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Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

6:26 am – 7:44 pm
13 hours, 18 minutes

Current Time: Apr 25, 2024 at 1:42:53 pm
Sun Direction: 207° Southwest
Sun Altitude: 69.3°
Sun Distance: 93.530 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2024 2:50 pm (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 6:26 am 73° East
Sunset Today: 7:44 pm 287° West
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2024 Sun Graph for Las Cruces

December 2024 — Sun in Las Cruces

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
16:50 am (116°)5:01 pm (244°)10:10:46−0:545:24 am6:28 pm5:53 am5:58 pm6:24 am5:28 pm11:56 am (35.8°)91.653
26:51 am (116°)5:01 pm (244°)10:09:54−0:515:24 am6:28 pm5:54 am5:58 pm6:24 am5:28 pm11:56 am (35.6°)91.639
36:52 am (116°)5:01 pm (244°)10:09:04−0:495:25 am6:28 pm5:55 am5:58 pm6:25 am5:28 pm11:57 am (35.5°)91.624
46:53 am (116°)5:01 pm (244°)10:08:17−0:465:26 am6:28 pm5:56 am5:58 pm6:26 am5:28 pm11:57 am (35.3°)91.610
56:54 am (116°)5:01 pm (244°)10:07:33−0:445:27 am6:28 pm5:56 am5:59 pm6:27 am5:28 pm11:58 am (35.2°)91.597
66:54 am (116°)5:01 pm (243°)10:06:51−0:415:27 am6:28 pm5:57 am5:59 pm6:28 am5:28 pm11:58 am (35.1°)91.583
76:55 am (117°)5:01 pm (243°)10:06:12−0:395:28 am6:29 pm5:58 am5:59 pm6:28 am5:28 pm11:58 am (35.0°)91.570
86:56 am (117°)5:02 pm (243°)10:05:35−0:365:29 am6:29 pm5:58 am5:59 pm6:29 am5:29 pm11:59 am (34.9°)91.558
96:57 am (117°)5:02 pm (243°)10:05:01−0:335:29 am6:29 pm5:59 am5:59 pm6:30 am5:29 pm11:59 am (34.8°)91.545
106:57 am (117°)5:02 pm (243°)10:04:30−0:315:30 am6:29 pm6:00 am6:00 pm6:30 am5:29 pm12:00 pm (34.7°)91.534
116:58 am (117°)5:02 pm (243°)10:04:02−0:285:31 am6:30 pm6:01 am6:00 pm6:31 am5:29 pm12:00 pm (34.6°)91.522
126:59 am (117°)5:02 pm (243°)10:03:36−0:255:31 am6:30 pm6:01 am6:00 pm6:32 am5:29 pm12:01 pm (34.6°)91.512
136:59 am (117°)5:03 pm (243°)10:03:13−0:225:32 am6:30 pm6:02 am6:00 pm6:32 am5:30 pm12:01 pm (34.5°)91.502
147:00 am (117°)5:03 pm (243°)10:02:53−0:205:32 am6:31 pm6:02 am6:01 pm6:33 am5:30 pm12:02 pm (34.4°)91.492
157:01 am (117°)5:03 pm (243°)10:02:35−0:175:33 am6:31 pm6:03 am6:01 pm6:34 am5:30 pm12:02 pm (34.4°)91.483
167:01 am (117°)5:04 pm (243°)10:02:21−0:145:34 am6:31 pm6:04 am6:01 pm6:34 am5:31 pm12:03 pm (34.4°)91.475
177:02 am (117°)5:04 pm (243°)10:02:09−0:115:34 am6:32 pm6:04 am6:02 pm6:35 am5:31 pm12:03 pm (34.3°)91.467
187:03 am (117°)5:05 pm (243°)10:02:00−0:085:35 am6:32 pm6:05 am6:02 pm6:35 am5:32 pm12:04 pm (34.3°)91.460
197:03 am (117°)5:05 pm (243°)10:01:54−0:065:35 am6:33 pm6:05 am6:03 pm6:36 am5:32 pm12:04 pm (34.3°)91.453
207:04 am (117°)5:05 pm (243°)10:01:51−0:035:36 am6:33 pm6:06 am6:03 pm6:36 am5:33 pm12:05 pm (34.3°)91.447
217:04 am (117°)5:06 pm (243°)10:01:51< 1s5:36 am6:34 pm6:06 am6:04 pm6:37 am5:33 pm12:05 pm (34.3°)91.441
227:05 am (117°)5:07 pm (243°)10:01:53+0:025:37 am6:34 pm6:07 am6:04 pm6:37 am5:34 pm12:06 pm (34.3°)91.436
237:05 am (117°)5:07 pm (243°)10:01:59+0:055:37 am6:35 pm6:07 am6:05 pm6:38 am5:34 pm12:06 pm (34.3°)91.431
247:05 am (117°)5:08 pm (243°)10:02:07+0:085:38 am6:35 pm6:08 am6:05 pm6:38 am5:35 pm12:07 pm (34.3°)91.427
257:06 am (117°)5:08 pm (243°)10:02:19+0:115:38 am6:36 pm6:08 am6:06 pm6:39 am5:35 pm12:07 pm (34.4°)91.423
267:06 am (117°)5:09 pm (243°)10:02:33+0:145:39 am6:37 pm6:09 am6:07 pm6:39 am5:36 pm12:08 pm (34.4°)91.420
277:07 am (117°)5:09 pm (243°)10:02:50+0:165:39 am6:37 pm6:09 am6:07 pm6:40 am5:37 pm12:08 pm (34.4°)91.417
287:07 am (117°)5:10 pm (243°)10:03:09+0:195:39 am6:38 pm6:09 am6:08 pm6:40 am5:37 pm12:09 pm (34.5°)91.414
297:07 am (117°)5:11 pm (243°)10:03:32+0:225:40 am6:38 pm6:10 am6:08 pm6:40 am5:38 pm12:09 pm (34.6°)91.412
307:08 am (117°)5:12 pm (243°)10:03:58+0:255:40 am6:39 pm6:10 am6:09 pm6:41 am5:39 pm12:09 pm (34.6°)91.410
317:08 am (117°)5:12 pm (243°)10:04:26+0:285:40 am6:40 pm6:10 am6:10 pm6:41 am5:39 pm12:10 pm (34.7°)91.409
* All times are local time for Las Cruces. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Las Cruces is at 2:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 14 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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