Daylight
6:04 am – 7:38 pm
13 hours, 34 minutes
| Current Time: | May 4, 2024 at 8:47:37 pm |
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| Sun Direction: | ↑ 300° Northwest |
| Sun Altitude: | -14.0° |
| Sun Distance: | 93.755 million mi |
| Next Solstice: | Jun 20, 2024 3:50 pm (Summer) |
| Sunrise Today: | 6:04 am↑ 70° East |
| Sunset Today: | 7:38 pm↑ 290° 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 | 6:38 am ↑ (116°) | 4:49 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:10:19 | −0:54 | 5:11 am | 6:15 pm | 5:41 am | 5:46 pm | 6:12 am | 5:15 pm | 11:44 am (35.7°) | 91.654 |
| 2 | 6:39 am ↑ (116°) | 4:49 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:09:27 | −0:52 | 5:12 am | 6:16 pm | 5:42 am | 5:46 pm | 6:12 am | 5:15 pm | 11:44 am (35.5°) | 91.639 |
| 3 | 6:40 am ↑ (116°) | 4:49 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:08:37 | −0:49 | 5:13 am | 6:16 pm | 5:43 am | 5:46 pm | 6:13 am | 5:15 pm | 11:44 am (35.4°) | 91.625 |
| 4 | 6:41 am ↑ (116°) | 4:49 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:07:50 | −0:47 | 5:14 am | 6:16 pm | 5:43 am | 5:46 pm | 6:14 am | 5:16 pm | 11:45 am (35.2°) | 91.611 |
| 5 | 6:42 am ↑ (116°) | 4:49 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:07:06 | −0:44 | 5:14 am | 6:16 pm | 5:44 am | 5:46 pm | 6:15 am | 5:16 pm | 11:45 am (35.1°) | 91.597 |
| 6 | 6:42 am ↑ (116°) | 4:49 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:06:23 | −0:42 | 5:15 am | 6:16 pm | 5:45 am | 5:46 pm | 6:15 am | 5:16 pm | 11:46 am (35.0°) | 91.584 |
| 7 | 6:43 am ↑ (117°) | 4:49 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:05:44 | −0:39 | 5:16 am | 6:16 pm | 5:46 am | 5:46 pm | 6:16 am | 5:16 pm | 11:46 am (34.9°) | 91.571 |
| 8 | 6:44 am ↑ (117°) | 4:49 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:05:07 | −0:36 | 5:16 am | 6:16 pm | 5:46 am | 5:47 pm | 6:17 am | 5:16 pm | 11:46 am (34.8°) | 91.558 |
| 9 | 6:45 am ↑ (117°) | 4:49 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:04:33 | −0:34 | 5:17 am | 6:17 pm | 5:47 am | 5:47 pm | 6:18 am | 5:16 pm | 11:47 am (34.7°) | 91.546 |
| 10 | 6:45 am ↑ (117°) | 4:49 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:04:01 | −0:31 | 5:18 am | 6:17 pm | 5:48 am | 5:47 pm | 6:18 am | 5:16 pm | 11:47 am (34.6°) | 91.534 |
| 11 | 6:46 am ↑ (117°) | 4:50 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:03:32 | −0:28 | 5:18 am | 6:17 pm | 5:48 am | 5:47 pm | 6:19 am | 5:17 pm | 11:48 am (34.5°) | 91.523 |
| 12 | 6:47 am ↑ (117°) | 4:50 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:03:06 | −0:26 | 5:19 am | 6:18 pm | 5:49 am | 5:48 pm | 6:20 am | 5:17 pm | 11:48 am (34.5°) | 91.512 |
| 13 | 6:47 am ↑ (117°) | 4:50 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:02:43 | −0:23 | 5:20 am | 6:18 pm | 5:50 am | 5:48 pm | 6:20 am | 5:17 pm | 11:49 am (34.4°) | 91.502 |
| 14 | 6:48 am ↑ (117°) | 4:50 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:02:23 | −0:20 | 5:20 am | 6:18 pm | 5:50 am | 5:48 pm | 6:21 am | 5:18 pm | 11:49 am (34.3°) | 91.493 |
| 15 | 6:49 am ↑ (117°) | 4:51 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:02:05 | −0:17 | 5:21 am | 6:19 pm | 5:51 am | 5:49 pm | 6:22 am | 5:18 pm | 11:50 am (34.3°) | 91.484 |
| 16 | 6:49 am ↑ (117°) | 4:51 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:01:50 | −0:14 | 5:21 am | 6:19 pm | 5:51 am | 5:49 pm | 6:22 am | 5:18 pm | 11:50 am (34.3°) | 91.475 |
| 17 | 6:50 am ↑ (117°) | 4:52 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:01:38 | −0:11 | 5:22 am | 6:19 pm | 5:52 am | 5:49 pm | 6:23 am | 5:19 pm | 11:51 am (34.2°) | 91.467 |
| 18 | 6:50 am ↑ (117°) | 4:52 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:01:29 | −0:09 | 5:23 am | 6:20 pm | 5:53 am | 5:50 pm | 6:23 am | 5:19 pm | 11:51 am (34.2°) | 91.460 |
| 19 | 6:51 am ↑ (117°) | 4:52 pm ↑ (242°) | 10:01:23 | −0:06 | 5:23 am | 6:20 pm | 5:53 am | 5:50 pm | 6:24 am | 5:20 pm | 11:52 am (34.2°) | 91.453 |
| 20 | 6:52 am ↑ (118°) | 4:53 pm ↑ (242°) | 10:01:20 | −0:03 | 5:24 am | 6:21 pm | 5:54 am | 5:51 pm | 6:24 am | 5:20 pm | 11:52 am (34.2°) | 91.447 |
| 21 | 6:52 am ↑ (118°) | 4:53 pm ↑ (242°) | 10:01:19 | < 1s | 5:24 am | 6:21 pm | 5:54 am | 5:51 pm | 6:25 am | 5:21 pm | 11:53 am (34.2°) | 91.442 |
| 22 | 6:53 am ↑ (118°) | 4:54 pm ↑ (242°) | 10:01:22 | +0:02 | 5:25 am | 6:22 pm | 5:55 am | 5:52 pm | 6:25 am | 5:21 pm | 11:53 am (34.2°) | 91.436 |
| 23 | 6:53 am ↑ (117°) | 4:54 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:01:27 | +0:05 | 5:25 am | 6:22 pm | 5:55 am | 5:52 pm | 6:26 am | 5:22 pm | 11:54 am (34.2°) | 91.432 |
| 24 | 6:53 am ↑ (117°) | 4:55 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:01:36 | +0:08 | 5:26 am | 6:23 pm | 5:56 am | 5:53 pm | 6:26 am | 5:22 pm | 11:54 am (34.2°) | 91.427 |
| 25 | 6:54 am ↑ (117°) | 4:56 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:01:47 | +0:11 | 5:26 am | 6:23 pm | 5:56 am | 5:53 pm | 6:27 am | 5:23 pm | 11:55 am (34.2°) | 91.424 |
| 26 | 6:54 am ↑ (117°) | 4:56 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:02:01 | +0:14 | 5:26 am | 6:24 pm | 5:56 am | 5:54 pm | 6:27 am | 5:23 pm | 11:55 am (34.3°) | 91.420 |
| 27 | 6:55 am ↑ (117°) | 4:57 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:02:18 | +0:16 | 5:27 am | 6:25 pm | 5:57 am | 5:55 pm | 6:27 am | 5:24 pm | 11:56 am (34.3°) | 91.417 |
| 28 | 6:55 am ↑ (117°) | 4:58 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:02:38 | +0:19 | 5:27 am | 6:25 pm | 5:57 am | 5:55 pm | 6:28 am | 5:25 pm | 11:56 am (34.4°) | 91.415 |
| 29 | 6:55 am ↑ (117°) | 4:58 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:03:00 | +0:22 | 5:28 am | 6:26 pm | 5:57 am | 5:56 pm | 6:28 am | 5:25 pm | 11:57 am (34.4°) | 91.412 |
| 30 | 6:55 am ↑ (117°) | 4:59 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:03:26 | +0:25 | 5:28 am | 6:27 pm | 5:58 am | 5:57 pm | 6:28 am | 5:26 pm | 11:57 am (34.5°) | 91.410 |
| 31 | 6:56 am ↑ (117°) | 5:00 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:03:54 | +0:28 | 5:28 am | 6:27 pm | 5:58 am | 5:57 pm | 6:29 am | 5:27 pm | 11:58 am (34.6°) | 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 4 hours, 16 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 2 or December 3.
Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?
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