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Columbus, Missouri, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

7:03 am – 7:36 pm
12 hours, 33 minutes

Current Time: Mar 29, 2024 at 2:20:26 am
Sun Direction: 22° Northeast
Sun Altitude: -45.3°
Sun Distance: 92.813 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2024 3:50 pm (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 7:03 am 85° East
Sunset Today: 7:36 pm 276° West
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2024 Sun Graph for Columbus

December 2024 — Sun in Columbus

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
17:15 am (118°)4:53 pm (242°)9:38:15−1:105:40 am6:28 pm6:13 am5:56 pm6:46 am5:23 pm12:04 pm (29.2°)91.654
27:16 am (118°)4:53 pm (242°)9:37:08−1:075:41 am6:28 pm6:13 am5:56 pm6:47 am5:23 pm12:05 pm (29.1°)91.639
37:17 am (118°)4:53 pm (242°)9:36:03−1:045:42 am6:28 pm6:14 am5:56 pm6:47 am5:23 pm12:05 pm (28.9°)91.625
47:18 am (118°)4:53 pm (241°)9:35:02−1:015:43 am6:28 pm6:15 am5:56 pm6:48 am5:23 pm12:06 pm (28.8°)91.611
57:19 am (119°)4:53 pm (241°)9:34:04−0:585:44 am6:28 pm6:16 am5:56 pm6:49 am5:23 pm12:06 pm (28.7°)91.597
67:20 am (119°)4:53 pm (241°)9:33:09−0:545:45 am6:28 pm6:17 am5:56 pm6:50 am5:23 pm12:06 pm (28.6°)91.584
77:21 am (119°)4:53 pm (241°)9:32:18−0:515:45 am6:28 pm6:18 am5:56 pm6:51 am5:23 pm12:07 pm (28.5°)91.571
87:21 am (119°)4:53 pm (241°)9:31:30−0:475:46 am6:28 pm6:18 am5:56 pm6:52 am5:23 pm12:07 pm (28.4°)91.558
97:22 am (119°)4:53 pm (241°)9:30:45−0:445:47 am6:28 pm6:19 am5:56 pm6:52 am5:23 pm12:08 pm (28.3°)91.546
107:23 am (119°)4:53 pm (241°)9:30:04−0:405:48 am6:29 pm6:20 am5:56 pm6:53 am5:23 pm12:08 pm (28.2°)91.534
117:24 am (119°)4:53 pm (241°)9:29:27−0:375:48 am6:29 pm6:21 am5:57 pm6:54 am5:23 pm12:09 pm (28.1°)91.523
127:25 am (120°)4:53 pm (240°)9:28:53−0:335:49 am6:29 pm6:21 am5:57 pm6:55 am5:23 pm12:09 pm (28.0°)91.512
137:25 am (120°)4:54 pm (240°)9:28:23−0:305:50 am6:29 pm6:22 am5:57 pm6:55 am5:24 pm12:10 pm (28.0°)91.502
147:26 am (120°)4:54 pm (240°)9:27:56−0:265:50 am6:30 pm6:23 am5:57 pm6:56 am5:24 pm12:10 pm (27.9°)91.492
157:27 am (120°)4:54 pm (240°)9:27:33−0:225:51 am6:30 pm6:23 am5:58 pm6:57 am5:24 pm12:11 pm (27.9°)91.483
167:27 am (120°)4:55 pm (240°)9:27:14−0:195:52 am6:30 pm6:24 am5:58 pm6:57 am5:25 pm12:11 pm (27.8°)91.475
177:28 am (120°)4:55 pm (240°)9:26:59−0:155:52 am6:31 pm6:25 am5:58 pm6:58 am5:25 pm12:12 pm (27.8°)91.467
187:29 am (120°)4:55 pm (240°)9:26:47−0:115:53 am6:31 pm6:25 am5:59 pm6:59 am5:25 pm12:12 pm (27.8°)91.460
197:29 am (120°)4:56 pm (240°)9:26:39−0:085:53 am6:32 pm6:26 am5:59 pm6:59 am5:26 pm12:12 pm (27.7°)91.453
207:30 am (120°)4:56 pm (240°)9:26:35−0:045:54 am6:32 pm6:26 am6:00 pm7:00 am5:26 pm12:13 pm (27.7°)91.447
217:30 am (120°)4:57 pm (240°)9:26:34< 1s5:54 am6:33 pm6:27 am6:00 pm7:00 am5:27 pm12:13 pm (27.7°)91.441
227:31 am (120°)4:57 pm (240°)9:26:38+0:035:55 am6:33 pm6:27 am6:01 pm7:01 am5:27 pm12:14 pm (27.7°)91.436
237:31 am (120°)4:58 pm (240°)9:26:45+0:075:55 am6:34 pm6:28 am6:01 pm7:01 am5:28 pm12:14 pm (27.8°)91.432
247:32 am (120°)4:58 pm (240°)9:26:55+0:105:56 am6:34 pm6:28 am6:02 pm7:02 am5:28 pm12:15 pm (27.8°)91.427
257:32 am (120°)4:59 pm (240°)9:27:10+0:145:56 am6:35 pm6:29 am6:02 pm7:02 am5:29 pm12:15 pm (27.8°)91.424
267:32 am (120°)5:00 pm (240°)9:27:28+0:185:56 am6:36 pm6:29 am6:03 pm7:02 am5:30 pm12:16 pm (27.8°)91.420
277:33 am (120°)5:00 pm (240°)9:27:50+0:225:57 am6:36 pm6:29 am6:04 pm7:03 am5:30 pm12:16 pm (27.9°)91.417
287:33 am (120°)5:01 pm (240°)9:28:16+0:255:57 am6:37 pm6:30 am6:04 pm7:03 am5:31 pm12:17 pm (27.9°)91.414
297:33 am (120°)5:02 pm (240°)9:28:46+0:295:57 am6:38 pm6:30 am6:05 pm7:03 am5:32 pm12:17 pm (28.0°)91.412
307:33 am (119°)5:03 pm (241°)9:29:19+0:335:58 am6:38 pm6:30 am6:06 pm7:03 am5:32 pm12:18 pm (28.1°)91.410
317:33 am (119°)5:03 pm (241°)9:29:56+0:365:58 am6:39 pm6:30 am6:07 pm7:04 am5:33 pm12:18 pm (28.2°)91.409
* All times are local time for Columbus. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Columbus is at 3:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 27 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 6 or December 7.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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