Daylight
4:50 am – 6:47 pm
13 hours, 57 minutes
| Current Time: | Dec 5, 2025 at 4:59:35 pm |
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| Sun Direction: | ↑ 255° West |
| Sun Altitude: | 21.2° |
| Sun Distance: | 91.600 million mi |
| Next Solstice: | Dec 21, 2025 5:03 pm (Summer) |
| Sunrise Today: | 4:50 am↑ 117° Southeast |
| Sunset Today: | 6:47 pm↑ 243° Southwest |
2025 Sun Graph for Pietermaritzburg
December 2025 — Sun in Pietermaritzburg
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| 2025 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Astronomical Twilight | Nautical Twilight | Civil Twilight | Solar Noon | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Diff. | Start | End | Start | End | Start | End | Time | Mil. mi |
| 1 | 4:50 am ↑ (116°) | 6:44 pm ↑ (244°) | 13:54:09 | +0:51 | 3:17 am | 8:18 pm | 3:51 am | 7:44 pm | 4:23 am | 7:11 pm | 11:47 am (82.3°) | 91.661 |
| 2 | 4:50 am ↑ (116°) | 6:45 pm ↑ (244°) | 13:54:59 | +0:49 | 3:16 am | 8:19 pm | 3:51 am | 7:44 pm | 4:23 am | 7:12 pm | 11:47 am (82.4°) | 91.646 |
| 3 | 4:50 am ↑ (116°) | 6:46 pm ↑ (244°) | 13:55:46 | +0:47 | 3:16 am | 8:20 pm | 3:51 am | 7:45 pm | 4:23 am | 7:13 pm | 11:48 am (82.6°) | 91.631 |
| 4 | 4:50 am ↑ (116°) | 6:47 pm ↑ (244°) | 13:56:31 | +0:45 | 3:16 am | 8:21 pm | 3:51 am | 7:46 pm | 4:23 am | 7:14 pm | 11:48 am (82.7°) | 91.617 |
| 5 | 4:50 am ↑ (117°) | 6:47 pm ↑ (243°) | 13:57:14 | +0:42 | 3:16 am | 8:22 pm | 3:51 am | 7:47 pm | 4:23 am | 7:14 pm | 11:49 am (82.8°) | 91.604 |
| 6 | 4:50 am ↑ (117°) | 6:48 pm ↑ (243°) | 13:57:54 | +0:40 | 3:16 am | 8:23 pm | 3:50 am | 7:48 pm | 4:23 am | 7:15 pm | 11:49 am (82.9°) | 91.591 |
| 7 | 4:50 am ↑ (117°) | 6:49 pm ↑ (243°) | 13:58:33 | +0:38 | 3:16 am | 8:24 pm | 3:50 am | 7:49 pm | 4:23 am | 7:16 pm | 11:49 am (83.1°) | 91.578 |
| 8 | 4:50 am ↑ (117°) | 6:50 pm ↑ (243°) | 13:59:08 | +0:35 | 3:16 am | 8:25 pm | 3:51 am | 7:50 pm | 4:23 am | 7:17 pm | 11:50 am (83.2°) | 91.566 |
| 9 | 4:51 am ↑ (117°) | 6:50 pm ↑ (243°) | 13:59:42 | +0:33 | 3:16 am | 8:25 pm | 3:51 am | 7:50 pm | 4:23 am | 7:17 pm | 11:50 am (83.3°) | 91.555 |
| 10 | 4:51 am ↑ (117°) | 6:51 pm ↑ (243°) | 14:00:12 | +0:30 | 3:16 am | 8:26 pm | 3:51 am | 7:51 pm | 4:24 am | 7:18 pm | 11:51 am (83.3°) | 91.544 |
| 11 | 4:51 am ↑ (117°) | 6:52 pm ↑ (243°) | 14:00:41 | +0:28 | 3:16 am | 8:27 pm | 3:51 am | 7:52 pm | 4:24 am | 7:19 pm | 11:51 am (83.4°) | 91.534 |
| 12 | 4:51 am ↑ (117°) | 6:52 pm ↑ (243°) | 14:01:06 | +0:25 | 3:16 am | 8:28 pm | 3:51 am | 7:53 pm | 4:24 am | 7:20 pm | 11:52 am (83.5°) | 91.524 |
| 13 | 4:52 am ↑ (117°) | 6:53 pm ↑ (243°) | 14:01:29 | +0:23 | 3:16 am | 8:29 pm | 3:51 am | 7:53 pm | 4:24 am | 7:20 pm | 11:52 am (83.6°) | 91.514 |
| 14 | 4:52 am ↑ (117°) | 6:54 pm ↑ (242°) | 14:01:50 | +0:20 | 3:16 am | 8:29 pm | 3:52 am | 7:54 pm | 4:25 am | 7:21 pm | 11:53 am (83.6°) | 91.505 |
| 15 | 4:52 am ↑ (118°) | 6:54 pm ↑ (242°) | 14:02:08 | +0:17 | 3:16 am | 8:30 pm | 3:52 am | 7:55 pm | 4:25 am | 7:22 pm | 11:53 am (83.7°) | 91.496 |
| 16 | 4:52 am ↑ (118°) | 6:55 pm ↑ (242°) | 14:02:23 | +0:15 | 3:17 am | 8:31 pm | 3:52 am | 7:55 pm | 4:25 am | 7:22 pm | 11:54 am (83.7°) | 91.488 |
| 17 | 4:53 am ↑ (118°) | 6:55 pm ↑ (242°) | 14:02:36 | +0:12 | 3:17 am | 8:31 pm | 3:52 am | 7:56 pm | 4:26 am | 7:23 pm | 11:54 am (83.8°) | 91.480 |
| 18 | 4:53 am ↑ (118°) | 6:56 pm ↑ (242°) | 14:02:46 | +0:09 | 3:17 am | 8:32 pm | 3:53 am | 7:56 pm | 4:26 am | 7:23 pm | 11:55 am (83.8°) | 91.472 |
| 19 | 4:54 am ↑ (118°) | 6:57 pm ↑ (242°) | 14:02:53 | +0:07 | 3:18 am | 8:33 pm | 3:53 am | 7:57 pm | 4:26 am | 7:24 pm | 11:55 am (83.8°) | 91.465 |
| 20 | 4:54 am ↑ (118°) | 6:57 pm ↑ (242°) | 14:02:58 | +0:04 | 3:18 am | 8:33 pm | 3:54 am | 7:58 pm | 4:27 am | 7:24 pm | 11:56 am (83.8°) | 91.458 |
| 21 | 4:55 am ↑ (118°) | 6:58 pm ↑ (242°) | 14:03:00 | +0:01 | 3:19 am | 8:34 pm | 3:54 am | 7:58 pm | 4:27 am | 7:25 pm | 11:56 am (83.8°) | 91.451 |
| 22 | 4:55 am ↑ (118°) | 6:58 pm ↑ (242°) | 14:02:59 | < 1s | 3:19 am | 8:34 pm | 3:55 am | 7:59 pm | 4:28 am | 7:25 pm | 11:57 am (83.8°) | 91.445 |
| 23 | 4:56 am ↑ (118°) | 6:59 pm ↑ (242°) | 14:02:56 | −0:03 | 3:20 am | 8:34 pm | 3:55 am | 7:59 pm | 4:28 am | 7:26 pm | 11:57 am (83.8°) | 91.439 |
| 24 | 4:56 am ↑ (118°) | 6:59 pm ↑ (242°) | 14:02:50 | −0:06 | 3:20 am | 8:35 pm | 3:56 am | 7:59 pm | 4:29 am | 7:26 pm | 11:58 am (83.8°) | 91.434 |
| 25 | 4:57 am ↑ (118°) | 6:59 pm ↑ (242°) | 14:02:41 | −0:08 | 3:21 am | 8:35 pm | 3:56 am | 8:00 pm | 4:29 am | 7:27 pm | 11:58 am (83.8°) | 91.428 |
| 26 | 4:57 am ↑ (118°) | 7:00 pm ↑ (242°) | 14:02:29 | −0:11 | 3:22 am | 8:36 pm | 3:57 am | 8:00 pm | 4:30 am | 7:27 pm | 11:59 am (83.7°) | 91.424 |
| 27 | 4:58 am ↑ (118°) | 7:00 pm ↑ (242°) | 14:02:15 | −0:14 | 3:22 am | 8:36 pm | 3:58 am | 8:01 pm | 4:31 am | 7:27 pm | 11:59 am (83.7°) | 91.419 |
| 28 | 4:59 am ↑ (118°) | 7:01 pm ↑ (242°) | 14:01:58 | −0:16 | 3:23 am | 8:36 pm | 3:58 am | 8:01 pm | 4:31 am | 7:28 pm | 12:00 pm (83.7°) | 91.416 |
| 29 | 4:59 am ↑ (117°) | 7:01 pm ↑ (243°) | 14:01:39 | −0:19 | 3:24 am | 8:36 pm | 3:59 am | 8:01 pm | 4:32 am | 7:28 pm | 12:00 pm (83.6°) | 91.412 |
| 30 | 5:00 am ↑ (117°) | 7:01 pm ↑ (243°) | 14:01:17 | −0:22 | 3:24 am | 8:37 pm | 4:00 am | 8:01 pm | 4:33 am | 7:28 pm | 12:01 pm (83.5°) | 91.409 |
| 31 | 5:01 am ↑ (117°) | 7:01 pm ↑ (243°) | 14:00:52 | −0:24 | 3:25 am | 8:37 pm | 4:00 am | 8:02 pm | 4:33 am | 7:29 pm | 12:01 pm (83.5°) | 91.407 |
| * All times are local time for Pietermaritzburg. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Today is highlighted. | ||||||||||||
The December solstice (summer solstice) in Pietermaritzburg is at 5:03 pm on Sunday, December 21, 2025. In terms of daylight, this day is 3 hours, 48 minutes longer than the June solstice. In locations south of the equator, the longest day of the year is around this date.
The earliest sunrise is on December 3.
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