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Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2023

Daylight

6:42 am – 4:51 pm
10 hours, 9 minutes

Current Time: Dec 3, 2023 at 5:05:05 am
Sun Direction: 104° East
Sun Altitude: -20.0°
Sun Distance: 91.635 million mi
Next Solstice: Dec 21, 2023 8:27 pm (Winter)
Sunrise Today: 6:42 am 116° Southeast
Sunset Today: 4:51 pm 244° Southwest
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2023 Sun Graph for Carlsbad

December 2023 — Sun in Carlsbad

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2023Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
16:40 am (116°)4:51 pm (244°)10:10:56−0:565:13 am6:18 pm5:43 am5:48 pm6:13 am5:18 pm11:45 am (35.8°)91.660
26:41 am (116°)4:51 pm (244°)10:10:02−0:535:14 am6:18 pm5:44 am5:48 pm6:14 am5:18 pm11:46 am (35.6°)91.646
36:42 am (116°)4:51 pm (244°)10:09:11−0:515:15 am6:18 pm5:44 am5:48 pm6:15 am5:18 pm11:46 am (35.5°)91.632
46:42 am (116°)4:51 pm (244°)10:08:22−0:495:15 am6:18 pm5:45 am5:48 pm6:15 am5:18 pm11:47 am (35.3°)91.619
56:43 am (116°)4:51 pm (244°)10:07:35−0:465:16 am6:18 pm5:46 am5:48 pm6:16 am5:18 pm11:47 am (35.2°)91.606
66:44 am (116°)4:51 pm (244°)10:06:51−0:435:17 am6:18 pm5:47 am5:48 pm6:17 am5:18 pm11:47 am (35.1°)91.593
76:45 am (117°)4:51 pm (243°)10:06:10−0:415:17 am6:18 pm5:47 am5:48 pm6:18 am5:18 pm11:48 am (35.0°)91.581
86:45 am (117°)4:51 pm (243°)10:05:31−0:385:18 am6:18 pm5:48 am5:49 pm6:18 am5:18 pm11:48 am (34.9°)91.569
96:46 am (117°)4:51 pm (243°)10:04:55−0:365:19 am6:19 pm5:49 am5:49 pm6:19 am5:18 pm11:49 am (34.8°)91.558
106:47 am (117°)4:51 pm (243°)10:04:21−0:335:19 am6:19 pm5:49 am5:49 pm6:20 am5:18 pm11:49 am (34.7°)91.546
116:48 am (117°)4:52 pm (243°)10:03:51−0:305:20 am6:19 pm5:50 am5:49 pm6:21 am5:19 pm11:50 am (34.6°)91.536
126:48 am (117°)4:52 pm (243°)10:03:22−0:285:21 am6:19 pm5:51 am5:49 pm6:21 am5:19 pm11:50 am (34.5°)91.525
136:49 am (117°)4:52 pm (243°)10:02:57−0:255:21 am6:20 pm5:51 am5:50 pm6:22 am5:19 pm11:51 am (34.4°)91.515
146:50 am (117°)4:52 pm (243°)10:02:35−0:225:22 am6:20 pm5:52 am5:50 pm6:23 am5:19 pm11:51 am (34.4°)91.505
156:50 am (117°)4:53 pm (243°)10:02:15−0:195:23 am6:20 pm5:53 am5:50 pm6:23 am5:20 pm11:52 am (34.3°)91.495
166:51 am (117°)4:53 pm (243°)10:01:58−0:165:23 am6:21 pm5:53 am5:51 pm6:24 am5:20 pm11:52 am (34.3°)91.486
176:52 am (117°)4:53 pm (243°)10:01:44−0:135:24 am6:21 pm5:54 am5:51 pm6:24 am5:21 pm11:53 am (34.2°)91.477
186:52 am (117°)4:54 pm (243°)10:01:33−0:115:24 am6:22 pm5:54 am5:52 pm6:25 am5:21 pm11:53 am (34.2°)91.469
196:53 am (117°)4:54 pm (243°)10:01:25−0:085:25 am6:22 pm5:55 am5:52 pm6:26 am5:21 pm11:53 am (34.2°)91.461
206:53 am (118°)4:55 pm (242°)10:01:20−0:055:25 am6:23 pm5:55 am5:53 pm6:26 am5:22 pm11:54 am (34.2°)91.453
216:54 am (118°)4:55 pm (242°)10:01:17−0:025:26 am6:23 pm5:56 am5:53 pm6:27 am5:22 pm11:54 am (34.2°)91.446
226:54 am (118°)4:56 pm (242°)10:01:18< 1s5:26 am6:24 pm5:56 am5:54 pm6:27 am5:23 pm11:55 am (34.2°)91.439
236:55 am (118°)4:56 pm (243°)10:01:21+0:035:27 am6:24 pm5:57 am5:54 pm6:28 am5:23 pm11:55 am (34.2°)91.433
246:55 am (117°)4:57 pm (243°)10:01:27+0:065:27 am6:25 pm5:57 am5:55 pm6:28 am5:24 pm11:56 am (34.2°)91.428
256:56 am (117°)4:57 pm (243°)10:01:36+0:095:28 am6:25 pm5:58 am5:55 pm6:29 am5:24 pm11:56 am (34.2°)91.423
266:56 am (117°)4:58 pm (243°)10:01:48+0:125:28 am6:26 pm5:58 am5:56 pm6:29 am5:25 pm11:57 am (34.2°)91.418
276:56 am (117°)4:59 pm (243°)10:02:03+0:145:29 am6:26 pm5:59 am5:56 pm6:29 am5:26 pm11:57 am (34.3°)91.415
286:57 am (117°)4:59 pm (243°)10:02:21+0:175:29 am6:27 pm5:59 am5:57 pm6:30 am5:26 pm11:58 am (34.3°)91.411
296:57 am (117°)5:00 pm (243°)10:02:41+0:205:29 am6:28 pm5:59 am5:58 pm6:30 am5:27 pm11:58 am (34.4°)91.409
306:57 am (117°)5:01 pm (243°)10:03:05+0:235:30 am6:28 pm6:00 am5:58 pm6:30 am5:28 pm11:59 am (34.5°)91.407
316:58 am (117°)5:01 pm (243°)10:03:31+0:265:30 am6:29 pm6:00 am5:59 pm6:31 am5:28 pm11:59 am (34.5°)91.405
* All times are local time for Carlsbad. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Today is highlighted.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Carlsbad is at 8:27 pm on Thursday, December 21, 2023. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 16 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.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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