Daylight
6:32 am – 8:24 pm
13 hours, 52 minutes
| Current Time: | May 24, 2024 at 12:29:32 am |
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| Sun Direction: | ↑ 343° North |
| Sun Altitude: | -37.0° |
| Sun Distance: | 94.134 million mi |
| Next Solstice: | Jun 20, 2024 4:50 pm (Summer) |
| Sunrise Today: | 6:32 am↑ 65° East |
| Sunset Today: | 8:24 pm↑ 295° Northwest |
2024 Sun Graph for Houston
December 2024 — Sun in Houston
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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 | 7:10 am ↑ (115°) | 5:30 pm ↑ (245°) | 10:19:56 | −0:49 | 5:46 am | 6:55 pm | 6:15 am | 6:26 pm | 6:44 am | 5:56 pm | 12:20 pm (37.8°) | 91.654 |
| 2 | 7:11 am ↑ (115°) | 5:30 pm ↑ (245°) | 10:19:08 | −0:47 | 5:46 am | 6:55 pm | 6:15 am | 6:26 pm | 6:45 am | 5:56 pm | 12:21 pm (37.7°) | 91.640 |
| 3 | 7:12 am ↑ (115°) | 5:30 pm ↑ (245°) | 10:18:23 | −0:45 | 5:47 am | 6:55 pm | 6:16 am | 6:26 pm | 6:46 am | 5:56 pm | 12:21 pm (37.5°) | 91.625 |
| 4 | 7:13 am ↑ (116°) | 5:30 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:17:39 | −0:43 | 5:48 am | 6:55 pm | 6:17 am | 6:26 pm | 6:46 am | 5:57 pm | 12:22 pm (37.4°) | 91.611 |
| 5 | 7:13 am ↑ (116°) | 5:30 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:16:58 | −0:40 | 5:48 am | 6:56 pm | 6:17 am | 6:26 pm | 6:47 am | 5:57 pm | 12:22 pm (37.3°) | 91.597 |
| 6 | 7:14 am ↑ (116°) | 5:31 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:16:20 | −0:38 | 5:49 am | 6:56 pm | 6:18 am | 6:27 pm | 6:48 am | 5:57 pm | 12:22 pm (37.2°) | 91.584 |
| 7 | 7:15 am ↑ (116°) | 5:31 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:15:44 | −0:36 | 5:50 am | 6:56 pm | 6:19 am | 6:27 pm | 6:49 am | 5:57 pm | 12:23 pm (37.0°) | 91.571 |
| 8 | 7:16 am ↑ (116°) | 5:31 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:15:10 | −0:33 | 5:50 am | 6:56 pm | 6:20 am | 6:27 pm | 6:49 am | 5:57 pm | 12:23 pm (36.9°) | 91.558 |
| 9 | 7:16 am ↑ (116°) | 5:31 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:14:39 | −0:31 | 5:51 am | 6:56 pm | 6:20 am | 6:27 pm | 6:50 am | 5:57 pm | 12:24 pm (36.9°) | 91.546 |
| 10 | 7:17 am ↑ (116°) | 5:31 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:14:10 | −0:28 | 5:52 am | 6:57 pm | 6:21 am | 6:27 pm | 6:51 am | 5:58 pm | 12:24 pm (36.8°) | 91.534 |
| 11 | 7:18 am ↑ (116°) | 5:31 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:13:44 | −0:26 | 5:52 am | 6:57 pm | 6:22 am | 6:28 pm | 6:51 am | 5:58 pm | 12:25 pm (36.7°) | 91.523 |
| 12 | 7:18 am ↑ (117°) | 5:32 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:13:20 | −0:23 | 5:53 am | 6:57 pm | 6:22 am | 6:28 pm | 6:52 am | 5:58 pm | 12:25 pm (36.6°) | 91.512 |
| 13 | 7:19 am ↑ (117°) | 5:32 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:12:59 | −0:21 | 5:53 am | 6:58 pm | 6:23 am | 6:28 pm | 6:53 am | 5:58 pm | 12:26 pm (36.6°) | 91.502 |
| 14 | 7:20 am ↑ (117°) | 5:32 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:12:40 | −0:18 | 5:54 am | 6:58 pm | 6:23 am | 6:29 pm | 6:53 am | 5:59 pm | 12:26 pm (36.5°) | 91.493 |
| 15 | 7:20 am ↑ (117°) | 5:33 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:12:24 | −0:16 | 5:55 am | 6:58 pm | 6:24 am | 6:29 pm | 6:54 am | 5:59 pm | 12:27 pm (36.5°) | 91.484 |
| 16 | 7:21 am ↑ (117°) | 5:33 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:12:10 | −0:13 | 5:55 am | 6:59 pm | 6:25 am | 6:30 pm | 6:55 am | 6:00 pm | 12:27 pm (36.4°) | 91.475 |
| 17 | 7:22 am ↑ (117°) | 5:34 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:11:59 | −0:10 | 5:56 am | 6:59 pm | 6:25 am | 6:30 pm | 6:55 am | 6:00 pm | 12:28 pm (36.4°) | 91.467 |
| 18 | 7:22 am ↑ (117°) | 5:34 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:11:51 | −0:08 | 5:56 am | 7:00 pm | 6:26 am | 6:30 pm | 6:56 am | 6:00 pm | 12:28 pm (36.4°) | 91.460 |
| 19 | 7:23 am ↑ (117°) | 5:34 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:11:46 | −0:05 | 5:57 am | 7:00 pm | 6:26 am | 6:31 pm | 6:56 am | 6:01 pm | 12:29 pm (36.3°) | 91.453 |
| 20 | 7:23 am ↑ (117°) | 5:35 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:11:42 | −0:03 | 5:57 am | 7:01 pm | 6:27 am | 6:31 pm | 6:57 am | 6:01 pm | 12:29 pm (36.3°) | 91.447 |
| 21 | 7:24 am ↑ (117°) | 5:35 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:11:42 | < 1s | 5:58 am | 7:01 pm | 6:27 am | 6:32 pm | 6:57 am | 6:02 pm | 12:30 pm (36.3°) | 91.442 |
| 22 | 7:24 am ↑ (117°) | 5:36 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:11:44 | +0:02 | 5:58 am | 7:02 pm | 6:28 am | 6:32 pm | 6:58 am | 6:02 pm | 12:30 pm (36.3°) | 91.436 |
| 23 | 7:25 am ↑ (117°) | 5:36 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:11:49 | +0:04 | 5:59 am | 7:02 pm | 6:28 am | 6:33 pm | 6:58 am | 6:03 pm | 12:31 pm (36.3°) | 91.432 |
| 24 | 7:25 am ↑ (117°) | 5:37 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:11:57 | +0:07 | 5:59 am | 7:03 pm | 6:29 am | 6:33 pm | 6:59 am | 6:03 pm | 12:31 pm (36.4°) | 91.427 |
| 25 | 7:25 am ↑ (117°) | 5:38 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:12:07 | +0:10 | 6:00 am | 7:03 pm | 6:29 am | 6:34 pm | 6:59 am | 6:04 pm | 12:32 pm (36.4°) | 91.424 |
| 26 | 7:26 am ↑ (117°) | 5:38 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:12:20 | +0:12 | 6:00 am | 7:04 pm | 6:29 am | 6:35 pm | 6:59 am | 6:05 pm | 12:32 pm (36.4°) | 91.420 |
| 27 | 7:26 am ↑ (117°) | 5:39 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:12:35 | +0:15 | 6:01 am | 7:04 pm | 6:30 am | 6:35 pm | 7:00 am | 6:05 pm | 12:32 pm (36.5°) | 91.417 |
| 28 | 7:27 am ↑ (117°) | 5:39 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:12:53 | +0:17 | 6:01 am | 7:05 pm | 6:30 am | 6:36 pm | 7:00 am | 6:06 pm | 12:33 pm (36.5°) | 91.415 |
| 29 | 7:27 am ↑ (117°) | 5:40 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:13:14 | +0:20 | 6:01 am | 7:06 pm | 6:31 am | 6:36 pm | 7:01 am | 6:06 pm | 12:33 pm (36.6°) | 91.412 |
| 30 | 7:27 am ↑ (116°) | 5:41 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:13:37 | +0:23 | 6:02 am | 7:06 pm | 6:31 am | 6:37 pm | 7:01 am | 6:07 pm | 12:34 pm (36.7°) | 91.410 |
| 31 | 7:27 am ↑ (116°) | 5:41 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:14:02 | +0:25 | 6:02 am | 7:07 pm | 6:31 am | 6:38 pm | 7:01 am | 6:08 pm | 12:34 pm (36.7°) | 91.409 |
| * All times are local time for Houston. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||||||||
The December solstice (winter solstice) in Houston is at 4:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 3 hours, 54 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 1 or December 2.
Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?
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