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

Daylight

4:44 am – 6:37 pm
13 hours, 53 minutes

Current Time: May 4, 2024 at 10:38:39 am
Sun Direction: 144° Southeast
Sun Altitude: 64.2°
Sun Distance: 93.731 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 21, 2024 5:50 am (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 4:44 am 69° East
Sunset Today: 6:37 pm 291° Northwest
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2024 Sun Graph for Niigata

December 2024 — Sun in Niigata

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
16:40 am (117°)4:24 pm (243°)9:44:01−1:105:07 am5:57 pm5:39 am5:26 pm6:11 am4:53 pm11:32 am (30.2°)91.663
26:41 am (118°)4:24 pm (242°)9:42:54−1:075:08 am5:57 pm5:40 am5:26 pm6:12 am4:53 pm11:33 am (30.1°)91.649
36:42 am (118°)4:24 pm (242°)9:41:50−1:045:09 am5:57 pm5:40 am5:26 pm6:13 am4:53 pm11:33 am (30.0°)91.634
46:43 am (118°)4:24 pm (242°)9:40:49−1:015:09 am5:57 pm5:41 am5:26 pm6:14 am4:53 pm11:34 am (29.8°)91.620
56:44 am (118°)4:24 pm (242°)9:39:51−0:575:10 am5:57 pm5:42 am5:26 pm6:15 am4:53 pm11:34 am (29.7°)91.606
66:45 am (118°)4:24 pm (242°)9:38:56−0:545:11 am5:58 pm5:43 am5:26 pm6:16 am4:53 pm11:34 am (29.6°)91.592
76:46 am (118°)4:24 pm (241°)9:38:04−0:515:12 am5:58 pm5:44 am5:26 pm6:16 am4:53 pm11:35 am (29.5°)91.579
86:47 am (119°)4:24 pm (241°)9:37:16−0:485:13 am5:58 pm5:44 am5:26 pm6:17 am4:53 pm11:35 am (29.4°)91.566
96:47 am (119°)4:24 pm (241°)9:36:31−0:445:13 am5:58 pm5:45 am5:26 pm6:18 am4:53 pm11:36 am (29.3°)91.554
106:48 am (119°)4:24 pm (241°)9:35:50−0:415:14 am5:58 pm5:46 am5:26 pm6:19 am4:53 pm11:36 am (29.2°)91.542
116:49 am (119°)4:24 pm (241°)9:35:11−0:385:15 am5:58 pm5:47 am5:26 pm6:20 am4:53 pm11:37 am (29.1°)91.530
126:50 am (119°)4:24 pm (241°)9:34:36−0:345:15 am5:59 pm5:47 am5:27 pm6:20 am4:54 pm11:37 am (29.0°)91.519
136:50 am (119°)4:25 pm (241°)9:34:05−0:315:16 am5:59 pm5:48 am5:27 pm6:21 am4:54 pm11:38 am (28.9°)91.508
146:51 am (119°)4:25 pm (241°)9:33:37−0:275:17 am5:59 pm5:49 am5:27 pm6:22 am4:54 pm11:38 am (28.9°)91.499
156:52 am (119°)4:25 pm (241°)9:33:13−0:245:17 am5:59 pm5:49 am5:27 pm6:22 am4:54 pm11:38 am (28.8°)91.489
166:52 am (119°)4:25 pm (241°)9:32:52−0:205:18 am6:00 pm5:50 am5:28 pm6:23 am4:55 pm11:39 am (28.8°)91.480
176:53 am (119°)4:26 pm (241°)9:32:35−0:175:19 am6:00 pm5:51 am5:28 pm6:24 am4:55 pm11:39 am (28.7°)91.472
186:54 am (119°)4:26 pm (241°)9:32:21−0:135:19 am6:01 pm5:51 am5:29 pm6:24 am4:56 pm11:40 am (28.7°)91.465
196:54 am (120°)4:27 pm (240°)9:32:11−0:105:20 am6:01 pm5:52 am5:29 pm6:25 am4:56 pm11:40 am (28.7°)91.458
206:55 am (120°)4:27 pm (240°)9:32:05−0:065:20 am6:02 pm5:52 am5:29 pm6:25 am4:56 pm11:41 am (28.7°)91.451
216:55 am (120°)4:27 pm (240°)9:32:02−0:025:21 am6:02 pm5:53 am5:30 pm6:26 am4:57 pm11:41 am (28.7°)91.445
226:56 am (120°)4:28 pm (240°)9:32:03< 1s5:21 am6:03 pm5:53 am5:30 pm6:26 am4:57 pm11:42 am (28.7°)91.440
236:56 am (120°)4:28 pm (240°)9:32:07+0:045:22 am6:03 pm5:54 am5:31 pm6:27 am4:58 pm11:42 am (28.7°)91.435
246:57 am (120°)4:29 pm (241°)9:32:15+0:085:22 am6:04 pm5:54 am5:32 pm6:27 am4:59 pm11:43 am (28.7°)91.430
256:57 am (119°)4:30 pm (241°)9:32:27+0:115:23 am6:04 pm5:55 am5:32 pm6:28 am4:59 pm11:43 am (28.7°)91.426
266:58 am (119°)4:30 pm (241°)9:32:42+0:155:23 am6:05 pm5:55 am5:33 pm6:28 am5:00 pm11:44 am (28.8°)91.422
276:58 am (119°)4:31 pm (241°)9:33:01+0:185:23 am6:05 pm5:55 am5:33 pm6:28 am5:00 pm11:44 am (28.8°)91.419
286:58 am (119°)4:32 pm (241°)9:33:24+0:225:24 am6:06 pm5:56 am5:34 pm6:29 am5:01 pm11:45 am (28.8°)91.416
296:58 am (119°)4:32 pm (241°)9:33:50+0:265:24 am6:07 pm5:56 am5:35 pm6:29 am5:02 pm11:45 am (28.9°)91.414
306:59 am (119°)4:33 pm (241°)9:34:20+0:295:24 am6:07 pm5:56 am5:35 pm6:29 am5:02 pm11:46 am (29.0°)91.411
316:59 am (119°)4:34 pm (241°)9:34:53+0:335:25 am6:08 pm5:57 am5:36 pm6:30 am5:03 pm11:46 am (29.0°)91.410
* All times are local time for Niigata. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Niigata is at 6:20 pm on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 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 6 or December 7.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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