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Chania, Crete, Greece — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

6:37 am – 8:06 pm
13 hours, 29 minutes

Current Time: Apr 26, 2024 at 7:23:15 am
Sun Direction: 79° East
Sun Altitude: 8.3°
Sun Distance: 93.539 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2024 11:50 pm (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 6:37 am 73° East
Sunset Today: 8:06 pm 288° West
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2024 Sun Graph for Chania

December 2024 — Sun in Chania

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
17:14 am (117°)5:10 pm (243°)9:56:00−1:025:44 am6:41 pm6:15 am6:10 pm6:46 am5:38 pm12:13 pm (32.6°)91.659
27:15 am (117°)5:10 pm (243°)9:55:00−1:005:45 am6:41 pm6:16 am6:10 pm6:47 am5:38 pm12:13 pm (32.5°)91.644
37:16 am (117°)5:10 pm (243°)9:54:03−0:575:46 am6:41 pm6:17 am6:10 pm6:48 am5:38 pm12:13 pm (32.3°)91.629
47:17 am (117°)5:10 pm (243°)9:53:08−0:545:47 am6:41 pm6:17 am6:10 pm6:49 am5:38 pm12:14 pm (32.2°)91.615
57:18 am (117°)5:10 pm (243°)9:52:16−0:515:47 am6:41 pm6:18 am6:10 pm6:50 am5:38 pm12:14 pm (32.1°)91.601
67:19 am (117°)5:10 pm (243°)9:51:28−0:485:48 am6:41 pm6:19 am6:10 pm6:51 am5:38 pm12:15 pm (32.0°)91.588
77:20 am (118°)5:10 pm (242°)9:50:42−0:455:49 am6:41 pm6:20 am6:10 pm6:51 am5:38 pm12:15 pm (31.8°)91.575
87:20 am (118°)5:10 pm (242°)9:49:59−0:425:50 am6:41 pm6:20 am6:10 pm6:52 am5:39 pm12:15 pm (31.7°)91.562
97:21 am (118°)5:10 pm (242°)9:49:19−0:395:50 am6:41 pm6:21 am6:10 pm6:53 am5:39 pm12:16 pm (31.6°)91.550
107:22 am (118°)5:11 pm (242°)9:48:42−0:365:51 am6:42 pm6:22 am6:11 pm6:54 am5:39 pm12:16 pm (31.6°)91.538
117:23 am (118°)5:11 pm (242°)9:48:09−0:335:52 am6:42 pm6:23 am6:11 pm6:54 am5:39 pm12:17 pm (31.5°)91.526
127:23 am (118°)5:11 pm (242°)9:47:38−0:305:52 am6:42 pm6:23 am6:11 pm6:55 am5:39 pm12:17 pm (31.4°)91.516
137:24 am (118°)5:11 pm (242°)9:47:11−0:275:53 am6:42 pm6:24 am6:11 pm6:56 am5:40 pm12:18 pm (31.3°)91.505
147:25 am (118°)5:12 pm (242°)9:46:47−0:245:54 am6:43 pm6:25 am6:12 pm6:56 am5:40 pm12:18 pm (31.3°)91.495
157:25 am (118°)5:12 pm (242°)9:46:26−0:215:54 am6:43 pm6:25 am6:12 pm6:57 am5:40 pm12:19 pm (31.2°)91.486
167:26 am (118°)5:12 pm (242°)9:46:08−0:175:55 am6:43 pm6:26 am6:12 pm6:58 am5:41 pm12:19 pm (31.2°)91.478
177:27 am (118°)5:13 pm (242°)9:45:53−0:145:55 am6:44 pm6:26 am6:13 pm6:58 am5:41 pm12:20 pm (31.1°)91.470
187:27 am (119°)5:13 pm (241°)9:45:42−0:115:56 am6:44 pm6:27 am6:13 pm6:59 am5:41 pm12:20 pm (31.1°)91.462
197:28 am (119°)5:13 pm (241°)9:45:34−0:085:56 am6:45 pm6:28 am6:14 pm6:59 am5:42 pm12:21 pm (31.1°)91.455
207:28 am (119°)5:14 pm (241°)9:45:29−0:045:57 am6:45 pm6:28 am6:14 pm7:00 am5:42 pm12:21 pm (31.1°)91.449
217:29 am (119°)5:14 pm (241°)9:45:28−0:015:58 am6:46 pm6:29 am6:15 pm7:01 am5:43 pm12:22 pm (31.1°)91.443
227:29 am (119°)5:15 pm (241°)9:45:29+0:015:58 am6:46 pm6:29 am6:15 pm7:01 am5:43 pm12:22 pm (31.1°)91.438
237:30 am (119°)5:15 pm (241°)9:45:34+0:055:58 am6:47 pm6:30 am6:16 pm7:01 am5:44 pm12:23 pm (31.1°)91.433
247:30 am (119°)5:16 pm (241°)9:45:43+0:085:59 am6:47 pm6:30 am6:16 pm7:02 am5:44 pm12:23 pm (31.1°)91.429
257:31 am (118°)5:17 pm (242°)9:45:54+0:115:59 am6:48 pm6:30 am6:17 pm7:02 am5:45 pm12:24 pm (31.2°)91.425
267:31 am (118°)5:17 pm (242°)9:46:09+0:146:00 am6:49 pm6:31 am6:17 pm7:03 am5:46 pm12:24 pm (31.2°)91.421
277:31 am (118°)5:18 pm (242°)9:46:28+0:186:00 am6:49 pm6:31 am6:18 pm7:03 am5:46 pm12:25 pm (31.2°)91.418
287:32 am (118°)5:19 pm (242°)9:46:49+0:216:01 am6:50 pm6:32 am6:19 pm7:03 am5:47 pm12:25 pm (31.3°)91.415
297:32 am (118°)5:19 pm (242°)9:47:14+0:246:01 am6:50 pm6:32 am6:19 pm7:04 am5:48 pm12:26 pm (31.3°)91.413
307:32 am (118°)5:20 pm (242°)9:47:42+0:276:01 am6:51 pm6:32 am6:20 pm7:04 am5:48 pm12:26 pm (31.4°)91.411
317:32 am (118°)5:21 pm (242°)9:48:13+0:316:01 am6:52 pm6:32 am6:21 pm7:04 am5:49 pm12:27 pm (31.5°)91.409
* All times are local time for Chania. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Chania is at 11:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 48 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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