Daylight
5:26 am – 5:58 pm
12 hours, 32 minutes
| Current Time: | Apr 27, 2024 at 12:16:15 pm |
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| Sun Direction: | ↑ 281° West |
| Sun Altitude: | 81.7° |
| Sun Distance: | 93.564 million mi |
| Next Solstice: | Jun 21, 2024 4:50 am (Summer) |
| Sunrise Today: | 5:26 am↑ 76° East |
| Sunset Today: | 5:58 pm↑ 285° West |
2024 Sun Graph for Washington
December 2024 — Sun in Washington
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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 | 5:50 am ↑ (112°) | 5:17 pm ↑ (248°) | 11:26:38 | −0:18 | 4:35 am | 6:32 pm | 5:01 am | 6:06 pm | 5:27 am | 5:40 pm | 11:34 am (55.6°) | 91.663 |
| 2 | 5:51 am ↑ (112°) | 5:17 pm ↑ (248°) | 11:26:20 | −0:17 | 4:36 am | 6:32 pm | 5:02 am | 6:06 pm | 5:28 am | 5:40 pm | 11:34 am (55.5°) | 91.648 |
| 3 | 5:51 am ↑ (112°) | 5:17 pm ↑ (247°) | 11:26:03 | −0:16 | 4:36 am | 6:33 pm | 5:02 am | 6:06 pm | 5:28 am | 5:40 pm | 11:34 am (55.3°) | 91.633 |
| 4 | 5:52 am ↑ (113°) | 5:18 pm ↑ (247°) | 11:25:47 | −0:16 | 4:36 am | 6:33 pm | 5:03 am | 6:07 pm | 5:29 am | 5:40 pm | 11:35 am (55.2°) | 91.619 |
| 5 | 5:52 am ↑ (113°) | 5:18 pm ↑ (247°) | 11:25:32 | −0:15 | 4:37 am | 6:33 pm | 5:03 am | 6:07 pm | 5:30 am | 5:41 pm | 11:35 am (55.1°) | 91.605 |
| 6 | 5:53 am ↑ (113°) | 5:18 pm ↑ (247°) | 11:25:17 | −0:14 | 4:37 am | 6:34 pm | 5:04 am | 6:07 pm | 5:30 am | 5:41 pm | 11:36 am (54.9°) | 91.592 |
| 7 | 5:53 am ↑ (113°) | 5:19 pm ↑ (247°) | 11:25:04 | −0:13 | 4:38 am | 6:34 pm | 5:04 am | 6:08 pm | 5:31 am | 5:41 pm | 11:36 am (54.8°) | 91.578 |
| 8 | 5:54 am ↑ (113°) | 5:19 pm ↑ (247°) | 11:24:51 | −0:12 | 4:38 am | 6:34 pm | 5:05 am | 6:08 pm | 5:31 am | 5:42 pm | 11:36 am (54.7°) | 91.566 |
| 9 | 5:55 am ↑ (113°) | 5:19 pm ↑ (247°) | 11:24:39 | −0:11 | 4:39 am | 6:35 pm | 5:05 am | 6:09 pm | 5:32 am | 5:42 pm | 11:37 am (54.6°) | 91.553 |
| 10 | 5:55 am ↑ (113°) | 5:20 pm ↑ (247°) | 11:24:28 | −0:10 | 4:39 am | 6:35 pm | 5:06 am | 6:09 pm | 5:32 am | 5:43 pm | 11:37 am (54.5°) | 91.541 |
| 11 | 5:56 am ↑ (113°) | 5:20 pm ↑ (247°) | 11:24:18 | −0:10 | 4:40 am | 6:36 pm | 5:06 am | 6:09 pm | 5:33 am | 5:43 pm | 11:38 am (54.5°) | 91.530 |
| 12 | 5:56 am ↑ (113°) | 5:20 pm ↑ (246°) | 11:24:09 | −0:09 | 4:40 am | 6:36 pm | 5:07 am | 6:10 pm | 5:33 am | 5:43 pm | 11:38 am (54.4°) | 91.519 |
| 13 | 5:57 am ↑ (114°) | 5:21 pm ↑ (246°) | 11:24:01 | −0:08 | 4:41 am | 6:37 pm | 5:07 am | 6:10 pm | 5:34 am | 5:44 pm | 11:39 am (54.3°) | 91.508 |
| 14 | 5:57 am ↑ (114°) | 5:21 pm ↑ (246°) | 11:23:54 | −0:07 | 4:41 am | 6:37 pm | 5:08 am | 6:11 pm | 5:34 am | 5:44 pm | 11:39 am (54.2°) | 91.498 |
| 15 | 5:58 am ↑ (114°) | 5:22 pm ↑ (246°) | 11:23:47 | −0:06 | 4:42 am | 6:37 pm | 5:08 am | 6:11 pm | 5:35 am | 5:45 pm | 11:40 am (54.2°) | 91.489 |
| 16 | 5:58 am ↑ (114°) | 5:22 pm ↑ (246°) | 11:23:42 | −0:05 | 4:42 am | 6:38 pm | 5:09 am | 6:12 pm | 5:35 am | 5:45 pm | 11:40 am (54.1°) | 91.480 |
| 17 | 5:59 am ↑ (114°) | 5:22 pm ↑ (246°) | 11:23:37 | −0:04 | 4:43 am | 6:38 pm | 5:09 am | 6:12 pm | 5:36 am | 5:46 pm | 11:41 am (54.1°) | 91.472 |
| 18 | 5:59 am ↑ (114°) | 5:23 pm ↑ (246°) | 11:23:34 | −0:03 | 4:43 am | 6:39 pm | 5:10 am | 6:13 pm | 5:36 am | 5:46 pm | 11:41 am (54.1°) | 91.464 |
| 19 | 6:00 am ↑ (114°) | 5:23 pm ↑ (246°) | 11:23:31 | −0:02 | 4:44 am | 6:39 pm | 5:10 am | 6:13 pm | 5:37 am | 5:46 pm | 11:42 am (54.1°) | 91.457 |
| 20 | 6:00 am ↑ (114°) | 5:24 pm ↑ (246°) | 11:23:30 | −0:01 | 4:44 am | 6:40 pm | 5:11 am | 6:13 pm | 5:37 am | 5:47 pm | 11:42 am (54.0°) | 91.451 |
| 21 | 6:01 am ↑ (114°) | 5:24 pm ↑ (246°) | 11:23:29 | < 1s | 4:45 am | 6:40 pm | 5:11 am | 6:14 pm | 5:38 am | 5:47 pm | 11:43 am (54.0°) | 91.445 |
| 22 | 6:01 am ↑ (114°) | 5:25 pm ↑ (246°) | 11:23:29 | < 1s | 4:45 am | 6:41 pm | 5:12 am | 6:14 pm | 5:38 am | 5:48 pm | 11:43 am (54.0°) | 91.439 |
| 23 | 6:02 am ↑ (114°) | 5:25 pm ↑ (246°) | 11:23:30 | +0:01 | 4:46 am | 6:41 pm | 5:12 am | 6:15 pm | 5:39 am | 5:48 pm | 11:44 am (54.1°) | 91.434 |
| 24 | 6:02 am ↑ (114°) | 5:26 pm ↑ (246°) | 11:23:33 | +0:02 | 4:46 am | 6:42 pm | 5:13 am | 6:16 pm | 5:39 am | 5:49 pm | 11:44 am (54.1°) | 91.430 |
| 25 | 6:03 am ↑ (114°) | 5:26 pm ↑ (246°) | 11:23:36 | +0:03 | 4:47 am | 6:42 pm | 5:13 am | 6:16 pm | 5:40 am | 5:49 pm | 11:45 am (54.1°) | 91.426 |
| 26 | 6:03 am ↑ (114°) | 5:27 pm ↑ (246°) | 11:23:40 | +0:04 | 4:47 am | 6:43 pm | 5:14 am | 6:17 pm | 5:40 am | 5:50 pm | 11:45 am (54.1°) | 91.422 |
| 27 | 6:04 am ↑ (114°) | 5:28 pm ↑ (246°) | 11:23:45 | +0:05 | 4:48 am | 6:43 pm | 5:14 am | 6:17 pm | 5:41 am | 5:51 pm | 11:46 am (54.2°) | 91.419 |
| 28 | 6:04 am ↑ (114°) | 5:28 pm ↑ (246°) | 11:23:51 | +0:05 | 4:48 am | 6:44 pm | 5:15 am | 6:18 pm | 5:41 am | 5:51 pm | 11:46 am (54.2°) | 91.416 |
| 29 | 6:05 am ↑ (114°) | 5:29 pm ↑ (246°) | 11:23:58 | +0:06 | 4:49 am | 6:44 pm | 5:15 am | 6:18 pm | 5:42 am | 5:52 pm | 11:47 am (54.3°) | 91.414 |
| 30 | 6:05 am ↑ (114°) | 5:29 pm ↑ (246°) | 11:24:06 | +0:07 | 4:49 am | 6:45 pm | 5:16 am | 6:19 pm | 5:42 am | 5:52 pm | 11:47 am (54.3°) | 91.411 |
| 31 | 6:05 am ↑ (113°) | 5:30 pm ↑ (247°) | 11:24:14 | +0:08 | 4:50 am | 6:45 pm | 5:16 am | 6:19 pm | 5:42 am | 5:53 pm | 11:48 am (54.4°) | 91.410 |
| * All times are local time for Washington. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||||||||
The December solstice (winter solstice) in Washington is at 5:20 pm on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 1 hour, 28 minutes shorter than the June solstice. In most locations north of the equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.
Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?
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