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Athens, Michigan, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

6:17 am – 8:57 pm
14 hours, 40 minutes

Current Time: May 17, 2024 at 8:41:02 pm
Sun Direction: 295° Northwest
Sun Altitude: 2.2°
Sun Distance: 94.023 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2024 4:50 pm (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 6:17 am 62° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:57 pm 298° Northwest
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2024 Sun Graph for Athens

December 2024 — Sun in Athens

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
17:50 am (119°)5:09 pm (241°)9:19:43−1:206:10 am6:49 pm6:44 am6:15 pm7:19 am5:41 pm12:30 pm (26.0°)91.654
27:51 am (120°)5:09 pm (240°)9:18:26−1:176:11 am6:49 pm6:45 am6:15 pm7:19 am5:40 pm12:30 pm (25.8°)91.639
37:52 am (120°)5:09 pm (240°)9:17:13−1:136:12 am6:49 pm6:46 am6:15 pm7:20 am5:40 pm12:31 pm (25.7°)91.625
47:53 am (120°)5:09 pm (240°)9:16:03−1:096:13 am6:49 pm6:46 am6:15 pm7:21 am5:40 pm12:31 pm (25.6°)91.611
57:54 am (120°)5:09 pm (240°)9:14:57−1:066:14 am6:49 pm6:47 am6:15 pm7:22 am5:40 pm12:31 pm (25.5°)91.597
67:55 am (120°)5:09 pm (240°)9:13:54−1:026:14 am6:49 pm6:48 am6:15 pm7:23 am5:40 pm12:32 pm (25.3°)91.584
77:56 am (120°)5:09 pm (239°)9:12:55−0:586:15 am6:49 pm6:49 am6:15 pm7:24 am5:40 pm12:32 pm (25.2°)91.571
87:57 am (121°)5:09 pm (239°)9:12:01−0:546:16 am6:49 pm6:50 am6:15 pm7:25 am5:40 pm12:33 pm (25.1°)91.558
97:57 am (121°)5:09 pm (239°)9:11:10−0:506:17 am6:49 pm6:51 am6:15 pm7:26 am5:40 pm12:33 pm (25.0°)91.546
107:58 am (121°)5:09 pm (239°)9:10:23−0:466:18 am6:49 pm6:51 am6:15 pm7:27 am5:40 pm12:34 pm (24.9°)91.534
117:59 am (121°)5:09 pm (239°)9:09:40−0:426:18 am6:50 pm6:52 am6:16 pm7:27 am5:40 pm12:34 pm (24.9°)91.523
128:00 am (121°)5:09 pm (239°)9:09:02−0:386:19 am6:50 pm6:53 am6:16 pm7:28 am5:41 pm12:34 pm (24.8°)91.512
138:01 am (121°)5:09 pm (239°)9:08:27−0:346:20 am6:50 pm6:54 am6:16 pm7:29 am5:41 pm12:35 pm (24.7°)91.502
148:01 am (121°)5:09 pm (239°)9:07:57−0:306:20 am6:50 pm6:54 am6:16 pm7:30 am5:41 pm12:35 pm (24.7°)91.493
158:02 am (121°)5:10 pm (239°)9:07:31−0:266:21 am6:51 pm6:55 am6:17 pm7:30 am5:41 pm12:36 pm (24.6°)91.484
168:03 am (121°)5:10 pm (239°)9:07:09−0:226:22 am6:51 pm6:56 am6:17 pm7:31 am5:42 pm12:36 pm (24.6°)91.475
178:03 am (121°)5:10 pm (239°)9:06:51−0:176:22 am6:51 pm6:56 am6:17 pm7:32 am5:42 pm12:37 pm (24.6°)91.467
188:04 am (121°)5:11 pm (239°)9:06:37−0:136:23 am6:52 pm6:57 am6:18 pm7:32 am5:42 pm12:37 pm (24.5°)91.460
198:05 am (122°)5:11 pm (238°)9:06:28−0:096:23 am6:52 pm6:57 am6:18 pm7:33 am5:43 pm12:38 pm (24.5°)91.453
208:05 am (122°)5:12 pm (238°)9:06:23−0:046:24 am6:53 pm6:58 am6:19 pm7:33 am5:43 pm12:38 pm (24.5°)91.447
218:06 am (122°)5:12 pm (238°)9:06:22< 1s6:24 am6:53 pm6:59 am6:19 pm7:34 am5:44 pm12:39 pm (24.5°)91.442
228:06 am (122°)5:13 pm (238°)9:06:26+0:036:25 am6:54 pm6:59 am6:20 pm7:34 am5:44 pm12:39 pm (24.5°)91.436
238:07 am (121°)5:13 pm (239°)9:06:34+0:076:25 am6:54 pm6:59 am6:20 pm7:35 am5:45 pm12:40 pm (24.5°)91.432
248:07 am (121°)5:14 pm (239°)9:06:46+0:126:26 am6:55 pm7:00 am6:21 pm7:35 am5:46 pm12:40 pm (24.5°)91.427
258:07 am (121°)5:14 pm (239°)9:07:03+0:166:26 am6:56 pm7:00 am6:21 pm7:36 am5:46 pm12:41 pm (24.6°)91.424
268:08 am (121°)5:15 pm (239°)9:07:24+0:206:27 am6:56 pm7:01 am6:22 pm7:36 am5:47 pm12:41 pm (24.6°)91.420
278:08 am (121°)5:16 pm (239°)9:07:49+0:256:27 am6:57 pm7:01 am6:23 pm7:36 am5:48 pm12:42 pm (24.7°)91.417
288:08 am (121°)5:17 pm (239°)9:08:18+0:296:27 am6:58 pm7:01 am6:23 pm7:36 am5:48 pm12:42 pm (24.7°)91.415
298:08 am (121°)5:17 pm (239°)9:08:52+0:336:28 am6:58 pm7:02 am6:24 pm7:37 am5:49 pm12:43 pm (24.8°)91.412
308:09 am (121°)5:18 pm (239°)9:09:29+0:376:28 am6:59 pm7:02 am6:25 pm7:37 am5:50 pm12:43 pm (24.8°)91.410
318:09 am (121°)5:19 pm (239°)9:10:11+0:416:28 am7:00 pm7:02 am6:26 pm7:37 am5:51 pm12:44 pm (24.9°)91.409
* All times are local time for Athens. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Athens is at 4:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 6 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 7 or December 8.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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