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Brookings, South Dakota, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

6:24 am – 8:25 pm
14 hours, 1 minute

Current Time: Apr 26, 2024 at 1:12:57 pm
Sun Direction: 174° South
Sun Altitude: 59.4°
Sun Distance: 93.554 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2024 3:50 pm (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 6:24 am 70° East
Sunset Today: 8:25 pm 291° Northwest
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2024 Sun Graph for Brookings

December 2024 — Sun in Brookings

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
17:43 am (121°)4:49 pm (239°)9:05:38−1:285:59 am6:32 pm6:34 am5:58 pm7:10 am5:21 pm12:16 pm (23.8°)91.654
27:44 am (121°)4:48 pm (239°)9:04:14−1:246:00 am6:32 pm6:35 am5:57 pm7:11 am5:21 pm12:16 pm (23.6°)91.639
37:45 am (121°)4:48 pm (239°)9:02:54−1:206:01 am6:32 pm6:36 am5:57 pm7:12 am5:21 pm12:17 pm (23.5°)91.625
47:46 am (121°)4:48 pm (239°)9:01:37−1:166:02 am6:32 pm6:37 am5:57 pm7:13 am5:21 pm12:17 pm (23.4°)91.611
57:47 am (121°)4:48 pm (239°)9:00:25−1:126:03 am6:32 pm6:38 am5:57 pm7:14 am5:21 pm12:18 pm (23.2°)91.597
67:48 am (122°)4:48 pm (238°)8:59:17−1:086:04 am6:32 pm6:39 am5:57 pm7:15 am5:20 pm12:18 pm (23.1°)91.584
77:49 am (122°)4:47 pm (238°)8:58:13−1:046:05 am6:32 pm6:40 am5:57 pm7:16 am5:20 pm12:18 pm (23.0°)91.571
87:50 am (122°)4:47 pm (238°)8:57:13−0:596:05 am6:32 pm6:41 am5:57 pm7:17 am5:20 pm12:19 pm (22.9°)91.558
97:51 am (122°)4:47 pm (238°)8:56:17−0:556:06 am6:32 pm6:41 am5:57 pm7:18 am5:20 pm12:19 pm (22.8°)91.546
107:52 am (122°)4:47 pm (238°)8:55:26−0:516:07 am6:32 pm6:42 am5:57 pm7:19 am5:21 pm12:20 pm (22.7°)91.534
117:53 am (122°)4:48 pm (238°)8:54:39−0:466:08 am6:33 pm6:43 am5:57 pm7:20 am5:21 pm12:20 pm (22.7°)91.523
127:54 am (122°)4:48 pm (238°)8:53:57−0:426:09 am6:33 pm6:44 am5:57 pm7:20 am5:21 pm12:21 pm (22.6°)91.512
137:54 am (122°)4:48 pm (238°)8:53:20−0:376:09 am6:33 pm6:45 am5:58 pm7:21 am5:21 pm12:21 pm (22.5°)91.502
147:55 am (123°)4:48 pm (237°)8:52:46−0:336:10 am6:33 pm6:45 am5:58 pm7:22 am5:21 pm12:22 pm (22.5°)91.492
157:56 am (123°)4:48 pm (237°)8:52:18−0:286:11 am6:34 pm6:46 am5:58 pm7:23 am5:22 pm12:22 pm (22.4°)91.483
167:57 am (123°)4:49 pm (237°)8:51:54−0:236:11 am6:34 pm6:47 am5:59 pm7:23 am5:22 pm12:23 pm (22.4°)91.475
177:57 am (123°)4:49 pm (237°)8:51:34−0:196:12 am6:34 pm6:47 am5:59 pm7:24 am5:22 pm12:23 pm (22.3°)91.467
187:58 am (123°)4:49 pm (237°)8:51:20−0:146:12 am6:35 pm6:48 am5:59 pm7:25 am5:23 pm12:24 pm (22.3°)91.460
197:59 am (123°)4:50 pm (237°)8:51:10−0:096:13 am6:35 pm6:48 am6:00 pm7:25 am5:23 pm12:24 pm (22.3°)91.453
207:59 am (123°)4:50 pm (237°)8:51:04−0:056:14 am6:36 pm6:49 am6:00 pm7:26 am5:23 pm12:25 pm (22.3°)91.447
218:00 am (123°)4:51 pm (237°)8:51:04< 1s6:14 am6:36 pm6:49 am6:01 pm7:26 am5:24 pm12:25 pm (22.3°)91.441
228:00 am (123°)4:51 pm (237°)8:51:08+0:046:15 am6:37 pm6:50 am6:01 pm7:27 am5:25 pm12:26 pm (22.3°)91.436
238:00 am (123°)4:52 pm (237°)8:51:17+0:086:15 am6:37 pm6:50 am6:02 pm7:27 am5:25 pm12:26 pm (22.3°)91.432
248:01 am (123°)4:52 pm (237°)8:51:31+0:136:15 am6:38 pm6:51 am6:02 pm7:28 am5:26 pm12:27 pm (22.3°)91.427
258:01 am (123°)4:53 pm (237°)8:51:49+0:186:16 am6:38 pm6:51 am6:03 pm7:28 am5:26 pm12:27 pm (22.4°)91.423
268:02 am (123°)4:54 pm (237°)8:52:12+0:226:16 am6:39 pm6:52 am6:04 pm7:28 am5:27 pm12:28 pm (22.4°)91.420
278:02 am (123°)4:54 pm (237°)8:52:39+0:276:17 am6:40 pm6:52 am6:04 pm7:29 am5:28 pm12:28 pm (22.5°)91.417
288:02 am (122°)4:55 pm (238°)8:53:12+0:326:17 am6:40 pm6:52 am6:05 pm7:29 am5:28 pm12:29 pm (22.5°)91.414
298:02 am (122°)4:56 pm (238°)8:53:49+0:366:17 am6:41 pm6:52 am6:06 pm7:29 am5:29 pm12:29 pm (22.6°)91.412
308:02 am (122°)4:57 pm (238°)8:54:30+0:416:17 am6:42 pm6:53 am6:07 pm7:29 am5:30 pm12:30 pm (22.6°)91.410
318:02 am (122°)4:58 pm (238°)8:55:16+0:456:17 am6:43 pm6:53 am6:07 pm7:29 am5:31 pm12:30 pm (22.7°)91.409
* All times are local time for Brookings. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Brookings is at 3:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 6 hours, 41 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 8 or December 9.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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