 pm12:21 pm (31.8°)91.584
77:26 am (118°)5:16 pm (242°)9:49:58−0:455:55 am6:47 pm6:26 am6:16 pm6:58 am5:45 pm12:21 pm (31.7°)91.571
87:27 am (118°)5:16 pm (242°)9:49:16−0:425:56 am6:47 pm6:27 am6:16 pm6:59 am5:45 pm12:22 pm (31.6°)91.558
97:28 am (118°)5:17 pm (242°)9:48:36−0:395:57 am6:48 pm6:28 am6:17 pm7:00 am5:45 pm12:22 pm (31.5°)91.546
107:29 am (118°)5:17 pm (242°)9:48:00−0:355:58 am6:48 pm6:29 am6:17 pm7:00 am5:45 pm12:23 pm (31.4°)91.534
117:29 am (118°)5:17 pm (242°)9:47:28−0:325:58 am6:48 pm6:29 am6:17 pm7:01 am5:45 pm12:23 pm (31.3°)91.523
127:30 am (118°)5:17 pm (242°)9:46:58−0:295:59 am6:48 pm6:30 am6:17 pm7:02 am5:46 pm12:24 pm (31.3°)91.512
137:31 am (118°)5:17 pm (242°)9:46:31−0:266:00 am6:49 pm6:31 am6:18 pm7:03 am5:46 pm12:24 pm (31.2°)91.502
147:32 am (118°)5:18 pm (242°)9:46:08−0:236:00 am6:49 pm6:31 am6:18 pm7:03 am5:46 pm12:25 pm (31.2°)91.493
157:32 am (118°)5:18 pm (242°)9:45:48−0:206:01 am6:49 pm6:32 am6:18 pm7:04 am5:46 pm12:25 pm (31.1°)91.484
167:33 am (118°)5:18 pm (241°)9:45:31−0:166:01 am6:50 pm6:33 am6:19 pm7:04 am5:47 pm12:26 pm (31.1°)91.475
177:33 am (119°)5:19 pm (241°)9:45:17−0:136:02 am6:50 pm6:33 am6:19 pm7:05 am5:47 pm12:26 pm (31.0°)91.467
187:34 am (119°)5:19 pm (241°)9:45:07−0:106:03 am6:51 pm6:34 am6:20 pm7:06 am5:48 pm12:27 pm (31.0°)91.460
197:35 am (119°)5:20 pm (241°)9:45:00−0:076:03 am6:51 pm6:34 am6:20 pm7:06 am5:48 pm12:27 pm (31.0°)91.453
207:35 am (119°)5:20 pm (241°)9:44:56−0:036:04 am6:52 pm6:35 am6:20 pm7:07 am5:49 pm12:28 pm (31.0°)91.447
217:36 am (119°)5:21 pm (241°)9:44:55< 1s6:04 am6:52 pm6:35 am6:21 pm7:07 am5:49 pm12:28 pm (31.0°)91.442
227:36 am (119°)5:21 pm (241°)9:44:58+0:026:05 am6:53 pm6:36 am6:21 pm7:08 am5:50 pm12:29 pm (31.0°)91.436
237:37 am (119°)5:22 pm (241°)9:45:04+0:066:05 am6:53 pm6:36 am6:22 pm7:08 am5:50 pm12:29 pm (31.0°)91.432
247:37 am (119°)5:22 pm (241°)9:45:14+0:096:06 am6:54 pm6:37 am6:23 pm7:09 am5:51 pm12:30 pm (31.0°)91.427
257:37 am (119°)5:23 pm (241°)9:45:26+0:126:06 am6:54 pm6:37 am6:23 pm7:09 am5:51 pm12:30 pm (31.1°)91.424
267:38 am (118°)5:23 pm (242°)9:45:42+0:156:06 am6:55 pm6:37 am6:24 pm7:09 am5:52 pm12:31 pm (31.1°)91.420
277:38 am (118°)5:24 pm (242°)9:46:01+0:196:07 am6:56 pm6:38 am6:24 pm7:10 am5:53 pm12:31 pm (31.1°)91.417
287:38 am (118°)5:25 pm (242°)9:46:24+0:226:07 am6:56 pm6:38 am6:25 pm7:10 am5:53 pm12:32 pm (31.2°)91.415
297:39 am (118°)5:26 pm (242°)9:46:50+0:256:07 am6:57 pm6:38 am6:26 pm7:10 am5:54 pm12:32 pm (31.3°)91.412
307:39 am (118°)5:26 pm (242°)9:47:19+0:286:08 am6:57 pm6:39 am6:26 pm7:11 am5:55 pm12:33 pm (31.3°)91.410
317:39 am (118°)5:27 pm (242°)9:47:51+0:326:08 am6:58 pm6:39 am6:27 pm7:11 am5:55 pm12:33 pm (31.4°)91.409
* All times are local time for Asheville. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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