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Mount Vernon, Illinois, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

5:34 am – 8:11 pm
14 hours, 37 minutes

Current Time: May 29, 2024 at 12:17:56 am
Sun Direction: 351° North
Sun Altitude: -29.4°
Sun Distance: 94.217 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2024 3:50 pm (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 5:34 am 61° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:11 pm 299° Northwest
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2024 Sun Graph for Mount Vernon

December 2024 — Sun in Mount Vernon

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
16:54 am (118°)4:35 pm (242°)9:41:12−1:095:20 am6:09 pm5:52 am5:37 pm6:24 am5:04 pm11:44 am (29.8°)91.654
26:55 am (118°)4:35 pm (242°)9:40:06−1:065:21 am6:09 pm5:53 am5:37 pm6:25 am5:04 pm11:45 am (29.6°)91.639
36:56 am (118°)4:35 pm (242°)9:39:02−1:035:21 am6:09 pm5:53 am5:37 pm6:26 am5:04 pm11:45 am (29.5°)91.625
46:56 am (118°)4:35 pm (242°)9:38:02−1:005:22 am6:09 pm5:54 am5:37 pm6:27 am5:04 pm11:46 am (29.3°)91.611
56:57 am (118°)4:34 pm (242°)9:37:05−0:565:23 am6:09 pm5:55 am5:37 pm6:28 am5:04 pm11:46 am (29.2°)91.597
66:58 am (119°)4:34 pm (241°)9:36:12−0:535:24 am6:09 pm5:56 am5:37 pm6:29 am5:04 pm11:46 am (29.1°)91.584
76:59 am (119°)4:34 pm (241°)9:35:22−0:505:25 am6:09 pm5:57 am5:37 pm6:30 am5:04 pm11:47 am (29.0°)91.571
87:00 am (119°)4:35 pm (241°)9:34:35−0:465:25 am6:09 pm5:57 am5:37 pm6:30 am5:04 pm11:47 am (28.9°)91.558
97:01 am (119°)4:35 pm (241°)9:33:51−0:435:26 am6:09 pm5:58 am5:37 pm6:31 am5:04 pm11:48 am (28.8°)91.546
107:02 am (119°)4:35 pm (241°)9:33:11−0:405:27 am6:09 pm5:59 am5:37 pm6:32 am5:04 pm11:48 am (28.7°)91.534
117:02 am (119°)4:35 pm (241°)9:32:34−0:365:28 am6:10 pm6:00 am5:38 pm6:33 am5:04 pm11:49 am (28.6°)91.523
127:03 am (119°)4:35 pm (241°)9:32:01−0:335:28 am6:10 pm6:00 am5:38 pm6:33 am5:05 pm11:49 am (28.6°)91.512
137:04 am (119°)4:35 pm (241°)9:31:32−0:295:29 am6:10 pm6:01 am5:38 pm6:34 am5:05 pm11:50 am (28.5°)91.502
147:05 am (119°)4:36 pm (241°)9:31:06−0:265:30 am6:11 pm6:02 am5:38 pm6:35 am5:05 pm11:50 am (28.4°)91.493
157:05 am (120°)4:36 pm (240°)9:30:43−0:225:30 am6:11 pm6:02 am5:39 pm6:36 am5:06 pm11:51 am (28.4°)91.484
167:06 am (120°)4:36 pm (240°)9:30:24−0:185:31 am6:11 pm6:03 am5:39 pm6:36 am5:06 pm11:51 am (28.4°)91.475
177:06 am (120°)4:37 pm (240°)9:30:09−0:155:31 am6:12 pm6:04 am5:39 pm6:37 am5:06 pm11:52 am (28.3°)91.467
187:07 am (120°)4:37 pm (240°)9:29:57−0:115:32 am6:12 pm6:04 am5:40 pm6:37 am5:07 pm11:52 am (28.3°)91.460
197:08 am (120°)4:37 pm (240°)9:29:50−0:075:32 am6:13 pm6:05 am5:40 pm6:38 am5:07 pm11:53 am (28.3°)91.453
207:08 am (120°)4:38 pm (240°)9:29:45−0:045:33 am6:13 pm6:05 am5:41 pm6:38 am5:08 pm11:53 am (28.3°)91.447
217:09 am (120°)4:38 pm (240°)9:29:45< 1s5:34 am6:14 pm6:06 am5:41 pm6:39 am5:08 pm11:54 am (28.3°)91.442
227:09 am (120°)4:39 pm (240°)9:29:48+0:035:34 am6:14 pm6:06 am5:42 pm6:39 am5:09 pm11:54 am (28.3°)91.436
237:10 am (120°)4:39 pm (240°)9:29:55+0:065:34 am6:15 pm6:07 am5:42 pm6:40 am5:09 pm11:55 am (28.3°)91.432
247:10 am (120°)4:40 pm (240°)9:30:05+0:105:35 am6:15 pm6:07 am5:43 pm6:40 am5:10 pm11:55 am (28.3°)91.427
257:10 am (120°)4:41 pm (240°)9:30:20+0:145:35 am6:16 pm6:08 am5:44 pm6:41 am5:10 pm11:56 am (28.3°)91.424
267:11 am (120°)4:41 pm (240°)9:30:38+0:175:36 am6:16 pm6:08 am5:44 pm6:41 am5:11 pm11:56 am (28.4°)91.420
277:11 am (120°)4:42 pm (241°)9:30:59+0:215:36 am6:17 pm6:08 am5:45 pm6:41 am5:12 pm11:56 am (28.4°)91.417
287:11 am (119°)4:43 pm (241°)9:31:24+0:255:36 am6:18 pm6:09 am5:46 pm6:42 am5:12 pm11:57 am (28.5°)91.415
297:12 am (119°)4:43 pm (241°)9:31:53+0:285:37 am6:18 pm6:09 am5:46 pm6:42 am5:13 pm11:57 am (28.5°)91.412
307:12 am (119°)4:44 pm (241°)9:32:25+0:325:37 am6:19 pm6:09 am5:47 pm6:42 am5:14 pm11:58 am (28.6°)91.410
317:12 am (119°)4:45 pm (241°)9:33:01+0:355:37 am6:20 pm6:09 am5:48 pm6:42 am5:15 pm11:58 am (28.7°)91.409
* All times are local time for Mount Vernon. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Mount Vernon is at 3:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 20 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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