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Kyoto, Japan — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

6:02 am – 6:07 pm
12 hours, 6 minutes

Current Time: Mar 19, 2024 at 4:12:32 pm
Sun Direction: 253° West
Sun Altitude: 22.5°
Sun Distance: 92.550 million mi
Next Equinox: Mar 20, 2024 12:06 pm (Vernal)
Sunrise Today: 6:02 am 90° East
Sunset Today: 6:07 pm 270° West
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2024 Sun Graph for Kyoto

December 2024 — Sun in Kyoto

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
16:46 am (116°)4:45 pm (244°)9:58:40−1:025:16 am6:14 pm5:47 am5:44 pm6:18 am5:12 pm11:45 am (33.1°)91.663
26:47 am (117°)4:45 pm (243°)9:57:40−0:595:17 am6:14 pm5:48 am5:44 pm6:19 am5:12 pm11:46 am (33.0°)91.648
36:48 am (117°)4:45 pm (243°)9:56:43−0:575:18 am6:14 pm5:49 am5:44 pm6:20 am5:12 pm11:46 am (32.9°)91.634
46:49 am (117°)4:44 pm (243°)9:55:49−0:545:19 am6:14 pm5:49 am5:44 pm6:21 am5:12 pm11:47 am (32.7°)91.620
56:50 am (117°)4:44 pm (243°)9:54:58−0:515:20 am6:14 pm5:50 am5:44 pm6:22 am5:12 pm11:47 am (32.6°)91.606
66:50 am (117°)4:44 pm (243°)9:54:09−0:485:20 am6:15 pm5:51 am5:44 pm6:22 am5:12 pm11:48 am (32.5°)91.592
76:51 am (117°)4:45 pm (243°)9:53:23−0:455:21 am6:15 pm5:52 am5:44 pm6:23 am5:12 pm11:48 am (32.4°)91.579
86:52 am (117°)4:45 pm (242°)9:52:40−0:425:22 am6:15 pm5:52 am5:44 pm6:24 am5:13 pm11:48 am (32.3°)91.566
96:53 am (118°)4:45 pm (242°)9:52:00−0:395:22 am6:15 pm5:53 am5:44 pm6:25 am5:13 pm11:49 am (32.2°)91.554
106:54 am (118°)4:45 pm (242°)9:51:23−0:365:23 am6:15 pm5:54 am5:45 pm6:25 am5:13 pm11:49 am (32.1°)91.541
116:54 am (118°)4:45 pm (242°)9:50:49−0:335:24 am6:16 pm5:55 am5:45 pm6:26 am5:13 pm11:50 am (32.0°)91.530
126:55 am (118°)4:45 pm (242°)9:50:18−0:305:24 am6:16 pm5:55 am5:45 pm6:27 am5:13 pm11:50 am (31.9°)91.519
136:56 am (118°)4:46 pm (242°)9:49:50−0:275:25 am6:16 pm5:56 am5:45 pm6:28 am5:14 pm11:51 am (31.8°)91.508
146:56 am (118°)4:46 pm (242°)9:49:26−0:245:26 am6:16 pm5:57 am5:46 pm6:28 am5:14 pm11:51 am (31.8°)91.498
156:57 am (118°)4:46 pm (242°)9:49:04−0:215:26 am6:17 pm5:57 am5:46 pm6:29 am5:14 pm11:52 am (31.7°)91.489
166:58 am (118°)4:46 pm (242°)9:48:46−0:185:27 am6:17 pm5:58 am5:46 pm6:30 am5:15 pm11:52 am (31.7°)91.480
176:58 am (118°)4:47 pm (242°)9:48:30−0:155:28 am6:18 pm5:58 am5:47 pm6:30 am5:15 pm11:53 am (31.6°)91.472
186:59 am (118°)4:47 pm (242°)9:48:18−0:125:28 am6:18 pm5:59 am5:47 pm6:31 am5:15 pm11:53 am (31.6°)91.465
196:59 am (118°)4:48 pm (242°)9:48:09−0:085:29 am6:18 pm6:00 am5:48 pm6:31 am5:16 pm11:54 am (31.6°)91.458
207:00 am (118°)4:48 pm (242°)9:48:04−0:055:29 am6:19 pm6:00 am5:48 pm6:32 am5:16 pm11:54 am (31.6°)91.451
217:01 am (118°)4:49 pm (242°)9:48:01−0:025:30 am6:19 pm6:01 am5:48 pm6:32 am5:17 pm11:55 am (31.6°)91.445
227:01 am (118°)4:49 pm (242°)9:48:02< 1s5:30 am6:20 pm6:01 am5:49 pm6:33 am5:17 pm11:55 am (31.6°)91.440
237:01 am (118°)4:50 pm (242°)9:48:06+0:035:31 am6:20 pm6:02 am5:49 pm6:33 am5:18 pm11:56 am (31.6°)91.435
247:02 am (118°)4:50 pm (242°)9:48:13+0:075:31 am6:21 pm6:02 am5:50 pm6:34 am5:18 pm11:56 am (31.6°)91.430
257:02 am (118°)4:51 pm (242°)9:48:24+0:105:32 am6:22 pm6:02 am5:51 pm6:34 am5:19 pm11:57 am (31.6°)91.426
267:03 am (118°)4:51 pm (242°)9:48:37+0:135:32 am6:22 pm6:03 am5:51 pm6:35 am5:20 pm11:57 am (31.7°)91.422
277:03 am (118°)4:52 pm (242°)9:48:54+0:165:32 am6:23 pm6:03 am5:52 pm6:35 am5:20 pm11:58 am (31.7°)91.419
287:03 am (118°)4:53 pm (242°)9:49:14+0:205:33 am6:23 pm6:04 am5:52 pm6:35 am5:21 pm11:58 am (31.7°)91.416
297:04 am (118°)4:53 pm (242°)9:49:37+0:235:33 am6:24 pm6:04 am5:53 pm6:36 am5:21 pm11:59 am (31.8°)91.414
307:04 am (118°)4:54 pm (242°)9:50:04+0:265:33 am6:25 pm6:04 am5:54 pm6:36 am5:22 pm11:59 am (31.9°)91.411
317:04 am (118°)4:55 pm (242°)9:50:33+0:295:34 am6:25 pm6:05 am5:54 pm6:36 am5:23 pm11:59 am (31.9°)91.410
* All times are local time for Kyoto. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Kyoto is at 6:20 pm on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 43 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.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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