Daylight
5:58 am – 8:13 pm
14 hours, 14 minutes
| Current Time: | May 23, 2024 at 6:45:09 pm |
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| Sun Direction: | ↑ 284° West |
| Sun Altitude: | 16.0° |
| Sun Distance: | 94.130 million mi |
| Next Solstice: | Jun 20, 2024 3:50 pm (Summer) |
| Sunrise Today: | 5:58 am↑ 64° Northeast |
| Sunset Today: | 8:13 pm↑ 297° Northwest |
2024 Sun Graph for Fairbanks
December 2024 — Sun in Fairbanks
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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 | 7:00 am ↑ (117°) | 4:56 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:55:57 | −1:01 | 5:30 am | 6:26 pm | 6:00 am | 5:55 pm | 6:32 am | 5:24 pm | 11:58 am (32.6°) | 91.654 |
| 2 | 7:01 am ↑ (117°) | 4:56 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:54:58 | −0:59 | 5:30 am | 6:26 pm | 6:01 am | 5:55 pm | 6:33 am | 5:24 pm | 11:58 am (32.5°) | 91.639 |
| 3 | 7:02 am ↑ (117°) | 4:56 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:54:01 | −0:56 | 5:31 am | 6:26 pm | 6:02 am | 5:55 pm | 6:34 am | 5:24 pm | 11:59 am (32.3°) | 91.625 |
| 4 | 7:02 am ↑ (117°) | 4:56 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:53:08 | −0:53 | 5:32 am | 6:26 pm | 6:03 am | 5:55 pm | 6:34 am | 5:24 pm | 11:59 am (32.2°) | 91.611 |
| 5 | 7:03 am ↑ (117°) | 4:56 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:52:17 | −0:50 | 5:33 am | 6:26 pm | 6:04 am | 5:55 pm | 6:35 am | 5:24 pm | 11:59 am (32.1°) | 91.597 |
| 6 | 7:04 am ↑ (117°) | 4:56 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:51:30 | −0:47 | 5:33 am | 6:26 pm | 6:04 am | 5:55 pm | 6:36 am | 5:24 pm | 12:00 pm (32.0°) | 91.584 |
| 7 | 7:05 am ↑ (118°) | 4:56 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:50:45 | −0:44 | 5:34 am | 6:26 pm | 6:05 am | 5:55 pm | 6:37 am | 5:24 pm | 12:00 pm (31.9°) | 91.571 |
| 8 | 7:06 am ↑ (118°) | 4:56 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:50:03 | −0:41 | 5:35 am | 6:27 pm | 6:06 am | 5:56 pm | 6:38 am | 5:24 pm | 12:01 pm (31.8°) | 91.558 |
| 9 | 7:06 am ↑ (118°) | 4:56 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:49:24 | −0:38 | 5:36 am | 6:27 pm | 6:07 am | 5:56 pm | 6:38 am | 5:24 pm | 12:01 pm (31.7°) | 91.546 |
| 10 | 7:07 am ↑ (118°) | 4:56 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:48:49 | −0:35 | 5:36 am | 6:27 pm | 6:07 am | 5:56 pm | 6:39 am | 5:24 pm | 12:02 pm (31.6°) | 91.534 |
| 11 | 7:08 am ↑ (118°) | 4:56 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:48:16 | −0:32 | 5:37 am | 6:27 pm | 6:08 am | 5:56 pm | 6:40 am | 5:24 pm | 12:02 pm (31.5°) | 91.523 |
| 12 | 7:09 am ↑ (118°) | 4:56 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:47:47 | −0:29 | 5:38 am | 6:28 pm | 6:09 am | 5:57 pm | 6:40 am | 5:25 pm | 12:03 pm (31.4°) | 91.512 |
| 13 | 7:09 am ↑ (118°) | 4:57 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:47:20 | −0:26 | 5:38 am | 6:28 pm | 6:09 am | 5:57 pm | 6:41 am | 5:25 pm | 12:03 pm (31.4°) | 91.502 |
| 14 | 7:10 am ↑ (118°) | 4:57 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:46:57 | −0:23 | 5:39 am | 6:28 pm | 6:10 am | 5:57 pm | 6:42 am | 5:25 pm | 12:04 pm (31.3°) | 91.492 |
| 15 | 7:11 am ↑ (118°) | 4:57 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:46:37 | −0:19 | 5:40 am | 6:29 pm | 6:11 am | 5:58 pm | 6:42 am | 5:26 pm | 12:04 pm (31.3°) | 91.483 |
| 16 | 7:11 am ↑ (118°) | 4:58 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:46:20 | −0:16 | 5:40 am | 6:29 pm | 6:11 am | 5:58 pm | 6:43 am | 5:26 pm | 12:05 pm (31.2°) | 91.475 |
| 17 | 7:12 am ↑ (118°) | 4:58 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:46:07 | −0:13 | 5:41 am | 6:29 pm | 6:12 am | 5:58 pm | 6:44 am | 5:26 pm | 12:05 pm (31.2°) | 91.467 |
| 18 | 7:13 am ↑ (119°) | 4:58 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:45:57 | −0:10 | 5:41 am | 6:30 pm | 6:12 am | 5:59 pm | 6:44 am | 5:27 pm | 12:06 pm (31.2°) | 91.460 |
| 19 | 7:13 am ↑ (119°) | 4:59 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:45:50 | −0:06 | 5:42 am | 6:30 pm | 6:13 am | 5:59 pm | 6:45 am | 5:27 pm | 12:06 pm (31.2°) | 91.453 |
| 20 | 7:14 am ↑ (119°) | 4:59 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:45:46 | −0:03 | 5:42 am | 6:31 pm | 6:13 am | 6:00 pm | 6:45 am | 5:28 pm | 12:07 pm (31.1°) | 91.447 |
| 21 | 7:14 am ↑ (119°) | 5:00 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:45:46 | < 1s | 5:43 am | 6:31 pm | 6:14 am | 6:00 pm | 6:46 am | 5:28 pm | 12:07 pm (31.1°) | 91.441 |
| 22 | 7:15 am ↑ (119°) | 5:00 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:45:48 | +0:02 | 5:43 am | 6:32 pm | 6:14 am | 6:01 pm | 6:46 am | 5:29 pm | 12:08 pm (31.1°) | 91.436 |
| 23 | 7:15 am ↑ (119°) | 5:01 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:45:55 | +0:06 | 5:44 am | 6:32 pm | 6:15 am | 6:01 pm | 6:47 am | 5:29 pm | 12:08 pm (31.2°) | 91.432 |
| 24 | 7:15 am ↑ (118°) | 5:02 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:46:04 | +0:09 | 5:44 am | 6:33 pm | 6:15 am | 6:02 pm | 6:47 am | 5:30 pm | 12:08 pm (31.2°) | 91.427 |
| 25 | 7:16 am ↑ (118°) | 5:02 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:46:17 | +0:12 | 5:45 am | 6:33 pm | 6:16 am | 6:02 pm | 6:48 am | 5:30 pm | 12:09 pm (31.2°) | 91.424 |
| 26 | 7:16 am ↑ (118°) | 5:03 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:46:33 | +0:15 | 5:45 am | 6:34 pm | 6:16 am | 6:03 pm | 6:48 am | 5:31 pm | 12:09 pm (31.3°) | 91.420 |
| 27 | 7:17 am ↑ (118°) | 5:03 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:46:52 | +0:19 | 5:45 am | 6:35 pm | 6:16 am | 6:04 pm | 6:48 am | 5:32 pm | 12:10 pm (31.3°) | 91.417 |
| 28 | 7:17 am ↑ (118°) | 5:04 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:47:14 | +0:22 | 5:46 am | 6:35 pm | 6:17 am | 6:04 pm | 6:49 am | 5:32 pm | 12:10 pm (31.4°) | 91.414 |
| 29 | 7:17 am ↑ (118°) | 5:05 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:47:40 | +0:25 | 5:46 am | 6:36 pm | 6:17 am | 6:05 pm | 6:49 am | 5:33 pm | 12:11 pm (31.4°) | 91.412 |
| 30 | 7:17 am ↑ (118°) | 5:06 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:48:09 | +0:28 | 5:46 am | 6:37 pm | 6:17 am | 6:06 pm | 6:49 am | 5:34 pm | 12:11 pm (31.5°) | 91.410 |
| 31 | 7:18 am ↑ (118°) | 5:06 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:48:41 | +0:31 | 5:47 am | 6:37 pm | 6:18 am | 6:06 pm | 6:49 am | 5:35 pm | 12:12 pm (31.6°) | 91.409 |
| * All times are local time for Fairbanks. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||||||||
The December solstice (winter solstice) in Fairbanks is at 3:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 47 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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