Daylight
5:46 am – 5:27 pm
11 hours, 41 minutes
| Current Time: | Dec 6, 2025 at 2:50:01 pm |
|---|---|
| Sun Direction: | ↑ 236° Southwest |
| Sun Altitude: | 33.9° |
| Sun Distance: | 91.592 million mi |
| Next Solstice: | Dec 21, 2025 11:03 pm (Dec. Solst.) |
| Sunrise Today: | 5:46 am↑ 113° Southeast |
| Sunset Today: | 5:27 pm↑ 247° West |
2025 Sun Graph for Santa Cruz
January 2025 — Sun in Santa Cruz
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| 2025 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Astronomical Twilight | Nautical Twilight | Civil Twilight | Solar Noon | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Diff. | Start | End | Start | End | Start | End | Time | Mil. mi |
| 1 | 5:59 am ↑ (113°) | 5:40 pm ↑ (247°) | 11:40:42 | +0:05 | 4:44 am | 6:54 pm | 5:10 am | 6:28 pm | 5:36 am | 6:02 pm | 11:49 am (59.2°) | 91.408 |
| 2 | 5:59 am ↑ (113°) | 5:40 pm ↑ (247°) | 11:40:48 | +0:06 | 4:44 am | 6:55 pm | 5:11 am | 6:29 pm | 5:37 am | 6:03 pm | 11:50 am (59.3°) | 91.407 |
| 3 | 6:00 am ↑ (113°) | 5:41 pm ↑ (247°) | 11:40:55 | +0:06 | 4:45 am | 6:55 pm | 5:11 am | 6:29 pm | 5:37 am | 6:03 pm | 11:50 am (59.3°) | 91.406 |
| 4 | 6:00 am ↑ (113°) | 5:41 pm ↑ (247°) | 11:41:03 | +0:07 | 4:45 am | 6:56 pm | 5:11 am | 6:30 pm | 5:37 am | 6:04 pm | 11:51 am (59.4°) | 91.406 |
| 5 | 6:00 am ↑ (113°) | 5:42 pm ↑ (247°) | 11:41:11 | +0:08 | 4:46 am | 6:56 pm | 5:12 am | 6:30 pm | 5:38 am | 6:04 pm | 11:51 am (59.6°) | 91.406 |
| 6 | 6:01 am ↑ (113°) | 5:42 pm ↑ (247°) | 11:41:19 | +0:08 | 4:46 am | 6:57 pm | 5:12 am | 6:31 pm | 5:38 am | 6:05 pm | 11:51 am (59.7°) | 91.407 |
| 7 | 6:01 am ↑ (112°) | 5:43 pm ↑ (248°) | 11:41:28 | +0:09 | 4:47 am | 6:57 pm | 5:13 am | 6:31 pm | 5:39 am | 6:05 pm | 11:52 am (59.8°) | 91.407 |
| 8 | 6:02 am ↑ (112°) | 5:43 pm ↑ (248°) | 11:41:38 | +0:09 | 4:47 am | 6:58 pm | 5:13 am | 6:32 pm | 5:39 am | 6:06 pm | 11:52 am (59.9°) | 91.409 |
| 9 | 6:02 am ↑ (112°) | 5:44 pm ↑ (248°) | 11:41:48 | +0:10 | 4:47 am | 6:58 pm | 5:13 am | 6:32 pm | 5:39 am | 6:06 pm | 11:53 am (60.1°) | 91.411 |
| 10 | 6:02 am ↑ (112°) | 5:44 pm ↑ (248°) | 11:41:59 | +0:10 | 4:48 am | 6:58 pm | 5:14 am | 6:33 pm | 5:40 am | 6:07 pm | 11:53 am (60.2°) | 91.413 |
| 11 | 6:02 am ↑ (112°) | 5:45 pm ↑ (248°) | 11:42:10 | +0:11 | 4:48 am | 6:59 pm | 5:14 am | 6:33 pm | 5:40 am | 6:07 pm | 11:54 am (60.4°) | 91.416 |
| 12 | 6:03 am ↑ (112°) | 5:45 pm ↑ (248°) | 11:42:21 | +0:11 | 4:49 am | 6:59 pm | 5:14 am | 6:33 pm | 5:40 am | 6:08 pm | 11:54 am (60.5°) | 91.420 |
| 13 | 6:03 am ↑ (112°) | 5:46 pm ↑ (249°) | 11:42:34 | +0:12 | 4:49 am | 7:00 pm | 5:15 am | 6:34 pm | 5:41 am | 6:08 pm | 11:54 am (60.7°) | 91.424 |
| 14 | 6:03 am ↑ (111°) | 5:46 pm ↑ (249°) | 11:42:46 | +0:12 | 4:49 am | 7:00 pm | 5:15 am | 6:34 pm | 5:41 am | 6:08 pm | 11:55 am (60.9°) | 91.429 |
| 15 | 6:04 am ↑ (111°) | 5:47 pm ↑ (249°) | 11:42:59 | +0:13 | 4:50 am | 7:00 pm | 5:15 am | 6:35 pm | 5:41 am | 6:09 pm | 11:55 am (61.1°) | 91.434 |
| 16 | 6:04 am ↑ (111°) | 5:47 pm ↑ (249°) | 11:43:13 | +0:13 | 4:50 am | 7:01 pm | 5:16 am | 6:35 pm | 5:42 am | 6:09 pm | 11:55 am (61.2°) | 91.440 |
| 17 | 6:04 am ↑ (111°) | 5:47 pm ↑ (249°) | 11:43:26 | +0:13 | 4:50 am | 7:01 pm | 5:16 am | 6:35 pm | 5:42 am | 6:10 pm | 11:56 am (61.4°) | 91.447 |
| 18 | 6:04 am ↑ (111°) | 5:48 pm ↑ (249°) | 11:43:41 | +0:14 | 4:51 am | 7:02 pm | 5:16 am | 6:36 pm | 5:42 am | 6:10 pm | 11:56 am (61.6°) | 91.454 |
| 19 | 6:04 am ↑ (110°) | 5:48 pm ↑ (250°) | 11:43:56 | +0:14 | 4:51 am | 7:02 pm | 5:17 am | 6:36 pm | 5:42 am | 6:11 pm | 11:56 am (61.9°) | 91.461 |
| 20 | 6:05 am ↑ (110°) | 5:49 pm ↑ (250°) | 11:44:11 | +0:15 | 4:51 am | 7:02 pm | 5:17 am | 6:37 pm | 5:42 am | 6:11 pm | 11:57 am (62.1°) | 91.469 |
| 21 | 6:05 am ↑ (110°) | 5:49 pm ↑ (250°) | 11:44:26 | +0:15 | 4:51 am | 7:02 pm | 5:17 am | 6:37 pm | 5:43 am | 6:11 pm | 11:57 am (62.3°) | 91.478 |
| 22 | 6:05 am ↑ (110°) | 5:50 pm ↑ (250°) | 11:44:42 | +0:16 | 4:52 am | 7:03 pm | 5:17 am | 6:37 pm | 5:43 am | 6:12 pm | 11:57 am (62.5°) | 91.487 |
| 23 | 6:05 am ↑ (110°) | 5:50 pm ↑ (251°) | 11:44:59 | +0:16 | 4:52 am | 7:03 pm | 5:17 am | 6:38 pm | 5:43 am | 6:12 pm | 11:57 am (62.7°) | 91.497 |
| 24 | 6:05 am ↑ (109°) | 5:50 pm ↑ (251°) | 11:45:15 | +0:16 | 4:52 am | 7:03 pm | 5:18 am | 6:38 pm | 5:43 am | 6:12 pm | 11:58 am (63.0°) | 91.507 |
| 25 | 6:05 am ↑ (109°) | 5:51 pm ↑ (251°) | 11:45:33 | +0:17 | 4:52 am | 7:04 pm | 5:18 am | 6:38 pm | 5:43 am | 6:13 pm | 11:58 am (63.2°) | 91.517 |
| 26 | 6:05 am ↑ (109°) | 5:51 pm ↑ (251°) | 11:45:50 | +0:17 | 4:52 am | 7:04 pm | 5:18 am | 6:39 pm | 5:43 am | 6:13 pm | 11:58 am (63.5°) | 91.528 |
| 27 | 6:05 am ↑ (109°) | 5:51 pm ↑ (252°) | 11:46:08 | +0:17 | 4:53 am | 7:04 pm | 5:18 am | 6:39 pm | 5:43 am | 6:13 pm | 11:58 am (63.7°) | 91.539 |
| 28 | 6:05 am ↑ (108°) | 5:52 pm ↑ (252°) | 11:46:26 | +0:18 | 4:53 am | 7:04 pm | 5:18 am | 6:39 pm | 5:43 am | 6:14 pm | 11:59 am (64.0°) | 91.550 |
| 29 | 6:05 am ↑ (108°) | 5:52 pm ↑ (252°) | 11:46:45 | +0:18 | 4:53 am | 7:05 pm | 5:18 am | 6:39 pm | 5:44 am | 6:14 pm | 11:59 am (64.3°) | 91.562 |
| 30 | 6:05 am ↑ (108°) | 5:52 pm ↑ (252°) | 11:47:04 | +0:18 | 4:53 am | 7:05 pm | 5:18 am | 6:40 pm | 5:44 am | 6:14 pm | 11:59 am (64.5°) | 91.574 |
| 31 | 6:05 am ↑ (107°) | 5:53 pm ↑ (253°) | 11:47:23 | +0:19 | 4:53 am | 7:05 pm | 5:18 am | 6:40 pm | 5:44 am | 6:15 pm | 11:59 am (64.8°) | 91.586 |
| * All times are local time for Santa Cruz. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||||||||
Perihelion was on January 4, 2025 at 9:28 pm in Santa Cruz. The Earth was closest to the Sun at this time.
The latest sunrise is on January 30.
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