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Grand Canyon, California, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

5:53 am – 8:23 pm
14 hours, 29 minutes

Current Time: May 24, 2024 at 10:09:53 pm
Sun Direction: 317° Northwest
Sun Altitude: -17.6°
Sun Distance: 94.151 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2024 1:50 pm (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 5:53 am 62° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:23 pm 298° Northwest
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2024 Sun Graph for Grand Canyon

December 2024 — Sun in Grand Canyon

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
17:09 am (118°)4:51 pm (242°)9:42:18−1:085:35 am6:25 pm6:07 am5:53 pm6:40 am5:20 pm12:00 pm (30.0°)91.653
27:10 am (118°)4:51 pm (242°)9:41:12−1:055:36 am6:25 pm6:08 am5:53 pm6:41 am5:20 pm12:00 pm (29.8°)91.638
37:11 am (118°)4:51 pm (242°)9:40:10−1:025:37 am6:25 pm6:09 am5:53 pm6:42 am5:20 pm12:01 pm (29.7°)91.624
47:12 am (118°)4:51 pm (242°)9:39:11−0:595:38 am6:25 pm6:10 am5:53 pm6:42 am5:20 pm12:01 pm (29.6°)91.610
57:13 am (118°)4:51 pm (242°)9:38:15−0:565:39 am6:25 pm6:10 am5:53 pm6:43 am5:20 pm12:02 pm (29.4°)91.596
67:13 am (118°)4:51 pm (241°)9:37:22−0:525:39 am6:25 pm6:11 am5:53 pm6:44 am5:20 pm12:02 pm (29.3°)91.583
77:14 am (119°)4:51 pm (241°)9:36:33−0:495:40 am6:25 pm6:12 am5:53 pm6:45 am5:20 pm12:03 pm (29.2°)91.570
87:15 am (119°)4:51 pm (241°)9:35:46−0:465:41 am6:25 pm6:13 am5:53 pm6:46 am5:20 pm12:03 pm (29.1°)91.557
97:16 am (119°)4:51 pm (241°)9:35:04−0:425:42 am6:25 pm6:14 am5:53 pm6:46 am5:20 pm12:03 pm (29.0°)91.545
107:17 am (119°)4:51 pm (241°)9:34:24−0:395:42 am6:25 pm6:14 am5:53 pm6:47 am5:20 pm12:04 pm (28.9°)91.533
117:17 am (119°)4:51 pm (241°)9:33:48−0:355:43 am6:26 pm6:15 am5:54 pm6:48 am5:21 pm12:04 pm (28.9°)91.522
127:18 am (119°)4:51 pm (241°)9:33:16−0:325:44 am6:26 pm6:16 am5:54 pm6:49 am5:21 pm12:05 pm (28.8°)91.511
137:19 am (119°)4:52 pm (241°)9:32:47−0:295:44 am6:26 pm6:16 am5:54 pm6:49 am5:21 pm12:05 pm (28.7°)91.501
147:20 am (119°)4:52 pm (241°)9:32:21−0:255:45 am6:27 pm6:17 am5:55 pm6:50 am5:21 pm12:06 pm (28.7°)91.492
157:20 am (119°)4:52 pm (241°)9:31:59−0:215:46 am6:27 pm6:18 am5:55 pm6:51 am5:22 pm12:06 pm (28.6°)91.483
167:21 am (119°)4:53 pm (240°)9:31:41−0:185:46 am6:27 pm6:18 am5:55 pm6:51 am5:22 pm12:07 pm (28.6°)91.474
177:22 am (120°)4:53 pm (240°)9:31:26−0:145:47 am6:28 pm6:19 am5:56 pm6:52 am5:23 pm12:07 pm (28.5°)91.467
187:22 am (120°)4:53 pm (240°)9:31:15−0:115:47 am6:28 pm6:19 am5:56 pm6:53 am5:23 pm12:08 pm (28.5°)91.459
197:23 am (120°)4:54 pm (240°)9:31:08−0:075:48 am6:29 pm6:20 am5:56 pm6:53 am5:23 pm12:08 pm (28.5°)91.453
207:23 am (120°)4:54 pm (240°)9:31:04−0:035:48 am6:29 pm6:21 am5:57 pm6:54 am5:24 pm12:09 pm (28.5°)91.447
217:24 am (120°)4:55 pm (240°)9:31:04< 1s5:49 am6:30 pm6:21 am5:57 pm6:54 am5:24 pm12:09 pm (28.5°)91.441
227:24 am (120°)4:55 pm (240°)9:31:07+0:035:49 am6:30 pm6:22 am5:58 pm6:55 am5:25 pm12:10 pm (28.5°)91.436
237:25 am (120°)4:56 pm (240°)9:31:14+0:075:50 am6:31 pm6:22 am5:59 pm6:55 am5:25 pm12:10 pm (28.5°)91.431
247:25 am (120°)4:56 pm (240°)9:31:25+0:105:50 am6:31 pm6:22 am5:59 pm6:55 am5:26 pm12:11 pm (28.5°)91.427
257:25 am (120°)4:57 pm (241°)9:31:40+0:145:51 am6:32 pm6:23 am6:00 pm6:56 am5:27 pm12:11 pm (28.6°)91.423
267:26 am (119°)4:58 pm (241°)9:31:58+0:185:51 am6:32 pm6:23 am6:00 pm6:56 am5:27 pm12:12 pm (28.6°)91.420
277:26 am (119°)4:58 pm (241°)9:32:19+0:215:51 am6:33 pm6:24 am6:01 pm6:57 am5:28 pm12:12 pm (28.7°)91.417
287:26 am (119°)4:59 pm (241°)9:32:45+0:255:52 am6:34 pm6:24 am6:02 pm6:57 am5:29 pm12:13 pm (28.7°)91.414
297:27 am (119°)5:00 pm (241°)9:33:13+0:285:52 am6:34 pm6:24 am6:02 pm6:57 am5:29 pm12:13 pm (28.8°)91.412
307:27 am (119°)5:01 pm (241°)9:33:46+0:325:52 am6:35 pm6:24 am6:03 pm6:57 am5:30 pm12:14 pm (28.8°)91.410
317:27 am (119°)5:01 pm (241°)9:34:22+0:355:53 am6:36 pm6:25 am6:04 pm6:58 am5:31 pm12:14 pm (28.9°)91.409
* All times are local time for Grand Canyon. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Grand Canyon is at 1:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 18 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 5 or December 6.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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