Daylight
6:07 am – 8:14 pm
14 hours, 7 minutes
| Current Time: | May 8, 2024 at 7:53:50 pm |
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| Sun Direction: | ↑ 290° Northwest |
| Sun Altitude: | 3.1° |
| Sun Distance: | 93.844 million mi |
| Next Solstice: | Jun 20, 2024 2:50 pm (Summer) |
| Sunrise Today: | 6:07 am↑ 67° East |
| Sunset Today: | 8:14 pm↑ 293° Northwest |
2024 Sun Graph for Grand Junction
December 2024 — Sun in Grand Junction
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| 2024 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Astronomical Twilight | Nautical Twilight | Civil Twilight | Solar Noon | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Diff. | Start | End | Start | End | Start | End | Time | Mil. mi |
| 1 | 7:14 am ↑ (118°) | 4:51 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:37:04 | −1:11 | 5:39 am | 6:26 pm | 6:12 am | 5:54 pm | 6:45 am | 5:21 pm | 12:03 pm (29.0°) | 91.653 |
| 2 | 7:15 am ↑ (118°) | 4:51 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:35:56 | −1:08 | 5:40 am | 6:26 pm | 6:13 am | 5:54 pm | 6:46 am | 5:21 pm | 12:03 pm (28.9°) | 91.638 |
| 3 | 7:16 am ↑ (118°) | 4:51 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:34:51 | −1:04 | 5:41 am | 6:26 pm | 6:13 am | 5:54 pm | 6:47 am | 5:21 pm | 12:04 pm (28.7°) | 91.624 |
| 4 | 7:17 am ↑ (119°) | 4:51 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:33:49 | −1:01 | 5:42 am | 6:26 pm | 6:14 am | 5:54 pm | 6:48 am | 5:21 pm | 12:04 pm (28.6°) | 91.610 |
| 5 | 7:18 am ↑ (119°) | 4:51 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:32:51 | −0:58 | 5:43 am | 6:26 pm | 6:15 am | 5:54 pm | 6:48 am | 5:21 pm | 12:05 pm (28.5°) | 91.596 |
| 6 | 7:19 am ↑ (119°) | 4:51 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:31:56 | −0:55 | 5:44 am | 6:26 pm | 6:16 am | 5:54 pm | 6:49 am | 5:21 pm | 12:05 pm (28.3°) | 91.583 |
| 7 | 7:20 am ↑ (119°) | 4:51 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:31:04 | −0:51 | 5:44 am | 6:27 pm | 6:17 am | 5:54 pm | 6:50 am | 5:21 pm | 12:06 pm (28.2°) | 91.570 |
| 8 | 7:21 am ↑ (119°) | 4:51 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:30:16 | −0:48 | 5:45 am | 6:27 pm | 6:18 am | 5:54 pm | 6:51 am | 5:21 pm | 12:06 pm (28.1°) | 91.557 |
| 9 | 7:22 am ↑ (119°) | 4:51 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:29:31 | −0:44 | 5:46 am | 6:27 pm | 6:18 am | 5:54 pm | 6:52 am | 5:21 pm | 12:06 pm (28.0°) | 91.545 |
| 10 | 7:22 am ↑ (119°) | 4:51 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:28:50 | −0:41 | 5:47 am | 6:27 pm | 6:19 am | 5:55 pm | 6:52 am | 5:21 pm | 12:07 pm (28.0°) | 91.534 |
| 11 | 7:23 am ↑ (120°) | 4:51 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:28:13 | −0:37 | 5:47 am | 6:27 pm | 6:20 am | 5:55 pm | 6:53 am | 5:21 pm | 12:07 pm (27.9°) | 91.522 |
| 12 | 7:24 am ↑ (120°) | 4:52 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:27:39 | −0:33 | 5:48 am | 6:28 pm | 6:20 am | 5:55 pm | 6:54 am | 5:22 pm | 12:08 pm (27.8°) | 91.512 |
| 13 | 7:25 am ↑ (120°) | 4:52 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:27:08 | −0:30 | 5:49 am | 6:28 pm | 6:21 am | 5:55 pm | 6:55 am | 5:22 pm | 12:08 pm (27.7°) | 91.502 |
| 14 | 7:25 am ↑ (120°) | 4:52 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:26:42 | −0:26 | 5:49 am | 6:28 pm | 6:22 am | 5:56 pm | 6:55 am | 5:22 pm | 12:09 pm (27.7°) | 91.492 |
| 15 | 7:26 am ↑ (120°) | 4:52 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:26:19 | −0:22 | 5:50 am | 6:28 pm | 6:22 am | 5:56 pm | 6:56 am | 5:22 pm | 12:09 pm (27.6°) | 91.483 |
| 16 | 7:27 am ↑ (120°) | 4:53 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:26:00 | −0:19 | 5:51 am | 6:29 pm | 6:23 am | 5:56 pm | 6:57 am | 5:23 pm | 12:10 pm (27.6°) | 91.475 |
| 17 | 7:27 am ↑ (120°) | 4:53 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:25:44 | −0:15 | 5:51 am | 6:29 pm | 6:24 am | 5:57 pm | 6:57 am | 5:23 pm | 12:10 pm (27.6°) | 91.467 |
| 18 | 7:28 am ↑ (120°) | 4:53 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:25:32 | −0:11 | 5:52 am | 6:30 pm | 6:24 am | 5:57 pm | 6:58 am | 5:24 pm | 12:11 pm (27.5°) | 91.460 |
| 19 | 7:28 am ↑ (120°) | 4:54 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:25:24 | −0:07 | 5:52 am | 6:30 pm | 6:25 am | 5:58 pm | 6:58 am | 5:24 pm | 12:11 pm (27.5°) | 91.453 |
| 20 | 7:29 am ↑ (120°) | 4:54 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:25:20 | −0:04 | 5:53 am | 6:31 pm | 6:25 am | 5:58 pm | 6:59 am | 5:24 pm | 12:12 pm (27.5°) | 91.447 |
| 21 | 7:30 am ↑ (120°) | 4:55 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:25:20 | < 1s | 5:53 am | 6:31 pm | 6:26 am | 5:59 pm | 6:59 am | 5:25 pm | 12:12 pm (27.5°) | 91.441 |
| 22 | 7:30 am ↑ (120°) | 4:55 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:25:23 | +0:03 | 5:54 am | 6:32 pm | 6:26 am | 5:59 pm | 7:00 am | 5:25 pm | 12:13 pm (27.5°) | 91.436 |
| 23 | 7:30 am ↑ (120°) | 4:56 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:25:31 | +0:07 | 5:54 am | 6:32 pm | 6:27 am | 6:00 pm | 7:00 am | 5:26 pm | 12:13 pm (27.5°) | 91.431 |
| 24 | 7:31 am ↑ (120°) | 4:57 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:25:42 | +0:11 | 5:55 am | 6:33 pm | 6:27 am | 6:00 pm | 7:01 am | 5:27 pm | 12:14 pm (27.6°) | 91.427 |
| 25 | 7:31 am ↑ (120°) | 4:57 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:25:57 | +0:14 | 5:55 am | 6:33 pm | 6:28 am | 6:01 pm | 7:01 am | 5:27 pm | 12:14 pm (27.6°) | 91.423 |
| 26 | 7:32 am ↑ (120°) | 4:58 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:26:15 | +0:18 | 5:55 am | 6:34 pm | 6:28 am | 6:01 pm | 7:02 am | 5:28 pm | 12:15 pm (27.6°) | 91.420 |
| 27 | 7:32 am ↑ (120°) | 4:59 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:26:38 | +0:22 | 5:56 am | 6:35 pm | 6:28 am | 6:02 pm | 7:02 am | 5:29 pm | 12:15 pm (27.7°) | 91.417 |
| 28 | 7:32 am ↑ (120°) | 4:59 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:27:04 | +0:26 | 5:56 am | 6:35 pm | 6:29 am | 6:03 pm | 7:02 am | 5:29 pm | 12:16 pm (27.7°) | 91.414 |
| 29 | 7:32 am ↑ (120°) | 5:00 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:27:34 | +0:29 | 5:56 am | 6:36 pm | 6:29 am | 6:03 pm | 7:02 am | 5:30 pm | 12:16 pm (27.8°) | 91.412 |
| 30 | 7:33 am ↑ (120°) | 5:01 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:28:07 | +0:33 | 5:57 am | 6:37 pm | 6:29 am | 6:04 pm | 7:03 am | 5:31 pm | 12:17 pm (27.9°) | 91.410 |
| 31 | 7:33 am ↑ (119°) | 5:02 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:28:45 | +0:37 | 5:57 am | 6:37 pm | 6:29 am | 6:05 pm | 7:03 am | 5:31 pm | 12:17 pm (27.9°) | 91.409 |
| * All times are local time for Grand Junction. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||||||||
The December solstice (winter solstice) in Grand Junction is at 2:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 30 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 6 or December 7.
Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?
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