Daylight
5:55 am – 7:56 pm
14 hours, 1 minute
| Current Time: | May 7, 2024 at 1:18:29 pm |
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| Sun Direction: | ↑ 195° South |
| Sun Altitude: | 68.4° |
| Sun Distance: | 93.815 million mi |
| Next Solstice: | Jun 20, 2024 3:50 pm (Summer) |
| Sunrise Today: | 5:55 am↑ 67° East |
| Sunset Today: | 7:56 pm↑ 293° 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 | 6:57 am ↑ (118°) | 4:39 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:42:02 | −1:08 | 5:23 am | 6:12 pm | 5:55 am | 5:41 pm | 6:28 am | 5:08 pm | 11:48 am (29.9°) | 91.654 |
| 2 | 6:58 am ↑ (118°) | 4:39 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:40:56 | −1:05 | 5:24 am | 6:12 pm | 5:56 am | 5:41 pm | 6:29 am | 5:08 pm | 11:48 am (29.8°) | 91.639 |
| 3 | 6:59 am ↑ (118°) | 4:39 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:39:54 | −1:02 | 5:25 am | 6:12 pm | 5:57 am | 5:41 pm | 6:29 am | 5:08 pm | 11:49 am (29.6°) | 91.625 |
| 4 | 7:00 am ↑ (118°) | 4:38 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:38:54 | −0:59 | 5:26 am | 6:12 pm | 5:57 am | 5:41 pm | 6:30 am | 5:08 pm | 11:49 am (29.5°) | 91.611 |
| 5 | 7:00 am ↑ (118°) | 4:38 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:37:58 | −0:56 | 5:26 am | 6:12 pm | 5:58 am | 5:41 pm | 6:31 am | 5:08 pm | 11:50 am (29.4°) | 91.597 |
| 6 | 7:01 am ↑ (118°) | 4:38 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:37:04 | −0:53 | 5:27 am | 6:13 pm | 5:59 am | 5:41 pm | 6:32 am | 5:08 pm | 11:50 am (29.3°) | 91.584 |
| 7 | 7:02 am ↑ (119°) | 4:38 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:36:14 | −0:49 | 5:28 am | 6:13 pm | 6:00 am | 5:41 pm | 6:33 am | 5:08 pm | 11:50 am (29.2°) | 91.571 |
| 8 | 7:03 am ↑ (119°) | 4:38 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:35:28 | −0:46 | 5:29 am | 6:13 pm | 6:01 am | 5:41 pm | 6:34 am | 5:08 pm | 11:51 am (29.1°) | 91.558 |
| 9 | 7:04 am ↑ (119°) | 4:39 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:34:44 | −0:43 | 5:29 am | 6:13 pm | 6:01 am | 5:41 pm | 6:34 am | 5:08 pm | 11:51 am (29.0°) | 91.546 |
| 10 | 7:05 am ↑ (119°) | 4:39 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:34:05 | −0:39 | 5:30 am | 6:13 pm | 6:02 am | 5:41 pm | 6:35 am | 5:08 pm | 11:52 am (28.9°) | 91.534 |
| 11 | 7:05 am ↑ (119°) | 4:39 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:33:28 | −0:36 | 5:31 am | 6:13 pm | 6:03 am | 5:41 pm | 6:36 am | 5:08 pm | 11:52 am (28.8°) | 91.523 |
| 12 | 7:06 am ↑ (119°) | 4:39 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:32:55 | −0:32 | 5:31 am | 6:14 pm | 6:04 am | 5:42 pm | 6:37 am | 5:09 pm | 11:53 am (28.7°) | 91.512 |
| 13 | 7:07 am ↑ (119°) | 4:39 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:32:26 | −0:29 | 5:32 am | 6:14 pm | 6:04 am | 5:42 pm | 6:37 am | 5:09 pm | 11:53 am (28.7°) | 91.502 |
| 14 | 7:08 am ↑ (119°) | 4:40 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:32:00 | −0:25 | 5:33 am | 6:14 pm | 6:05 am | 5:42 pm | 6:38 am | 5:09 pm | 11:54 am (28.6°) | 91.493 |
| 15 | 7:08 am ↑ (119°) | 4:40 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:31:38 | −0:22 | 5:33 am | 6:15 pm | 6:06 am | 5:43 pm | 6:39 am | 5:09 pm | 11:54 am (28.6°) | 91.484 |
| 16 | 7:09 am ↑ (120°) | 4:40 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:31:19 | −0:18 | 5:34 am | 6:15 pm | 6:06 am | 5:43 pm | 6:39 am | 5:10 pm | 11:55 am (28.5°) | 91.475 |
| 17 | 7:10 am ↑ (120°) | 4:41 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:31:04 | −0:15 | 5:35 am | 6:15 pm | 6:07 am | 5:43 pm | 6:40 am | 5:10 pm | 11:55 am (28.5°) | 91.467 |
| 18 | 7:10 am ↑ (120°) | 4:41 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:30:52 | −0:11 | 5:35 am | 6:16 pm | 6:07 am | 5:44 pm | 6:41 am | 5:11 pm | 11:56 am (28.5°) | 91.460 |
| 19 | 7:11 am ↑ (120°) | 4:41 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:30:45 | −0:07 | 5:36 am | 6:16 pm | 6:08 am | 5:44 pm | 6:41 am | 5:11 pm | 11:56 am (28.4°) | 91.453 |
| 20 | 7:11 am ↑ (120°) | 4:42 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:30:40 | −0:04 | 5:36 am | 6:17 pm | 6:08 am | 5:45 pm | 6:42 am | 5:11 pm | 11:57 am (28.4°) | 91.447 |
| 21 | 7:12 am ↑ (120°) | 4:42 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:30:40 | < 1s | 5:37 am | 6:17 pm | 6:09 am | 5:45 pm | 6:42 am | 5:12 pm | 11:57 am (28.4°) | 91.442 |
| 22 | 7:12 am ↑ (120°) | 4:43 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:30:43 | +0:03 | 5:37 am | 6:18 pm | 6:09 am | 5:46 pm | 6:43 am | 5:13 pm | 11:58 am (28.4°) | 91.436 |
| 23 | 7:13 am ↑ (120°) | 4:43 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:30:50 | +0:06 | 5:38 am | 6:18 pm | 6:10 am | 5:46 pm | 6:43 am | 5:13 pm | 11:58 am (28.5°) | 91.432 |
| 24 | 7:13 am ↑ (120°) | 4:44 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:31:00 | +0:10 | 5:38 am | 6:19 pm | 6:10 am | 5:47 pm | 6:43 am | 5:14 pm | 11:59 am (28.5°) | 91.427 |
| 25 | 7:13 am ↑ (120°) | 4:45 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:31:15 | +0:14 | 5:39 am | 6:20 pm | 6:11 am | 5:47 pm | 6:44 am | 5:14 pm | 11:59 am (28.5°) | 91.424 |
| 26 | 7:14 am ↑ (119°) | 4:45 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:31:32 | +0:17 | 5:39 am | 6:20 pm | 6:11 am | 5:48 pm | 6:44 am | 5:15 pm | 12:00 pm (28.5°) | 91.420 |
| 27 | 7:14 am ↑ (119°) | 4:46 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:31:54 | +0:21 | 5:39 am | 6:21 pm | 6:11 am | 5:49 pm | 6:45 am | 5:16 pm | 12:00 pm (28.6°) | 91.417 |
| 28 | 7:14 am ↑ (119°) | 4:47 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:32:19 | +0:25 | 5:40 am | 6:21 pm | 6:12 am | 5:49 pm | 6:45 am | 5:16 pm | 12:01 pm (28.6°) | 91.414 |
| 29 | 7:15 am ↑ (119°) | 4:47 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:32:47 | +0:28 | 5:40 am | 6:22 pm | 6:12 am | 5:50 pm | 6:45 am | 5:17 pm | 12:01 pm (28.7°) | 91.412 |
| 30 | 7:15 am ↑ (119°) | 4:48 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:33:20 | +0:32 | 5:40 am | 6:23 pm | 6:12 am | 5:51 pm | 6:45 am | 5:18 pm | 12:01 pm (28.8°) | 91.410 |
| 31 | 7:15 am ↑ (119°) | 4:49 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:33:55 | +0:35 | 5:41 am | 6:24 pm | 6:13 am | 5:51 pm | 6:46 am | 5:18 pm | 12:02 pm (28.8°) | 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 3:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 19 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 5 or December 6.
Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?
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