Daylight
5:05 am – 8:17 pm
15 hours, 12 minutes
| Current Time: | Jun 3, 2024 at 11:30:27 am |
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| Sun Direction: | ↑ 139° Southeast |
| Sun Altitude: | 64.7° |
| Sun Distance: | 94.298 million mi |
| Next Solstice: | Jun 20, 2024 4:50 pm (Summer) |
| Sunrise Today: | 5:05 am↑ 58° Northeast |
| Sunset Today: | 8:17 pm↑ 302° Northwest |
2024 Sun Graph for Portsmouth
December 2024 — Sun in Portsmouth
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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 | 6:55 am ↑ (120°) | 4:08 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:13:40 | −1:23 | 5:13 am | 5:50 pm | 5:48 am | 5:16 pm | 6:23 am | 4:40 pm | 11:32 am (25.0°) | 91.655 |
| 2 | 6:56 am ↑ (120°) | 4:08 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:12:20 | −1:20 | 5:14 am | 5:50 pm | 5:49 am | 5:16 pm | 6:24 am | 4:40 pm | 11:32 am (24.9°) | 91.640 |
| 3 | 6:57 am ↑ (120°) | 4:08 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:11:03 | −1:16 | 5:15 am | 5:50 pm | 5:49 am | 5:15 pm | 6:25 am | 4:40 pm | 11:33 am (24.7°) | 91.626 |
| 4 | 6:58 am ↑ (120°) | 4:08 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:09:50 | −1:12 | 5:16 am | 5:50 pm | 5:50 am | 5:15 pm | 6:26 am | 4:40 pm | 11:33 am (24.6°) | 91.612 |
| 5 | 6:59 am ↑ (121°) | 4:08 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:08:41 | −1:09 | 5:17 am | 5:50 pm | 5:51 am | 5:15 pm | 6:27 am | 4:40 pm | 11:33 am (24.5°) | 91.598 |
| 6 | 7:00 am ↑ (121°) | 4:08 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:07:36 | −1:05 | 5:18 am | 5:50 pm | 5:52 am | 5:15 pm | 6:28 am | 4:40 pm | 11:34 am (24.4°) | 91.584 |
| 7 | 7:01 am ↑ (121°) | 4:07 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:06:35 | −1:01 | 5:19 am | 5:50 pm | 5:53 am | 5:15 pm | 6:29 am | 4:40 pm | 11:34 am (24.2°) | 91.571 |
| 8 | 7:02 am ↑ (121°) | 4:07 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:05:37 | −0:57 | 5:19 am | 5:50 pm | 5:54 am | 5:15 pm | 6:30 am | 4:40 pm | 11:35 am (24.1°) | 91.559 |
| 9 | 7:03 am ↑ (121°) | 4:07 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:04:44 | −0:53 | 5:20 am | 5:50 pm | 5:55 am | 5:15 pm | 6:30 am | 4:40 pm | 11:35 am (24.1°) | 91.547 |
| 10 | 7:04 am ↑ (121°) | 4:08 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:03:55 | −0:48 | 5:21 am | 5:50 pm | 5:56 am | 5:16 pm | 6:31 am | 4:40 pm | 11:36 am (24.0°) | 91.535 |
| 11 | 7:04 am ↑ (122°) | 4:08 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:03:11 | −0:44 | 5:22 am | 5:50 pm | 5:56 am | 5:16 pm | 6:32 am | 4:40 pm | 11:36 am (23.9°) | 91.524 |
| 12 | 7:05 am ↑ (122°) | 4:08 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:02:30 | −0:40 | 5:23 am | 5:50 pm | 5:57 am | 5:16 pm | 6:33 am | 4:40 pm | 11:37 am (23.8°) | 91.513 |
| 13 | 7:06 am ↑ (122°) | 4:08 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:01:54 | −0:36 | 5:23 am | 5:51 pm | 5:58 am | 5:16 pm | 6:34 am | 4:40 pm | 11:37 am (23.8°) | 91.503 |
| 14 | 7:07 am ↑ (122°) | 4:08 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:01:22 | −0:31 | 5:24 am | 5:51 pm | 5:58 am | 5:16 pm | 6:34 am | 4:41 pm | 11:37 am (23.7°) | 91.493 |
| 15 | 7:07 am ↑ (122°) | 4:08 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:00:55 | −0:27 | 5:25 am | 5:51 pm | 5:59 am | 5:17 pm | 6:35 am | 4:41 pm | 11:38 am (23.6°) | 91.484 |
| 16 | 7:08 am ↑ (122°) | 4:09 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:00:32 | −0:23 | 5:25 am | 5:52 pm | 6:00 am | 5:17 pm | 6:36 am | 4:41 pm | 11:38 am (23.6°) | 91.476 |
| 17 | 7:09 am ↑ (122°) | 4:09 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:00:13 | −0:18 | 5:26 am | 5:52 pm | 6:00 am | 5:17 pm | 6:36 am | 4:41 pm | 11:39 am (23.6°) | 91.468 |
| 18 | 7:09 am ↑ (122°) | 4:09 pm ↑ (238°) | 8:59:59 | −0:14 | 5:26 am | 5:52 pm | 6:01 am | 5:18 pm | 6:37 am | 4:42 pm | 11:39 am (23.5°) | 91.460 |
| 19 | 7:10 am ↑ (122°) | 4:10 pm ↑ (238°) | 8:59:49 | −0:09 | 5:27 am | 5:53 pm | 6:02 am | 5:18 pm | 6:38 am | 4:42 pm | 11:40 am (23.5°) | 91.454 |
| 20 | 7:11 am ↑ (122°) | 4:10 pm ↑ (238°) | 8:59:44 | −0:05 | 5:28 am | 5:53 pm | 6:02 am | 5:19 pm | 6:38 am | 4:43 pm | 11:40 am (23.5°) | 91.448 |
| 21 | 7:11 am ↑ (122°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (238°) | 8:59:43 | < 1s | 5:28 am | 5:54 pm | 6:03 am | 5:19 pm | 6:39 am | 4:43 pm | 11:41 am (23.5°) | 91.442 |
| 22 | 7:12 am ↑ (122°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (238°) | 8:59:46 | +0:03 | 5:29 am | 5:54 pm | 6:03 am | 5:20 pm | 6:39 am | 4:44 pm | 11:41 am (23.5°) | 91.437 |
| 23 | 7:12 am ↑ (122°) | 4:12 pm ↑ (238°) | 8:59:55 | +0:08 | 5:29 am | 5:55 pm | 6:04 am | 5:20 pm | 6:40 am | 4:44 pm | 11:42 am (23.5°) | 91.432 |
| 24 | 7:12 am ↑ (122°) | 4:12 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:00:07 | +0:12 | 5:29 am | 5:55 pm | 6:04 am | 5:21 pm | 6:40 am | 4:45 pm | 11:42 am (23.6°) | 91.428 |
| 25 | 7:13 am ↑ (122°) | 4:13 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:00:24 | +0:17 | 5:30 am | 5:56 pm | 6:04 am | 5:21 pm | 6:40 am | 4:46 pm | 11:43 am (23.6°) | 91.424 |
| 26 | 7:13 am ↑ (122°) | 4:14 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:00:46 | +0:21 | 5:30 am | 5:57 pm | 6:05 am | 5:22 pm | 6:41 am | 4:46 pm | 11:43 am (23.6°) | 91.420 |
| 27 | 7:13 am ↑ (122°) | 4:15 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:01:12 | +0:25 | 5:30 am | 5:57 pm | 6:05 am | 5:23 pm | 6:41 am | 4:47 pm | 11:44 am (23.7°) | 91.417 |
| 28 | 7:14 am ↑ (122°) | 4:15 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:01:42 | +0:30 | 5:31 am | 5:58 pm | 6:05 am | 5:24 pm | 6:41 am | 4:48 pm | 11:44 am (23.7°) | 91.415 |
| 29 | 7:14 am ↑ (122°) | 4:16 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:02:17 | +0:34 | 5:31 am | 5:59 pm | 6:06 am | 5:24 pm | 6:41 am | 4:48 pm | 11:45 am (23.8°) | 91.412 |
| 30 | 7:14 am ↑ (122°) | 4:17 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:02:56 | +0:39 | 5:31 am | 6:00 pm | 6:06 am | 5:25 pm | 6:42 am | 4:49 pm | 11:45 am (23.9°) | 91.410 |
| 31 | 7:14 am ↑ (121°) | 4:18 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:03:39 | +0:43 | 5:31 am | 6:00 pm | 6:06 am | 5:26 pm | 6:42 am | 4:50 pm | 11:46 am (23.9°) | 91.409 |
| * All times are local time for Portsmouth. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||||||||
The December solstice (winter solstice) in Portsmouth is at 4:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 6 hours, 23 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 8 or December 9.
Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?
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