Daylight
6:24 am – 8:27 pm
14 hours, 3 minutes
| Current Time: | May 28, 2024 at 1:24:30 pm |
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| Sun Direction: | ↑ 178° South |
| Sun Altitude: | 79.8° |
| Sun Distance: | 94.210 million mi |
| Next Solstice: | Jun 20, 2024 3:50 pm (Summer) |
| Sunrise Today: | 6:24 am↑ 64° Northeast |
| Sunset Today: | 8:27 pm↑ 296° Northwest |
2024 Sun Graph for West
December 2024 — Sun in West
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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 | 7:11 am ↑ (115°) | 5:24 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:13:04 | −0:53 | 5:44 am | 6:50 pm | 6:14 am | 6:20 pm | 6:44 am | 5:50 pm | 12:17 pm (36.3°) | 91.654 |
| 2 | 7:11 am ↑ (116°) | 5:24 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:12:13 | −0:50 | 5:45 am | 6:50 pm | 6:15 am | 6:20 pm | 6:45 am | 5:50 pm | 12:18 pm (36.1°) | 91.639 |
| 3 | 7:12 am ↑ (116°) | 5:24 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:11:25 | −0:48 | 5:46 am | 6:50 pm | 6:15 am | 6:20 pm | 6:46 am | 5:50 pm | 12:18 pm (36.0°) | 91.625 |
| 4 | 7:13 am ↑ (116°) | 5:24 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:10:39 | −0:45 | 5:46 am | 6:50 pm | 6:16 am | 6:21 pm | 6:46 am | 5:50 pm | 12:18 pm (35.8°) | 91.611 |
| 5 | 7:14 am ↑ (116°) | 5:24 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:09:55 | −0:43 | 5:47 am | 6:50 pm | 6:17 am | 6:21 pm | 6:47 am | 5:50 pm | 12:19 pm (35.7°) | 91.597 |
| 6 | 7:15 am ↑ (116°) | 5:24 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:09:14 | −0:41 | 5:48 am | 6:50 pm | 6:17 am | 6:21 pm | 6:48 am | 5:50 pm | 12:19 pm (35.6°) | 91.584 |
| 7 | 7:15 am ↑ (116°) | 5:24 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:08:36 | −0:38 | 5:49 am | 6:51 pm | 6:18 am | 6:21 pm | 6:48 am | 5:51 pm | 12:20 pm (35.5°) | 91.570 |
| 8 | 7:16 am ↑ (117°) | 5:24 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:08:00 | −0:35 | 5:49 am | 6:51 pm | 6:19 am | 6:21 pm | 6:49 am | 5:51 pm | 12:20 pm (35.4°) | 91.558 |
| 9 | 7:17 am ↑ (117°) | 5:24 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:07:27 | −0:33 | 5:50 am | 6:51 pm | 6:20 am | 6:21 pm | 6:50 am | 5:51 pm | 12:21 pm (35.3°) | 91.546 |
| 10 | 7:17 am ↑ (117°) | 5:24 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:06:56 | −0:30 | 5:51 am | 6:51 pm | 6:20 am | 6:22 pm | 6:51 am | 5:51 pm | 12:21 pm (35.2°) | 91.534 |
| 11 | 7:18 am ↑ (117°) | 5:25 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:06:28 | −0:27 | 5:51 am | 6:52 pm | 6:21 am | 6:22 pm | 6:51 am | 5:51 pm | 12:21 pm (35.1°) | 91.523 |
| 12 | 7:19 am ↑ (117°) | 5:25 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:06:03 | −0:25 | 5:52 am | 6:52 pm | 6:22 am | 6:22 pm | 6:52 am | 5:52 pm | 12:22 pm (35.1°) | 91.512 |
| 13 | 7:20 am ↑ (117°) | 5:25 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:05:40 | −0:22 | 5:52 am | 6:52 pm | 6:22 am | 6:23 pm | 6:53 am | 5:52 pm | 12:22 pm (35.0°) | 91.502 |
| 14 | 7:20 am ↑ (117°) | 5:25 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:05:20 | −0:19 | 5:53 am | 6:53 pm | 6:23 am | 6:23 pm | 6:53 am | 5:52 pm | 12:23 pm (35.0°) | 91.492 |
| 15 | 7:21 am ↑ (117°) | 5:26 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:05:03 | −0:17 | 5:54 am | 6:53 pm | 6:23 am | 6:23 pm | 6:54 am | 5:53 pm | 12:23 pm (34.9°) | 91.483 |
| 16 | 7:21 am ↑ (117°) | 5:26 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:04:49 | −0:14 | 5:54 am | 6:53 pm | 6:24 am | 6:24 pm | 6:54 am | 5:53 pm | 12:24 pm (34.9°) | 91.475 |
| 17 | 7:22 am ↑ (117°) | 5:27 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:04:37 | −0:11 | 5:55 am | 6:54 pm | 6:25 am | 6:24 pm | 6:55 am | 5:54 pm | 12:24 pm (34.8°) | 91.467 |
| 18 | 7:23 am ↑ (117°) | 5:27 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:04:28 | −0:08 | 5:55 am | 6:54 pm | 6:25 am | 6:24 pm | 6:56 am | 5:54 pm | 12:25 pm (34.8°) | 91.460 |
| 19 | 7:23 am ↑ (117°) | 5:27 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:04:22 | −0:05 | 5:56 am | 6:55 pm | 6:26 am | 6:25 pm | 6:56 am | 5:54 pm | 12:25 pm (34.8°) | 91.453 |
| 20 | 7:24 am ↑ (117°) | 5:28 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:04:19 | −0:03 | 5:56 am | 6:55 pm | 6:26 am | 6:25 pm | 6:57 am | 5:55 pm | 12:26 pm (34.8°) | 91.447 |
| 21 | 7:24 am ↑ (117°) | 5:28 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:04:19 | < 1s | 5:57 am | 6:56 pm | 6:27 am | 6:26 pm | 6:57 am | 5:55 pm | 12:26 pm (34.8°) | 91.441 |
| 22 | 7:25 am ↑ (117°) | 5:29 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:04:21 | +0:02 | 5:57 am | 6:56 pm | 6:27 am | 6:26 pm | 6:58 am | 5:56 pm | 12:27 pm (34.8°) | 91.436 |
| 23 | 7:25 am ↑ (117°) | 5:30 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:04:27 | +0:05 | 5:58 am | 6:57 pm | 6:28 am | 6:27 pm | 6:58 am | 5:56 pm | 12:27 pm (34.8°) | 91.432 |
| 24 | 7:26 am ↑ (117°) | 5:30 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:04:35 | +0:08 | 5:58 am | 6:57 pm | 6:28 am | 6:28 pm | 6:59 am | 5:57 pm | 12:28 pm (34.8°) | 91.427 |
| 25 | 7:26 am ↑ (117°) | 5:31 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:04:46 | +0:10 | 5:59 am | 6:58 pm | 6:29 am | 6:28 pm | 6:59 am | 5:58 pm | 12:28 pm (34.9°) | 91.423 |
| 26 | 7:26 am ↑ (117°) | 5:31 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:05:00 | +0:13 | 5:59 am | 6:58 pm | 6:29 am | 6:29 pm | 6:59 am | 5:58 pm | 12:29 pm (34.9°) | 91.420 |
| 27 | 7:27 am ↑ (117°) | 5:32 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:05:16 | +0:16 | 6:00 am | 6:59 pm | 6:29 am | 6:29 pm | 7:00 am | 5:59 pm | 12:29 pm (34.9°) | 91.417 |
| 28 | 7:27 am ↑ (117°) | 5:33 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:05:36 | +0:19 | 6:00 am | 7:00 pm | 6:30 am | 6:30 pm | 7:00 am | 5:59 pm | 12:30 pm (35.0°) | 91.414 |
| 29 | 7:27 am ↑ (117°) | 5:33 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:05:58 | +0:22 | 6:00 am | 7:00 pm | 6:30 am | 6:31 pm | 7:00 am | 6:00 pm | 12:30 pm (35.1°) | 91.412 |
| 30 | 7:28 am ↑ (117°) | 5:34 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:06:22 | +0:24 | 6:01 am | 7:01 pm | 6:30 am | 6:31 pm | 7:01 am | 6:01 pm | 12:31 pm (35.1°) | 91.410 |
| 31 | 7:28 am ↑ (117°) | 5:35 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:06:50 | +0:27 | 6:01 am | 7:02 pm | 6:31 am | 6:32 pm | 7:01 am | 6:02 pm | 12:31 pm (35.2°) | 91.409 |
| * All times are local time for West. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||||||||
The December solstice (winter solstice) in West is at 3:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 9 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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