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Carbondale, Illinois, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

5:54 am – 7:53 pm
13 hours, 59 minutes

Current Time: May 7, 2024 at 8:06:03 am
Sun Direction: 87° East
Sun Altitude: 24.6°
Sun Distance: 93.811 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2024 3:50 pm (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 5:54 am 68° East
Sunset Today: 7:53 pm 293° Northwest
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2024 Sun Graph for Carbondale

December 2024 — Sun in Carbondale

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
16:53 am (117°)4:38 pm (242°)9:44:23−1:075:20 am6:11 pm5:52 am5:39 pm6:24 am5:07 pm11:46 am (30.4°)91.654
26:54 am (118°)4:38 pm (242°)9:43:18−1:045:21 am6:11 pm5:53 am5:39 pm6:25 am5:07 pm11:46 am (30.2°)91.639
36:55 am (118°)4:37 pm (242°)9:42:17−1:015:22 am6:11 pm5:54 am5:39 pm6:26 am5:06 pm11:46 am (30.1°)91.625
46:56 am (118°)4:37 pm (242°)9:41:18−0:585:23 am6:11 pm5:54 am5:39 pm6:27 am5:06 pm11:47 am (29.9°)91.611
56:57 am (118°)4:37 pm (242°)9:40:22−0:555:24 am6:11 pm5:55 am5:39 pm6:28 am5:06 pm11:47 am (29.8°)91.597
66:58 am (118°)4:37 pm (242°)9:39:30−0:525:24 am6:11 pm5:56 am5:39 pm6:29 am5:06 pm11:48 am (29.7°)91.584
76:59 am (118°)4:37 pm (241°)9:38:41−0:495:25 am6:11 pm5:57 am5:39 pm6:30 am5:07 pm11:48 am (29.6°)91.571
87:00 am (119°)4:37 pm (241°)9:37:55−0:455:26 am6:11 pm5:58 am5:39 pm6:30 am5:07 pm11:49 am (29.5°)91.558
97:00 am (119°)4:38 pm (241°)9:37:13−0:425:27 am6:11 pm5:58 am5:40 pm6:31 am5:07 pm11:49 am (29.4°)91.546
107:01 am (119°)4:38 pm (241°)9:36:33−0:395:27 am6:12 pm5:59 am5:40 pm6:32 am5:07 pm11:49 am (29.3°)91.534
117:02 am (119°)4:38 pm (241°)9:35:58−0:355:28 am6:12 pm6:00 am5:40 pm6:33 am5:07 pm11:50 am (29.2°)91.523
127:03 am (119°)4:38 pm (241°)9:35:25−0:325:29 am6:12 pm6:01 am5:40 pm6:33 am5:07 pm11:50 am (29.2°)91.512
137:03 am (119°)4:38 pm (241°)9:34:57−0:285:29 am6:12 pm6:01 am5:40 pm6:34 am5:08 pm11:51 am (29.1°)91.502
147:04 am (119°)4:39 pm (241°)9:34:31−0:255:30 am6:13 pm6:02 am5:41 pm6:35 am5:08 pm11:51 am (29.0°)91.493
157:05 am (119°)4:39 pm (241°)9:34:09−0:215:31 am6:13 pm6:02 am5:41 pm6:35 am5:08 pm11:52 am (29.0°)91.484
167:05 am (119°)4:39 pm (241°)9:33:51−0:185:31 am6:13 pm6:03 am5:41 pm6:36 am5:09 pm11:52 am (29.0°)91.475
177:06 am (119°)4:40 pm (241°)9:33:36−0:145:32 am6:14 pm6:04 am5:42 pm6:37 am5:09 pm11:53 am (28.9°)91.467
187:07 am (119°)4:40 pm (241°)9:33:25−0:115:32 am6:14 pm6:04 am5:42 pm6:37 am5:09 pm11:53 am (28.9°)91.460
197:07 am (119°)4:40 pm (241°)9:33:17−0:075:33 am6:15 pm6:05 am5:43 pm6:38 am5:10 pm11:54 am (28.9°)91.453
207:08 am (119°)4:41 pm (241°)9:33:13−0:045:33 am6:15 pm6:05 am5:43 pm6:38 am5:10 pm11:54 am (28.9°)91.447
217:08 am (119°)4:41 pm (241°)9:33:12< 1s5:34 am6:16 pm6:06 am5:44 pm6:39 am5:11 pm11:55 am (28.9°)91.442
227:09 am (119°)4:42 pm (241°)9:33:16+0:035:34 am6:16 pm6:06 am5:44 pm6:39 am5:11 pm11:55 am (28.9°)91.436
237:09 am (119°)4:42 pm (241°)9:33:22+0:065:35 am6:17 pm6:07 am5:45 pm6:40 am5:12 pm11:56 am (28.9°)91.432
247:10 am (119°)4:43 pm (241°)9:33:33+0:105:35 am6:17 pm6:07 am5:45 pm6:40 am5:12 pm11:56 am (28.9°)91.427
257:10 am (119°)4:44 pm (241°)9:33:46+0:135:36 am6:18 pm6:08 am5:46 pm6:41 am5:13 pm11:57 am (28.9°)91.424
267:10 am (119°)4:44 pm (241°)9:34:04+0:175:36 am6:19 pm6:08 am5:47 pm6:41 am5:14 pm11:57 am (29.0°)91.420
277:11 am (119°)4:45 pm (241°)9:34:25+0:215:36 am6:19 pm6:08 am5:47 pm6:41 am5:14 pm11:58 am (29.0°)91.417
287:11 am (119°)4:46 pm (241°)9:34:49+0:245:37 am6:20 pm6:09 am5:48 pm6:42 am5:15 pm11:58 am (29.1°)91.414
297:11 am (119°)4:46 pm (241°)9:35:18+0:285:37 am6:20 pm6:09 am5:49 pm6:42 am5:16 pm11:59 am (29.1°)91.412
307:11 am (119°)4:47 pm (241°)9:35:49+0:315:37 am6:21 pm6:09 am5:49 pm6:42 am5:16 pm11:59 am (29.2°)91.410
317:12 am (119°)4:48 pm (241°)9:36:24+0:355:38 am6:22 pm6:10 am5:50 pm6:42 am5:17 pm12:00 pm (29.3°)91.409
* All times are local time for Carbondale. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Carbondale is at 3:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 13 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 or December 6.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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