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Herat, Afghanistan — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

5:37 am – 7:00 pm
13 hours, 23 minutes

Current Time: Apr 25, 2024 at 12:02:38 pm
Sun Direction: 169° South
Sun Altitude: 68.7°
Sun Distance: 93.518 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 21, 2024 1:20 am (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 5:37 am 73° East
Sunset Today: 7:00 pm 287° West
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2024 Sun Graph for Herat

December 2024 — Sun in Herat

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
17:09 am (116°)5:10 pm (244°)10:01:41−1:005:40 am6:39 pm6:10 am6:09 pm6:41 am5:38 pm12:10 pm (33.8°)91.660
27:10 am (116°)5:10 pm (244°)10:00:43−0:575:41 am6:39 pm6:11 am6:09 pm6:42 am5:38 pm12:10 pm (33.6°)91.645
37:11 am (117°)5:10 pm (243°)9:59:48−0:545:41 am6:39 pm6:12 am6:09 pm6:43 am5:38 pm12:11 pm (33.5°)91.631
47:11 am (117°)5:10 pm (243°)9:58:56−0:525:42 am6:39 pm6:13 am6:09 pm6:44 am5:38 pm12:11 pm (33.4°)91.617
57:12 am (117°)5:10 pm (243°)9:58:06−0:495:43 am6:40 pm6:13 am6:09 pm6:45 am5:38 pm12:11 pm (33.2°)91.603
67:13 am (117°)5:10 pm (243°)9:57:19−0:465:44 am6:40 pm6:14 am6:09 pm6:45 am5:38 pm12:12 pm (33.1°)91.589
77:14 am (117°)5:10 pm (243°)9:56:35−0:445:44 am6:40 pm6:15 am6:09 pm6:46 am5:38 pm12:12 pm (33.0°)91.576
87:15 am (117°)5:11 pm (243°)9:55:54−0:415:45 am6:40 pm6:16 am6:10 pm6:47 am5:38 pm12:13 pm (32.9°)91.563
97:15 am (117°)5:11 pm (243°)9:55:16−0:385:46 am6:40 pm6:16 am6:10 pm6:48 am5:38 pm12:13 pm (32.8°)91.551
107:16 am (118°)5:11 pm (242°)9:54:40−0:355:47 am6:40 pm6:17 am6:10 pm6:48 am5:39 pm12:14 pm (32.7°)91.539
117:17 am (118°)5:11 pm (242°)9:54:08−0:325:47 am6:41 pm6:18 am6:10 pm6:49 am5:39 pm12:14 pm (32.6°)91.528
127:18 am (118°)5:11 pm (242°)9:53:39−0:295:48 am6:41 pm6:18 am6:10 pm6:50 am5:39 pm12:14 pm (32.6°)91.517
137:18 am (118°)5:12 pm (242°)9:53:12−0:265:48 am6:41 pm6:19 am6:11 pm6:50 am5:39 pm12:15 pm (32.5°)91.506
147:19 am (118°)5:12 pm (242°)9:52:49−0:235:49 am6:42 pm6:20 am6:11 pm6:51 am5:40 pm12:15 pm (32.4°)91.496
157:20 am (118°)5:12 pm (242°)9:52:28−0:205:50 am6:42 pm6:20 am6:11 pm6:52 am5:40 pm12:16 pm (32.4°)91.487
167:20 am (118°)5:12 pm (242°)9:52:11−0:175:50 am6:42 pm6:21 am6:12 pm6:52 am5:40 pm12:16 pm (32.3°)91.479
177:21 am (118°)5:13 pm (242°)9:51:57−0:145:51 am6:43 pm6:22 am6:12 pm6:53 am5:41 pm12:17 pm (32.3°)91.471
187:21 am (118°)5:13 pm (242°)9:51:46−0:115:51 am6:43 pm6:22 am6:13 pm6:54 am5:41 pm12:17 pm (32.3°)91.463
197:22 am (118°)5:14 pm (242°)9:51:38−0:085:52 am6:44 pm6:23 am6:13 pm6:54 am5:42 pm12:18 pm (32.3°)91.456
207:23 am (118°)5:14 pm (242°)9:51:33−0:045:53 am6:44 pm6:23 am6:13 pm6:55 am5:42 pm12:18 pm (32.2°)91.450
217:23 am (118°)5:15 pm (242°)9:51:31−0:015:53 am6:45 pm6:24 am6:14 pm6:55 am5:43 pm12:19 pm (32.2°)91.444
227:24 am (118°)5:15 pm (242°)9:51:32+0:015:54 am6:45 pm6:24 am6:14 pm6:56 am5:43 pm12:19 pm (32.2°)91.438
237:24 am (118°)5:16 pm (242°)9:51:37+0:045:54 am6:46 pm6:25 am6:15 pm6:56 am5:44 pm12:20 pm (32.2°)91.434
247:24 am (118°)5:16 pm (242°)9:51:45+0:075:54 am6:46 pm6:25 am6:16 pm6:57 am5:44 pm12:20 pm (32.3°)91.429
257:25 am (118°)5:17 pm (242°)9:51:55+0:105:55 am6:47 pm6:26 am6:16 pm6:57 am5:45 pm12:21 pm (32.3°)91.425
267:25 am (118°)5:17 pm (242°)9:52:09+0:135:55 am6:47 pm6:26 am6:17 pm6:57 am5:45 pm12:21 pm (32.3°)91.422
277:26 am (118°)5:18 pm (242°)9:52:26+0:175:56 am6:48 pm6:26 am6:17 pm6:58 am5:46 pm12:22 pm (32.4°)91.418
287:26 am (118°)5:19 pm (242°)9:52:46+0:205:56 am6:49 pm6:27 am6:18 pm6:58 am5:47 pm12:22 pm (32.4°)91.416
297:26 am (118°)5:19 pm (242°)9:53:10+0:235:56 am6:49 pm6:27 am6:19 pm6:58 am5:47 pm12:23 pm (32.5°)91.413
307:27 am (118°)5:20 pm (242°)9:53:36+0:265:57 am6:50 pm6:27 am6:19 pm6:59 am5:48 pm12:23 pm (32.5°)91.411
317:27 am (118°)5:21 pm (242°)9:54:05+0:295:57 am6:51 pm6:28 am6:20 pm6:59 am5:49 pm12:24 pm (32.6°)91.409
* All times are local time for Herat. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Herat is at 1:50 pm on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 36 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 or December 5.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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