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Nanjing, Jiangsu, China — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

5:14 am – 6:48 pm
13 hours, 35 minutes

Current Time: May 6, 2024 at 2:25:57 am
Sun Direction: 41° Northeast
Sun Altitude: -30.3°
Sun Distance: 93.771 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 21, 2024 4:50 am (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 5:14 am 70° East
Sunset Today: 6:48 pm 290° Northwest
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2024 Sun Graph for Nanjing

December 2024 — Sun in Nanjing

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
16:47 am (115°)5:00 pm (244°)10:12:27−0:555:21 am6:26 pm5:50 am5:56 pm6:20 am5:26 pm11:53 am (36.1°)91.662
26:48 am (116°)4:59 pm (244°)10:11:34−0:525:21 am6:26 pm5:51 am5:56 pm6:21 am5:26 pm11:54 am (35.9°)91.648
36:49 am (116°)4:59 pm (244°)10:10:44−0:505:22 am6:26 pm5:52 am5:56 pm6:22 am5:26 pm11:54 am (35.8°)91.633
46:50 am (116°)4:59 pm (244°)10:09:56−0:475:23 am6:26 pm5:52 am5:56 pm6:23 am5:26 pm11:55 am (35.7°)91.619
56:50 am (116°)4:59 pm (244°)10:09:10−0:455:24 am6:26 pm5:53 am5:57 pm6:24 am5:26 pm11:55 am (35.5°)91.605
66:51 am (116°)5:00 pm (244°)10:08:27−0:425:24 am6:26 pm5:54 am5:57 pm6:24 am5:26 pm11:55 am (35.4°)91.591
76:52 am (116°)5:00 pm (244°)10:07:47−0:405:25 am6:27 pm5:55 am5:57 pm6:25 am5:26 pm11:56 am (35.3°)91.578
86:53 am (117°)5:00 pm (243°)10:07:09−0:375:26 am6:27 pm5:55 am5:57 pm6:26 am5:27 pm11:56 am (35.2°)91.565
96:53 am (117°)5:00 pm (243°)10:06:34−0:355:26 am6:27 pm5:56 am5:57 pm6:26 am5:27 pm11:57 am (35.1°)91.553
106:54 am (117°)5:00 pm (243°)10:06:01−0:325:27 am6:27 pm5:57 am5:57 pm6:27 am5:27 pm11:57 am (35.0°)91.541
116:55 am (117°)5:00 pm (243°)10:05:31−0:295:28 am6:28 pm5:57 am5:58 pm6:28 am5:27 pm11:58 am (34.9°)91.529
126:55 am (117°)5:01 pm (243°)10:05:04−0:275:28 am6:28 pm5:58 am5:58 pm6:29 am5:28 pm11:58 am (34.9°)91.518
136:56 am (117°)5:01 pm (243°)10:04:40−0:245:29 am6:28 pm5:59 am5:58 pm6:29 am5:28 pm11:59 am (34.8°)91.508
146:57 am (117°)5:01 pm (243°)10:04:18−0:215:29 am6:29 pm5:59 am5:59 pm6:30 am5:28 pm11:59 am (34.7°)91.498
156:57 am (117°)5:01 pm (243°)10:03:59−0:185:30 am6:29 pm6:00 am5:59 pm6:30 am5:28 pm12:00 pm (34.7°)91.489
166:58 am (117°)5:02 pm (243°)10:03:43−0:165:31 am6:29 pm6:01 am5:59 pm6:31 am5:29 pm12:00 pm (34.6°)91.480
176:59 am (117°)5:02 pm (243°)10:03:29−0:135:31 am6:30 pm6:01 am6:00 pm6:32 am5:29 pm12:00 pm (34.6°)91.472
186:59 am (117°)5:03 pm (243°)10:03:19−0:105:32 am6:30 pm6:02 am6:00 pm6:32 am5:30 pm12:01 pm (34.6°)91.464
197:00 am (117°)5:03 pm (243°)10:03:11−0:075:32 am6:31 pm6:02 am6:01 pm6:33 am5:30 pm12:01 pm (34.5°)91.457
207:00 am (117°)5:03 pm (243°)10:03:06−0:045:33 am6:31 pm6:03 am6:01 pm6:33 am5:31 pm12:02 pm (34.5°)91.451
217:01 am (117°)5:04 pm (243°)10:03:04−0:025:33 am6:31 pm6:03 am6:02 pm6:34 am5:31 pm12:02 pm (34.5°)91.445
227:01 am (117°)5:04 pm (243°)10:03:05< 1s5:34 am6:32 pm6:04 am6:02 pm6:34 am5:32 pm12:03 pm (34.5°)91.439
237:02 am (117°)5:05 pm (243°)10:03:09+0:035:34 am6:33 pm6:04 am6:03 pm6:35 am5:32 pm12:03 pm (34.5°)91.434
247:02 am (117°)5:06 pm (243°)10:03:15+0:065:35 am6:33 pm6:05 am6:03 pm6:35 am5:33 pm12:04 pm (34.6°)91.430
257:03 am (117°)5:06 pm (243°)10:03:25+0:095:35 am6:34 pm6:05 am6:04 pm6:36 am5:33 pm12:04 pm (34.6°)91.426
267:03 am (117°)5:07 pm (243°)10:03:37+0:125:36 am6:34 pm6:06 am6:04 pm6:36 am5:34 pm12:05 pm (34.6°)91.422
277:04 am (117°)5:07 pm (243°)10:03:52+0:155:36 am6:35 pm6:06 am6:05 pm6:37 am5:34 pm12:05 pm (34.7°)91.419
287:04 am (117°)5:08 pm (243°)10:04:10+0:175:36 am6:35 pm6:06 am6:06 pm6:37 am5:35 pm12:06 pm (34.7°)91.416
297:04 am (117°)5:09 pm (243°)10:04:30+0:205:37 am6:36 pm6:07 am6:06 pm6:37 am5:36 pm12:06 pm (34.8°)91.413
307:04 am (117°)5:09 pm (243°)10:04:54+0:235:37 am6:37 pm6:07 am6:07 pm6:38 am5:36 pm12:07 pm (34.8°)91.411
317:05 am (117°)5:10 pm (243°)10:05:20+0:265:38 am6:37 pm6:07 am6:08 pm6:38 am5:37 pm12:07 pm (34.9°)91.410
* All times are local time for Nanjing. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Nanjing is at 5:20 pm on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 12 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 3 or December 4.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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