Daylight
5:55 am – 7:39 pm
13 hours, 44 minutes
| Current Time: | May 5, 2024 at 3:22:38 am |
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| Sun Direction: | ↑ 42° Northeast |
| Sun Altitude: | -26.9° |
| Sun Distance: | 93.761 million mi |
| Next Solstice: | Jun 20, 2024 3:50 pm (Summer) |
| Sunrise Today: | 5:55 am↑ 69° East |
| Sunset Today: | 7:39 pm↑ 291° Northwest |
2024 Sun Graph for Houston Corner
December 2024 — Sun in Houston Corner
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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 | 6:39 am ↑ (116°) | 4:39 pm ↑ (244°) | 9:59:27 | −0:59 | 5:10 am | 6:08 pm | 5:41 am | 5:38 pm | 6:12 am | 5:07 pm | 11:39 am (33.3°) | 91.654 |
| 2 | 6:40 am ↑ (117°) | 4:39 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:58:29 | −0:57 | 5:11 am | 6:08 pm | 5:41 am | 5:38 pm | 6:13 am | 5:07 pm | 11:40 am (33.2°) | 91.639 |
| 3 | 6:41 am ↑ (117°) | 4:39 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:57:35 | −0:54 | 5:12 am | 6:08 pm | 5:42 am | 5:38 pm | 6:14 am | 5:07 pm | 11:40 am (33.1°) | 91.625 |
| 4 | 6:42 am ↑ (117°) | 4:39 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:56:43 | −0:51 | 5:12 am | 6:08 pm | 5:43 am | 5:38 pm | 6:14 am | 5:07 pm | 11:41 am (32.9°) | 91.611 |
| 5 | 6:43 am ↑ (117°) | 4:39 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:55:54 | −0:49 | 5:13 am | 6:09 pm | 5:44 am | 5:38 pm | 6:15 am | 5:07 pm | 11:41 am (32.8°) | 91.597 |
| 6 | 6:44 am ↑ (117°) | 4:39 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:55:07 | −0:46 | 5:14 am | 6:09 pm | 5:45 am | 5:38 pm | 6:16 am | 5:07 pm | 11:41 am (32.7°) | 91.584 |
| 7 | 6:45 am ↑ (117°) | 4:39 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:54:24 | −0:43 | 5:15 am | 6:09 pm | 5:45 am | 5:38 pm | 6:17 am | 5:07 pm | 11:42 am (32.6°) | 91.571 |
| 8 | 6:45 am ↑ (117°) | 4:39 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:53:43 | −0:40 | 5:15 am | 6:09 pm | 5:46 am | 5:38 pm | 6:17 am | 5:07 pm | 11:42 am (32.5°) | 91.558 |
| 9 | 6:46 am ↑ (118°) | 4:39 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:53:05 | −0:37 | 5:16 am | 6:09 pm | 5:47 am | 5:39 pm | 6:18 am | 5:07 pm | 11:43 am (32.4°) | 91.546 |
| 10 | 6:47 am ↑ (118°) | 4:39 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:52:31 | −0:34 | 5:17 am | 6:09 pm | 5:47 am | 5:39 pm | 6:19 am | 5:07 pm | 11:43 am (32.3°) | 91.534 |
| 11 | 6:48 am ↑ (118°) | 4:40 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:51:59 | −0:31 | 5:17 am | 6:10 pm | 5:48 am | 5:39 pm | 6:20 am | 5:07 pm | 11:44 am (32.2°) | 91.523 |
| 12 | 6:48 am ↑ (118°) | 4:40 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:51:30 | −0:28 | 5:18 am | 6:10 pm | 5:49 am | 5:39 pm | 6:20 am | 5:08 pm | 11:44 am (32.1°) | 91.512 |
| 13 | 6:49 am ↑ (118°) | 4:40 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:51:05 | −0:25 | 5:19 am | 6:10 pm | 5:49 am | 5:40 pm | 6:21 am | 5:08 pm | 11:45 am (32.1°) | 91.502 |
| 14 | 6:50 am ↑ (118°) | 4:40 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:50:42 | −0:22 | 5:19 am | 6:11 pm | 5:50 am | 5:40 pm | 6:22 am | 5:08 pm | 11:45 am (32.0°) | 91.493 |
| 15 | 6:50 am ↑ (118°) | 4:41 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:50:23 | −0:19 | 5:20 am | 6:11 pm | 5:51 am | 5:40 pm | 6:22 am | 5:09 pm | 11:45 am (32.0°) | 91.484 |
| 16 | 6:51 am ↑ (118°) | 4:41 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:50:07 | −0:16 | 5:21 am | 6:11 pm | 5:51 am | 5:41 pm | 6:23 am | 5:09 pm | 11:46 am (31.9°) | 91.475 |
| 17 | 6:52 am ↑ (118°) | 4:41 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:49:53 | −0:13 | 5:21 am | 6:12 pm | 5:52 am | 5:41 pm | 6:23 am | 5:09 pm | 11:46 am (31.9°) | 91.467 |
| 18 | 6:52 am ↑ (118°) | 4:42 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:49:43 | −0:09 | 5:22 am | 6:12 pm | 5:52 am | 5:41 pm | 6:24 am | 5:10 pm | 11:47 am (31.9°) | 91.460 |
| 19 | 6:53 am ↑ (118°) | 4:42 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:49:37 | −0:06 | 5:22 am | 6:13 pm | 5:53 am | 5:42 pm | 6:25 am | 5:10 pm | 11:47 am (31.9°) | 91.453 |
| 20 | 6:53 am ↑ (118°) | 4:43 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:49:33 | −0:03 | 5:23 am | 6:13 pm | 5:54 am | 5:42 pm | 6:25 am | 5:11 pm | 11:48 am (31.9°) | 91.447 |
| 21 | 6:54 am ↑ (118°) | 4:43 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:49:32 | < 1s | 5:23 am | 6:14 pm | 5:54 am | 5:43 pm | 6:26 am | 5:11 pm | 11:48 am (31.9°) | 91.442 |
| 22 | 6:54 am ↑ (118°) | 4:44 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:49:35 | +0:02 | 5:24 am | 6:14 pm | 5:55 am | 5:43 pm | 6:26 am | 5:12 pm | 11:49 am (31.9°) | 91.436 |
| 23 | 6:55 am ↑ (118°) | 4:44 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:49:41 | +0:05 | 5:24 am | 6:15 pm | 5:55 am | 5:44 pm | 6:27 am | 5:12 pm | 11:49 am (31.9°) | 91.432 |
| 24 | 6:55 am ↑ (118°) | 4:45 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:49:50 | +0:09 | 5:25 am | 6:15 pm | 5:55 am | 5:45 pm | 6:27 am | 5:13 pm | 11:50 am (31.9°) | 91.427 |
| 25 | 6:55 am ↑ (118°) | 4:45 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:50:03 | +0:12 | 5:25 am | 6:16 pm | 5:56 am | 5:45 pm | 6:27 am | 5:14 pm | 11:50 am (31.9°) | 91.424 |
| 26 | 6:56 am ↑ (118°) | 4:46 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:50:18 | +0:15 | 5:25 am | 6:16 pm | 5:56 am | 5:46 pm | 6:28 am | 5:14 pm | 11:51 am (32.0°) | 91.420 |
| 27 | 6:56 am ↑ (118°) | 4:47 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:50:37 | +0:18 | 5:26 am | 6:17 pm | 5:57 am | 5:46 pm | 6:28 am | 5:15 pm | 11:51 am (32.0°) | 91.417 |
| 28 | 6:56 am ↑ (118°) | 4:47 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:50:58 | +0:21 | 5:26 am | 6:18 pm | 5:57 am | 5:47 pm | 6:28 am | 5:15 pm | 11:52 am (32.1°) | 91.415 |
| 29 | 6:57 am ↑ (118°) | 4:48 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:51:23 | +0:24 | 5:27 am | 6:18 pm | 5:57 am | 5:48 pm | 6:29 am | 5:16 pm | 11:52 am (32.1°) | 91.412 |
| 30 | 6:57 am ↑ (118°) | 4:49 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:51:51 | +0:27 | 5:27 am | 6:19 pm | 5:58 am | 5:48 pm | 6:29 am | 5:17 pm | 11:53 am (32.2°) | 91.410 |
| 31 | 6:57 am ↑ (118°) | 4:50 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:52:22 | +0:31 | 5:27 am | 6:20 pm | 5:58 am | 5:49 pm | 6:29 am | 5:18 pm | 11:53 am (32.3°) | 91.409 |
| * All times are local time for Houston Corner. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||||||||
The December solstice (winter solstice) in Houston Corner is at 3:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 40 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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