Daylight
6:35 am – 8:39 pm
14 hours, 4 minutes
| Current Time: | May 23, 2024 at 8:02:41 am |
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| Sun Direction: | ↑ 76° East |
| Sun Altitude: | 16.3° |
| Sun Distance: | 94.122 million mi |
| Next Solstice: | Jun 20, 2024 4:50 pm (Summer) |
| Sunrise Today: | 6:35 am↑ 64° Northeast |
| Sunset Today: | 8:39 pm↑ 296° 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 | 7:26 am ↑ (116°) | 5:33 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:06:54 | −0:56 | 5:58 am | 7:00 pm | 6:28 am | 6:30 pm | 6:59 am | 6:00 pm | 12:29 pm (34.9°) | 91.654 |
| 2 | 7:27 am ↑ (116°) | 5:33 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:06:00 | −0:53 | 5:59 am | 7:00 pm | 6:29 am | 6:30 pm | 7:00 am | 6:00 pm | 12:30 pm (34.8°) | 91.639 |
| 3 | 7:27 am ↑ (116°) | 5:33 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:05:08 | −0:51 | 6:00 am | 7:00 pm | 6:30 am | 6:30 pm | 7:00 am | 6:00 pm | 12:30 pm (34.6°) | 91.625 |
| 4 | 7:28 am ↑ (116°) | 5:33 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:04:20 | −0:48 | 6:00 am | 7:00 pm | 6:30 am | 6:30 pm | 7:01 am | 6:00 pm | 12:31 pm (34.5°) | 91.611 |
| 5 | 7:29 am ↑ (117°) | 5:33 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:03:34 | −0:46 | 6:01 am | 7:01 pm | 6:31 am | 6:31 pm | 7:02 am | 6:00 pm | 12:31 pm (34.4°) | 91.597 |
| 6 | 7:30 am ↑ (117°) | 5:33 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:02:50 | −0:43 | 6:02 am | 7:01 pm | 6:32 am | 6:31 pm | 7:03 am | 6:00 pm | 12:31 pm (34.3°) | 91.584 |
| 7 | 7:31 am ↑ (117°) | 5:33 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:02:09 | −0:40 | 6:03 am | 7:01 pm | 6:33 am | 6:31 pm | 7:03 am | 6:00 pm | 12:32 pm (34.1°) | 91.571 |
| 8 | 7:31 am ↑ (117°) | 5:33 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:01:31 | −0:38 | 6:03 am | 7:01 pm | 6:33 am | 6:31 pm | 7:04 am | 6:00 pm | 12:32 pm (34.0°) | 91.558 |
| 9 | 7:32 am ↑ (117°) | 5:33 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:00:56 | −0:35 | 6:04 am | 7:01 pm | 6:34 am | 6:31 pm | 7:05 am | 6:00 pm | 12:33 pm (34.0°) | 91.546 |
| 10 | 7:33 am ↑ (117°) | 5:33 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:00:23 | −0:32 | 6:05 am | 7:02 pm | 6:35 am | 6:31 pm | 7:06 am | 6:01 pm | 12:33 pm (33.9°) | 91.534 |
| 11 | 7:34 am ↑ (117°) | 5:34 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:59:54 | −0:29 | 6:05 am | 7:02 pm | 6:35 am | 6:32 pm | 7:06 am | 6:01 pm | 12:34 pm (33.8°) | 91.523 |
| 12 | 7:34 am ↑ (117°) | 5:34 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:59:27 | −0:26 | 6:06 am | 7:02 pm | 6:36 am | 6:32 pm | 7:07 am | 6:01 pm | 12:34 pm (33.7°) | 91.512 |
| 13 | 7:35 am ↑ (117°) | 5:34 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:59:03 | −0:24 | 6:06 am | 7:03 pm | 6:37 am | 6:32 pm | 7:08 am | 6:01 pm | 12:35 pm (33.7°) | 91.502 |
| 14 | 7:36 am ↑ (118°) | 5:34 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:58:42 | −0:21 | 6:07 am | 7:03 pm | 6:37 am | 6:33 pm | 7:08 am | 6:02 pm | 12:35 pm (33.6°) | 91.493 |
| 15 | 7:36 am ↑ (118°) | 5:35 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:58:23 | −0:18 | 6:08 am | 7:03 pm | 6:38 am | 6:33 pm | 7:09 am | 6:02 pm | 12:36 pm (33.5°) | 91.484 |
| 16 | 7:37 am ↑ (118°) | 5:35 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:58:08 | −0:15 | 6:08 am | 7:04 pm | 6:39 am | 6:33 pm | 7:09 am | 6:02 pm | 12:36 pm (33.5°) | 91.475 |
| 17 | 7:37 am ↑ (118°) | 5:35 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:57:56 | −0:12 | 6:09 am | 7:04 pm | 6:39 am | 6:34 pm | 7:10 am | 6:03 pm | 12:36 pm (33.5°) | 91.467 |
| 18 | 7:38 am ↑ (118°) | 5:36 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:57:46 | −0:09 | 6:09 am | 7:04 pm | 6:40 am | 6:34 pm | 7:11 am | 6:03 pm | 12:37 pm (33.5°) | 91.460 |
| 19 | 7:39 am ↑ (118°) | 5:36 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:57:40 | −0:06 | 6:10 am | 7:05 pm | 6:40 am | 6:35 pm | 7:11 am | 6:04 pm | 12:37 pm (33.4°) | 91.453 |
| 20 | 7:39 am ↑ (118°) | 5:37 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:57:37 | −0:03 | 6:10 am | 7:05 pm | 6:41 am | 6:35 pm | 7:12 am | 6:04 pm | 12:38 pm (33.4°) | 91.447 |
| 21 | 7:40 am ↑ (118°) | 5:37 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:57:36 | < 1s | 6:11 am | 7:06 pm | 6:41 am | 6:36 pm | 7:12 am | 6:05 pm | 12:38 pm (33.4°) | 91.442 |
| 22 | 7:40 am ↑ (118°) | 5:38 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:57:39 | +0:02 | 6:11 am | 7:06 pm | 6:42 am | 6:36 pm | 7:13 am | 6:05 pm | 12:39 pm (33.4°) | 91.436 |
| 23 | 7:41 am ↑ (118°) | 5:38 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:57:44 | +0:05 | 6:12 am | 7:07 pm | 6:42 am | 6:37 pm | 7:13 am | 6:06 pm | 12:39 pm (33.4°) | 91.432 |
| 24 | 7:41 am ↑ (118°) | 5:39 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:57:53 | +0:08 | 6:12 am | 7:08 pm | 6:43 am | 6:37 pm | 7:14 am | 6:06 pm | 12:40 pm (33.5°) | 91.427 |
| 25 | 7:41 am ↑ (118°) | 5:40 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:58:04 | +0:11 | 6:13 am | 7:08 pm | 6:43 am | 6:38 pm | 7:14 am | 6:07 pm | 12:40 pm (33.5°) | 91.424 |
| 26 | 7:42 am ↑ (118°) | 5:40 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:58:19 | +0:14 | 6:13 am | 7:09 pm | 6:43 am | 6:38 pm | 7:14 am | 6:08 pm | 12:41 pm (33.5°) | 91.420 |
| 27 | 7:42 am ↑ (118°) | 5:41 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:58:36 | +0:17 | 6:14 am | 7:09 pm | 6:44 am | 6:39 pm | 7:15 am | 6:08 pm | 12:41 pm (33.6°) | 91.417 |
| 28 | 7:42 am ↑ (118°) | 5:41 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:58:56 | +0:20 | 6:14 am | 7:10 pm | 6:44 am | 6:40 pm | 7:15 am | 6:09 pm | 12:42 pm (33.6°) | 91.415 |
| 29 | 7:43 am ↑ (117°) | 5:42 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:59:20 | +0:23 | 6:14 am | 7:11 pm | 6:45 am | 6:40 pm | 7:15 am | 6:09 pm | 12:42 pm (33.7°) | 91.412 |
| 30 | 7:43 am ↑ (117°) | 5:43 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:59:46 | +0:26 | 6:15 am | 7:11 pm | 6:45 am | 6:41 pm | 7:16 am | 6:10 pm | 12:43 pm (33.8°) | 91.410 |
| 31 | 7:43 am ↑ (117°) | 5:44 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:00:15 | +0:29 | 6:15 am | 7:12 pm | 6:45 am | 6:42 pm | 7:16 am | 6:11 pm | 12:43 pm (33.8°) | 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 4 hours, 23 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 3 or December 4.
Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?
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