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Chicago, Illinois, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2020
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Daylight
6:32 am – 7:16 pm
12 hours, 44 minutes
Current Time: Apr 1, 2020 at 11:19:44 pm
Sun Direction: ↑ 329° Northwest
Sun Altitude: -38.3°
Sun Distance: 92.919 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2020 4:43 pm (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 6:32 am↑ 83° East
Sunset Today: 7:16 pm↑ 278° West
December 2020 — Sun in Chicago
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| 2020 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Astronomical Twilight | Nautical Twilight | Civil Twilight | Solar Noon | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Difference | Start | End | Start | End | Start | End | Time | Mil. mi |
| 1 | 6:59 am ↑ (119°) | 4:20 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:21:01 | −1:19 | 5:19 am | 5:59 pm | 5:53 am | 5:25 pm | 6:28 am | 4:51 pm | 11:39 am (26.2°) | 91.646 |
| 2 | 7:00 am ↑ (119°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:19:45 | −1:16 | 5:20 am | 5:59 pm | 5:54 am | 5:25 pm | 6:29 am | 4:51 pm | 11:40 am (26.1°) | 91.632 |
| 3 | 7:01 am ↑ (120°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:18:32 | −1:12 | 5:21 am | 5:59 pm | 5:55 am | 5:25 pm | 6:30 am | 4:50 pm | 11:40 am (25.9°) | 91.618 |
| 4 | 7:02 am ↑ (120°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:17:22 | −1:09 | 5:22 am | 5:59 pm | 5:56 am | 5:25 pm | 6:30 am | 4:50 pm | 11:40 am (25.8°) | 91.605 |
| 5 | 7:03 am ↑ (120°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:16:17 | −1:05 | 5:23 am | 5:59 pm | 5:57 am | 5:25 pm | 6:31 am | 4:50 pm | 11:41 am (25.7°) | 91.592 |
| 6 | 7:04 am ↑ (120°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:15:15 | −1:01 | 5:24 am | 5:59 pm | 5:57 am | 5:25 pm | 6:32 am | 4:50 pm | 11:41 am (25.5°) | 91.580 |
| 7 | 7:05 am ↑ (120°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:14:16 | −0:58 | 5:24 am | 5:59 pm | 5:58 am | 5:25 pm | 6:33 am | 4:50 pm | 11:42 am (25.4°) | 91.568 |
| 8 | 7:05 am ↑ (120°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:13:22 | −0:54 | 5:25 am | 5:59 pm | 5:59 am | 5:25 pm | 6:34 am | 4:50 pm | 11:42 am (25.3°) | 91.557 |
| 9 | 7:06 am ↑ (121°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:12:32 | −0:50 | 5:26 am | 5:59 pm | 6:00 am | 5:25 pm | 6:35 am | 4:50 pm | 11:43 am (25.2°) | 91.546 |
| 10 | 7:07 am ↑ (121°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:11:45 | −0:46 | 5:27 am | 5:59 pm | 6:01 am | 5:25 pm | 6:36 am | 4:50 pm | 11:43 am (25.2°) | 91.535 |
| 11 | 7:08 am ↑ (121°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:11:03 | −0:42 | 5:28 am | 5:59 pm | 6:01 am | 5:26 pm | 6:36 am | 4:51 pm | 11:44 am (25.1°) | 91.525 |
| 12 | 7:09 am ↑ (121°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:10:24 | −0:38 | 5:28 am | 6:00 pm | 6:02 am | 5:26 pm | 6:37 am | 4:51 pm | 11:44 am (25.0°) | 91.515 |
| 13 | 7:10 am ↑ (121°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:09:50 | −0:34 | 5:29 am | 6:00 pm | 6:03 am | 5:26 pm | 6:38 am | 4:51 pm | 11:45 am (24.9°) | 91.505 |
| 14 | 7:10 am ↑ (121°) | 4:20 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:09:19 | −0:30 | 5:30 am | 6:00 pm | 6:04 am | 5:26 pm | 6:39 am | 4:51 pm | 11:45 am (24.9°) | 91.496 |
| 15 | 7:11 am ↑ (121°) | 4:20 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:08:53 | −0:26 | 5:30 am | 6:01 pm | 6:04 am | 5:27 pm | 6:39 am | 4:52 pm | 11:45 am (24.8°) | 91.487 |
| 16 | 7:12 am ↑ (121°) | 4:20 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:08:31 | −0:21 | 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 |
| 17 | 7:12 am ↑ (121°) | 4:21 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:08:13 | −0:17 | 5:32 am | 6:01 pm | 6:05 am | 5:27 pm | 6:41 am | 4:52 pm | 11:46 am (24.8°) | 91.470 |
| 18 | 7:13 am ↑ (121°) | 4:21 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:08:00 | −0:13 | 5:32 am | 6:02 pm | 6:06 am | 5:28 pm | 6:41 am | 4:53 pm | 11:47 am (24.7°) | 91.462 |
| 19 | 7:14 am ↑ (121°) | 4:21 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:07:51 | −0:09 | 5:33 am | 6:02 pm | 6:07 am | 5:28 pm | 6:42 am | 4:53 pm | 11:47 am (24.7°) | 91.454 |
| 20 | 7:14 am ↑ (121°) | 4:22 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:07:46 | −0:05 | 5:33 am | 6:03 pm | 6:07 am | 5:29 pm | 6:42 am | 4:54 pm | 11:48 am (24.7°) | 91.447 |
| 21 | 7:15 am ↑ (121°) | 4:22 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:07:45 | < 1s | 5:34 am | 6:03 pm | 6:08 am | 5:29 pm | 6:43 am | 4:54 pm | 11:48 am (24.7°) | 91.440 |
| 22 | 7:15 am ↑ (121°) | 4:23 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:07:48 | +0:03 | 5:34 am | 6:04 pm | 6:08 am | 5:30 pm | 6:43 am | 4:55 pm | 11:49 am (24.7°) | 91.434 |
| 23 | 7:15 am ↑ (121°) | 4:23 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:07:56 | +0:07 | 5:35 am | 6:04 pm | 6:09 am | 5:30 pm | 6:44 am | 4:55 pm | 11:49 am (24.7°) | 91.428 |
| 24 | 7:16 am ↑ (121°) | 4:24 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:08:08 | +0:11 | 5:35 am | 6:05 pm | 6:09 am | 5:31 pm | 6:44 am | 4:56 pm | 11:50 am (24.8°) | 91.422 |
| 25 | 7:16 am ↑ (121°) | 4:25 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:08:25 | +0:16 | 5:35 am | 6:05 pm | 6:09 am | 5:31 pm | 6:45 am | 4:56 pm | 11:50 am (24.8°) | 91.418 |
| 26 | 7:17 am ↑ (121°) | 4:25 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:08:45 | +0:20 | 5:36 am | 6:06 pm | 6:10 am | 5:32 pm | 6:45 am | 4:57 pm | 11:51 am (24.8°) | 91.413 |
| 27 | 7:17 am ↑ (121°) | 4:26 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:09:10 | +0:24 | 5:36 am | 6:07 pm | 6:10 am | 5:33 pm | 6:45 am | 4:58 pm | 11:51 am (24.9°) | 91.410 |
| 28 | 7:17 am ↑ (121°) | 4:27 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:09:39 | +0:28 | 5:37 am | 6:07 pm | 6:10 am | 5:33 pm | 6:46 am | 4:58 pm | 11:52 am (24.9°) | 91.406 |
| 29 | 7:17 am ↑ (121°) | 4:28 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:10:12 | +0:33 | 5:37 am | 6:08 pm | 6:11 am | 5:34 pm | 6:46 am | 4:59 pm | 11:52 am (25.0°) | 91.404 |
| 30 | 7:18 am ↑ (121°) | 4:28 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:10:49 | +0:37 | 5:37 am | 6:09 pm | 6:11 am | 5:35 pm | 6:46 am | 5:00 pm | 11:53 am (25.1°) | 91.402 |
| 31 | 7:18 am ↑ (121°) | 4:29 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:11:30 | +0:41 | 5:37 am | 6:10 pm | 6:11 am | 5:36 pm | 6:46 am | 5:01 pm | 11:53 am (25.1°) | 91.400 |
| * All times are local time for Chicago. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||||||||
December Solstice (Winter Solstice) is on Monday, December 21, 2020 at 4:02 am in Chicago. In terms of daylight, this day is 6 hours, 6 minutes shorter than on June Solstice. In most locations north of Equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.
Earliest sunset is on December 7 or December 8.
Why is the earliest sunset not on Winter Solstice?
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