Daylight
6:00 am – 7:40 pm
13 hours, 41 minutes
| Current Time: | May 6, 2024 at 3:57:02 pm |
|---|---|
| Sun Direction: | ↑ 260° West |
| Sun Altitude: | 45.1° |
| Sun Distance: | 93.796 million mi |
| Next Solstice: | Jun 20, 2024 3:50 pm (Summer) |
| Sunrise Today: | 6:00 am↑ 69° East |
| Sunset Today: | 7:40 pm↑ 291° Northwest |
2024 Sun Graph for Columbus
December 2024 — Sun in Columbus
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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 | 6:40 am ↑ (116°) | 4:45 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:05:19 | −0:57 | 5:12 am | 6:13 pm | 5:42 am | 5:43 pm | 6:13 am | 5:12 pm | 11:42 am (34.6°) | 91.654 |
| 2 | 6:41 am ↑ (116°) | 4:45 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:04:24 | −0:54 | 5:13 am | 6:13 pm | 5:43 am | 5:43 pm | 6:13 am | 5:12 pm | 11:43 am (34.4°) | 91.639 |
| 3 | 6:41 am ↑ (116°) | 4:45 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:03:32 | −0:51 | 5:13 am | 6:13 pm | 5:43 am | 5:43 pm | 6:14 am | 5:12 pm | 11:43 am (34.3°) | 91.625 |
| 4 | 6:42 am ↑ (117°) | 4:45 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:02:43 | −0:49 | 5:14 am | 6:13 pm | 5:44 am | 5:43 pm | 6:15 am | 5:12 pm | 11:44 am (34.2°) | 91.611 |
| 5 | 6:43 am ↑ (117°) | 4:45 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:01:56 | −0:46 | 5:15 am | 6:13 pm | 5:45 am | 5:43 pm | 6:16 am | 5:12 pm | 11:44 am (34.0°) | 91.597 |
| 6 | 6:44 am ↑ (117°) | 4:45 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:01:12 | −0:44 | 5:15 am | 6:13 pm | 5:46 am | 5:43 pm | 6:17 am | 5:12 pm | 11:45 am (33.9°) | 91.584 |
| 7 | 6:45 am ↑ (117°) | 4:45 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:00:31 | −0:41 | 5:16 am | 6:14 pm | 5:46 am | 5:43 pm | 6:17 am | 5:13 pm | 11:45 am (33.8°) | 91.571 |
| 8 | 6:45 am ↑ (117°) | 4:45 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:59:52 | −0:38 | 5:17 am | 6:14 pm | 5:47 am | 5:44 pm | 6:18 am | 5:13 pm | 11:45 am (33.7°) | 91.558 |
| 9 | 6:46 am ↑ (117°) | 4:45 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:59:16 | −0:35 | 5:18 am | 6:14 pm | 5:48 am | 5:44 pm | 6:19 am | 5:13 pm | 11:46 am (33.6°) | 91.546 |
| 10 | 6:47 am ↑ (117°) | 4:46 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:58:44 | −0:32 | 5:18 am | 6:14 pm | 5:48 am | 5:44 pm | 6:19 am | 5:13 pm | 11:46 am (33.5°) | 91.534 |
| 11 | 6:48 am ↑ (117°) | 4:46 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:58:13 | −0:30 | 5:19 am | 6:15 pm | 5:49 am | 5:44 pm | 6:20 am | 5:13 pm | 11:47 am (33.5°) | 91.523 |
| 12 | 6:48 am ↑ (117°) | 4:46 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:57:46 | −0:27 | 5:19 am | 6:15 pm | 5:50 am | 5:45 pm | 6:21 am | 5:14 pm | 11:47 am (33.4°) | 91.512 |
| 13 | 6:49 am ↑ (118°) | 4:46 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:57:22 | −0:24 | 5:20 am | 6:15 pm | 5:50 am | 5:45 pm | 6:21 am | 5:14 pm | 11:48 am (33.3°) | 91.502 |
| 14 | 6:50 am ↑ (118°) | 4:47 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:57:00 | −0:21 | 5:21 am | 6:16 pm | 5:51 am | 5:45 pm | 6:22 am | 5:14 pm | 11:48 am (33.3°) | 91.493 |
| 15 | 6:50 am ↑ (118°) | 4:47 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:56:42 | −0:18 | 5:21 am | 6:16 pm | 5:52 am | 5:46 pm | 6:23 am | 5:15 pm | 11:49 am (33.2°) | 91.484 |
| 16 | 6:51 am ↑ (118°) | 4:47 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:56:27 | −0:15 | 5:22 am | 6:16 pm | 5:52 am | 5:46 pm | 6:23 am | 5:15 pm | 11:49 am (33.2°) | 91.475 |
| 17 | 6:52 am ↑ (118°) | 4:48 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:56:14 | −0:12 | 5:23 am | 6:17 pm | 5:53 am | 5:46 pm | 6:24 am | 5:15 pm | 11:50 am (33.1°) | 91.467 |
| 18 | 6:52 am ↑ (118°) | 4:48 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:56:05 | −0:09 | 5:23 am | 6:17 pm | 5:53 am | 5:47 pm | 6:25 am | 5:16 pm | 11:50 am (33.1°) | 91.460 |
| 19 | 6:53 am ↑ (118°) | 4:49 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:55:58 | −0:06 | 5:24 am | 6:18 pm | 5:54 am | 5:47 pm | 6:25 am | 5:16 pm | 11:51 am (33.1°) | 91.453 |
| 20 | 6:53 am ↑ (118°) | 4:49 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:55:55 | −0:03 | 5:24 am | 6:18 pm | 5:54 am | 5:48 pm | 6:26 am | 5:17 pm | 11:51 am (33.1°) | 91.447 |
| 21 | 6:54 am ↑ (118°) | 4:50 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:55:54 | < 1s | 5:25 am | 6:19 pm | 5:55 am | 5:48 pm | 6:26 am | 5:17 pm | 11:52 am (33.1°) | 91.442 |
| 22 | 6:54 am ↑ (118°) | 4:50 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:55:57 | +0:02 | 5:25 am | 6:19 pm | 5:55 am | 5:49 pm | 6:27 am | 5:18 pm | 11:52 am (33.1°) | 91.436 |
| 23 | 6:55 am ↑ (118°) | 4:51 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:56:03 | +0:05 | 5:26 am | 6:20 pm | 5:56 am | 5:49 pm | 6:27 am | 5:18 pm | 11:53 am (33.1°) | 91.432 |
| 24 | 6:55 am ↑ (118°) | 4:51 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:56:11 | +0:08 | 5:26 am | 6:20 pm | 5:56 am | 5:50 pm | 6:27 am | 5:19 pm | 11:53 am (33.1°) | 91.427 |
| 25 | 6:55 am ↑ (118°) | 4:52 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:56:23 | +0:11 | 5:26 am | 6:21 pm | 5:57 am | 5:50 pm | 6:28 am | 5:19 pm | 11:54 am (33.2°) | 91.424 |
| 26 | 6:56 am ↑ (118°) | 4:52 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:56:38 | +0:14 | 5:27 am | 6:21 pm | 5:57 am | 5:51 pm | 6:28 am | 5:20 pm | 11:54 am (33.2°) | 91.420 |
| 27 | 6:56 am ↑ (118°) | 4:53 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:56:55 | +0:17 | 5:27 am | 6:22 pm | 5:58 am | 5:52 pm | 6:29 am | 5:21 pm | 11:55 am (33.2°) | 91.417 |
| 28 | 6:56 am ↑ (118°) | 4:54 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:57:16 | +0:20 | 5:28 am | 6:23 pm | 5:58 am | 5:52 pm | 6:29 am | 5:21 pm | 11:55 am (33.3°) | 91.415 |
| 29 | 6:57 am ↑ (118°) | 4:54 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:57:40 | +0:23 | 5:28 am | 6:23 pm | 5:58 am | 5:53 pm | 6:29 am | 5:22 pm | 11:56 am (33.4°) | 91.412 |
| 30 | 6:57 am ↑ (117°) | 4:55 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:58:06 | +0:26 | 5:28 am | 6:24 pm | 5:59 am | 5:54 pm | 6:30 am | 5:23 pm | 11:56 am (33.4°) | 91.410 |
| 31 | 6:57 am ↑ (117°) | 4:56 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:58:36 | +0:29 | 5:29 am | 6:25 pm | 5:59 am | 5:54 pm | 6:30 am | 5:23 pm | 11:57 am (33.5°) | 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 4 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 3 or December 4.
Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?
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