Daylight
5:36 am – 7:42 pm
14 hours, 6 minutes
| Current Time: | May 16, 2024 at 8:34:00 pm |
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| Sun Direction: | ↑ 303° Northwest |
| Sun Altitude: | -10.0° |
| Sun Distance: | 94.005 million mi |
| Next Solstice: | Jun 20, 2024 3:50 pm (Summer) |
| Sunrise Today: | 5:36 am↑ 65° East |
| Sunset Today: | 7:42 pm↑ 295° Northwest |
2024 Sun Graph for Cambridge
December 2024 — Sun in Cambridge
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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 | 6:34 am ↑ (117°) | 4:29 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:54:14 | −1:02 | 5:04 am | 5:59 pm | 5:35 am | 5:28 pm | 6:06 am | 4:57 pm | 11:32 am (32.3°) | 91.654 |
| 2 | 6:35 am ↑ (117°) | 4:28 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:53:14 | −0:59 | 5:05 am | 5:59 pm | 5:35 am | 5:28 pm | 6:07 am | 4:57 pm | 11:32 am (32.1°) | 91.639 |
| 3 | 6:36 am ↑ (117°) | 4:28 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:52:17 | −0:57 | 5:05 am | 5:59 pm | 5:36 am | 5:28 pm | 6:08 am | 4:57 pm | 11:32 am (32.0°) | 91.625 |
| 4 | 6:37 am ↑ (117°) | 4:28 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:51:23 | −0:54 | 5:06 am | 5:59 pm | 5:37 am | 5:28 pm | 6:09 am | 4:57 pm | 11:33 am (31.9°) | 91.611 |
| 5 | 6:38 am ↑ (117°) | 4:28 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:50:31 | −0:51 | 5:07 am | 5:59 pm | 5:38 am | 5:28 pm | 6:10 am | 4:57 pm | 11:33 am (31.7°) | 91.597 |
| 6 | 6:39 am ↑ (118°) | 4:28 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:49:43 | −0:48 | 5:08 am | 5:59 pm | 5:39 am | 5:28 pm | 6:10 am | 4:57 pm | 11:34 am (31.6°) | 91.584 |
| 7 | 6:39 am ↑ (118°) | 4:28 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:48:58 | −0:45 | 5:08 am | 6:00 pm | 5:39 am | 5:29 pm | 6:11 am | 4:57 pm | 11:34 am (31.5°) | 91.571 |
| 8 | 6:40 am ↑ (118°) | 4:29 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:48:15 | −0:42 | 5:09 am | 6:00 pm | 5:40 am | 5:29 pm | 6:12 am | 4:57 pm | 11:34 am (31.4°) | 91.558 |
| 9 | 6:41 am ↑ (118°) | 4:29 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:47:36 | −0:39 | 5:10 am | 6:00 pm | 5:41 am | 5:29 pm | 6:13 am | 4:57 pm | 11:35 am (31.3°) | 91.546 |
| 10 | 6:42 am ↑ (118°) | 4:29 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:46:59 | −0:36 | 5:10 am | 6:00 pm | 5:42 am | 5:29 pm | 6:13 am | 4:57 pm | 11:35 am (31.2°) | 91.534 |
| 11 | 6:43 am ↑ (118°) | 4:29 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:46:26 | −0:33 | 5:11 am | 6:00 pm | 5:42 am | 5:29 pm | 6:14 am | 4:57 pm | 11:36 am (31.2°) | 91.523 |
| 12 | 6:43 am ↑ (118°) | 4:29 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:45:56 | −0:29 | 5:12 am | 6:01 pm | 5:43 am | 5:30 pm | 6:15 am | 4:58 pm | 11:36 am (31.1°) | 91.512 |
| 13 | 6:44 am ↑ (118°) | 4:29 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:45:30 | −0:26 | 5:12 am | 6:01 pm | 5:44 am | 5:30 pm | 6:16 am | 4:58 pm | 11:37 am (31.0°) | 91.502 |
| 14 | 6:45 am ↑ (118°) | 4:30 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:45:06 | −0:23 | 5:13 am | 6:01 pm | 5:44 am | 5:30 pm | 6:16 am | 4:58 pm | 11:37 am (31.0°) | 91.493 |
| 15 | 6:45 am ↑ (119°) | 4:30 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:44:46 | −0:20 | 5:14 am | 6:02 pm | 5:45 am | 5:31 pm | 6:17 am | 4:59 pm | 11:38 am (30.9°) | 91.484 |
| 16 | 6:46 am ↑ (119°) | 4:30 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:44:29 | −0:17 | 5:14 am | 6:02 pm | 5:45 am | 5:31 pm | 6:17 am | 4:59 pm | 11:38 am (30.9°) | 91.475 |
| 17 | 6:47 am ↑ (119°) | 4:31 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:44:15 | −0:13 | 5:15 am | 6:03 pm | 5:46 am | 5:31 pm | 6:18 am | 4:59 pm | 11:39 am (30.8°) | 91.467 |
| 18 | 6:47 am ↑ (119°) | 4:31 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:44:05 | −0:10 | 5:15 am | 6:03 pm | 5:47 am | 5:32 pm | 6:19 am | 5:00 pm | 11:39 am (30.8°) | 91.460 |
| 19 | 6:48 am ↑ (119°) | 4:32 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:43:58 | −0:07 | 5:16 am | 6:03 pm | 5:47 am | 5:32 pm | 6:19 am | 5:00 pm | 11:40 am (30.8°) | 91.453 |
| 20 | 6:48 am ↑ (119°) | 4:32 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:43:54 | −0:03 | 5:17 am | 6:04 pm | 5:48 am | 5:33 pm | 6:20 am | 5:01 pm | 11:40 am (30.8°) | 91.447 |
| 21 | 6:49 am ↑ (119°) | 4:33 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:43:53 | < 1s | 5:17 am | 6:04 pm | 5:48 am | 5:33 pm | 6:20 am | 5:01 pm | 11:41 am (30.8°) | 91.442 |
| 22 | 6:49 am ↑ (119°) | 4:33 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:43:56 | +0:02 | 5:17 am | 6:05 pm | 5:49 am | 5:34 pm | 6:21 am | 5:02 pm | 11:41 am (30.8°) | 91.436 |
| 23 | 6:50 am ↑ (119°) | 4:34 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:44:02 | +0:06 | 5:18 am | 6:05 pm | 5:49 am | 5:34 pm | 6:21 am | 5:02 pm | 11:42 am (30.8°) | 91.432 |
| 24 | 6:50 am ↑ (119°) | 4:34 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:44:12 | +0:09 | 5:18 am | 6:06 pm | 5:50 am | 5:35 pm | 6:22 am | 5:03 pm | 11:42 am (30.8°) | 91.427 |
| 25 | 6:50 am ↑ (119°) | 4:35 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:44:25 | +0:12 | 5:19 am | 6:07 pm | 5:50 am | 5:35 pm | 6:22 am | 5:03 pm | 11:43 am (30.9°) | 91.424 |
| 26 | 6:51 am ↑ (119°) | 4:36 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:44:41 | +0:16 | 5:19 am | 6:07 pm | 5:50 am | 5:36 pm | 6:22 am | 5:04 pm | 11:43 am (30.9°) | 91.420 |
| 27 | 6:51 am ↑ (118°) | 4:36 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:45:00 | +0:19 | 5:20 am | 6:08 pm | 5:51 am | 5:37 pm | 6:23 am | 5:05 pm | 11:44 am (31.0°) | 91.417 |
| 28 | 6:52 am ↑ (118°) | 4:37 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:45:23 | +0:22 | 5:20 am | 6:08 pm | 5:51 am | 5:37 pm | 6:23 am | 5:05 pm | 11:44 am (31.0°) | 91.415 |
| 29 | 6:52 am ↑ (118°) | 4:38 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:45:49 | +0:25 | 5:20 am | 6:09 pm | 5:51 am | 5:38 pm | 6:23 am | 5:06 pm | 11:45 am (31.1°) | 91.412 |
| 30 | 6:52 am ↑ (118°) | 4:38 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:46:18 | +0:29 | 5:21 am | 6:10 pm | 5:52 am | 5:39 pm | 6:24 am | 5:07 pm | 11:45 am (31.1°) | 91.410 |
| 31 | 6:52 am ↑ (118°) | 4:39 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:46:50 | +0:32 | 5:21 am | 6:10 pm | 5:52 am | 5:39 pm | 6:24 am | 5:07 pm | 11:46 am (31.2°) | 91.409 |
| * All times are local time for Cambridge. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||||||||
The December solstice (winter solstice) in Cambridge is at 3:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 51 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 4 or December 5.
Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?
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