Daylight
5:21 am – 8:28 pm
15 hours, 7 minutes
| Current Time: | Jul 5, 2022 at 7:31:06 am |
|---|---|
| Sun Direction: | ↑ 78° East |
| Sun Altitude: | 21.5° |
| Sun Distance: | 94.509 million mi |
| Next Equinox: | Sep 22, 2022 8:03 pm (Autumnal) |
| Sunrise Today: | 5:21 am↑ 58° Northeast |
| Sunset Today: | 8:28 pm↑ 302° Northwest |
2022 Sun Graph for Chicago
December 2022 — Sun in Chicago
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| 2022 | 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 | 6:58 am ↑ (119°) | 4:20 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:21:39 | −1:21 | 5:19 am | 5:59 pm | 5:52 am | 5:26 pm | 6:27 am | 4:51 pm | 11:39 am (26.3°) | 91.661 |
| 2 | 6:59 am ↑ (119°) | 4:20 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:20:21 | −1:18 | 5:20 am | 5:59 pm | 5:53 am | 5:25 pm | 6:28 am | 4:51 pm | 11:39 am (26.1°) | 91.646 |
| 3 | 7:00 am ↑ (120°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:19:06 | −1:14 | 5:21 am | 5:59 pm | 5:54 am | 5:25 pm | 6:29 am | 4:50 pm | 11:40 am (26.0°) | 91.631 |
| 4 | 7:01 am ↑ (120°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:17:55 | −1:11 | 5:22 am | 5:59 pm | 5:55 am | 5:25 pm | 6:30 am | 4:50 pm | 11:40 am (25.9°) | 91.617 |
| 5 | 7:02 am ↑ (120°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:16:47 | −1:07 | 5:22 am | 5:59 pm | 5:56 am | 5:25 pm | 6:31 am | 4:50 pm | 11:41 am (25.7°) | 91.603 |
| 6 | 7:03 am ↑ (120°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:15:44 | −1:03 | 5:23 am | 5:59 pm | 5:57 am | 5:25 pm | 6:32 am | 4:50 pm | 11:41 am (25.6°) | 91.590 |
| 7 | 7:04 am ↑ (120°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:14:43 | −1:00 | 5:24 am | 5:59 pm | 5:58 am | 5:25 pm | 6:33 am | 4:50 pm | 11:42 am (25.5°) | 91.577 |
| 8 | 7:05 am ↑ (120°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:13:47 | −0:56 | 5:25 am | 5:59 pm | 5:59 am | 5:25 pm | 6:34 am | 4:50 pm | 11:42 am (25.4°) | 91.565 |
| 9 | 7:06 am ↑ (121°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:12:55 | −0:52 | 5:26 am | 5:59 pm | 5:59 am | 5:25 pm | 6:34 am | 4:50 pm | 11:42 am (25.3°) | 91.553 |
| 10 | 7:07 am ↑ (121°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:12:07 | −0:48 | 5:26 am | 5:59 pm | 6:00 am | 5:25 pm | 6:35 am | 4:50 pm | 11:43 am (25.2°) | 91.542 |
| 11 | 7:08 am ↑ (121°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:11:22 | −0:44 | 5:27 am | 5:59 pm | 6:01 am | 5:26 pm | 6:36 am | 4:50 pm | 11:43 am (25.1°) | 91.531 |
| 12 | 7:08 am ↑ (121°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:10:42 | −0:40 | 5:28 am | 6:00 pm | 6:02 am | 5:26 pm | 6:37 am | 4:51 pm | 11:44 am (25.0°) | 91.521 |
| 13 | 7:09 am ↑ (121°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:10:05 | −0:36 | 5:29 am | 6:00 pm | 6:02 am | 5:26 pm | 6:38 am | 4:51 pm | 11:44 am (25.0°) | 91.511 |
| 14 | 7:10 am ↑ (121°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:09:33 | −0:32 | 5:29 am | 6:00 pm | 6:03 am | 5:26 pm | 6:38 am | 4:51 pm | 11:45 am (24.9°) | 91.502 |
| 15 | 7:11 am ↑ (121°) | 4:20 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:09:05 | −0:28 | 5:30 am | 6:00 pm | 6:04 am | 5:26 pm | 6:39 am | 4:51 pm | 11:45 am (24.9°) | 91.493 |
| 16 | 7:11 am ↑ (121°) | 4:20 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:08:41 | −0:23 | 5:31 am | 6:01 pm | 6:05 am | 5:27 pm | 6:40 am | 4:52 pm | 11:46 am (24.8°) | 91.485 |
| 17 | 7:12 am ↑ (121°) | 4:20 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:08:21 | −0:19 | 5:31 am | 6:01 pm | 6:05 am | 5:27 pm | 6:40 am | 4:52 pm | 11:46 am (24.8°) | 91.478 |
| 18 | 7:13 am ↑ (121°) | 4:21 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:08:05 | −0:15 | 5:32 am | 6:02 pm | 6:06 am | 5:28 pm | 6:41 am | 4:52 pm | 11:47 am (24.8°) | 91.470 |
| 19 | 7:13 am ↑ (121°) | 4:21 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:07:54 | −0:11 | 5:32 am | 6:02 pm | 6:06 am | 5:28 pm | 6:42 am | 4:53 pm | 11:47 am (24.7°) | 91.463 |
| 20 | 7:14 am ↑ (121°) | 4:22 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:07:47 | −0:07 | 5:33 am | 6:02 pm | 6:07 am | 5:28 pm | 6:42 am | 4:53 pm | 11:48 am (24.7°) | 91.457 |
| 21 | 7:14 am ↑ (121°) | 4:22 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:07:44 | −0:02 | 5:33 am | 6:03 pm | 6:07 am | 5:29 pm | 6:43 am | 4:54 pm | 11:48 am (24.7°) | 91.450 |
| 22 | 7:15 am ↑ (121°) | 4:23 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:07:46 | +0:01 | 5:34 am | 6:03 pm | 6:08 am | 5:29 pm | 6:43 am | 4:54 pm | 11:49 am (24.7°) | 91.445 |
| 23 | 7:15 am ↑ (121°) | 4:23 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:07:51 | +0:05 | 5:34 am | 6:04 pm | 6:08 am | 5:30 pm | 6:44 am | 4:55 pm | 11:49 am (24.7°) | 91.439 |
| 24 | 7:16 am ↑ (121°) | 4:24 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:08:01 | +0:09 | 5:35 am | 6:05 pm | 6:09 am | 5:31 pm | 6:44 am | 4:55 pm | 11:50 am (24.7°) | 91.434 |
| 25 | 7:16 am ↑ (121°) | 4:24 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:08:15 | +0:14 | 5:35 am | 6:05 pm | 6:09 am | 5:31 pm | 6:44 am | 4:56 pm | 11:50 am (24.8°) | 91.429 |
| 26 | 7:16 am ↑ (121°) | 4:25 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:08:34 | +0:18 | 5:36 am | 6:06 pm | 6:10 am | 5:32 pm | 6:45 am | 4:57 pm | 11:51 am (24.8°) | 91.424 |
| 27 | 7:17 am ↑ (121°) | 4:26 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:08:57 | +0:22 | 5:36 am | 6:06 pm | 6:10 am | 5:32 pm | 6:45 am | 4:57 pm | 11:51 am (24.8°) | 91.420 |
| 28 | 7:17 am ↑ (121°) | 4:26 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:09:24 | +0:26 | 5:36 am | 6:07 pm | 6:10 am | 5:33 pm | 6:45 am | 4:58 pm | 11:52 am (24.9°) | 91.416 |
| 29 | 7:17 am ↑ (121°) | 4:27 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:09:55 | +0:31 | 5:37 am | 6:08 pm | 6:11 am | 5:34 pm | 6:46 am | 4:59 pm | 11:52 am (25.0°) | 91.413 |
| 30 | 7:17 am ↑ (121°) | 4:28 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:10:30 | +0:35 | 5:37 am | 6:08 pm | 6:11 am | 5:35 pm | 6:46 am | 4:59 pm | 11:53 am (25.0°) | 91.410 |
| 31 | 7:18 am ↑ (121°) | 4:29 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:11:09 | +0:39 | 5:37 am | 6:09 pm | 6:11 am | 5:35 pm | 6:46 am | 5:00 pm | 11:53 am (25.1°) | 91.407 |
| * All times are local time for Chicago. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||||||||
The December solstice (winter solstice) in Chicago is at 3:48 pm on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. In terms of daylight, this day is 6 hours, 6 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.
Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?
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