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Defiance, Ohio, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

6:45 am – 8:26 pm
13 hours, 42 minutes

Current Time: Apr 23, 2024 at 3:44:24 am
Sun Direction: 36° Northeast
Sun Altitude: -28.4°
Sun Distance: 93.468 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2024 4:50 pm (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 6:45 am 72° East
Sunset Today: 8:26 pm 288° West
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2024 Sun Graph for Defiance

December 2024 — Sun in Defiance

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
17:44 am (119°)5:08 pm (241°)9:24:31−1:186:05 am6:47 pm6:39 am6:13 pm7:13 am5:39 pm12:26 pm (26.8°)91.654
27:45 am (119°)5:08 pm (241°)9:23:17−1:146:06 am6:47 pm6:40 am6:13 pm7:14 am5:39 pm12:27 pm (26.6°)91.639
37:46 am (119°)5:08 pm (241°)9:22:06−1:116:07 am6:47 pm6:41 am6:13 pm7:15 am5:39 pm12:27 pm (26.5°)91.625
47:47 am (120°)5:08 pm (240°)9:20:58−1:076:08 am6:47 pm6:41 am6:13 pm7:16 am5:39 pm12:27 pm (26.4°)91.611
57:48 am (120°)5:08 pm (240°)9:19:54−1:046:09 am6:47 pm6:42 am6:13 pm7:17 am5:39 pm12:28 pm (26.3°)91.597
67:49 am (120°)5:08 pm (240°)9:18:53−1:006:10 am6:47 pm6:43 am6:13 pm7:18 am5:39 pm12:28 pm (26.1°)91.584
77:50 am (120°)5:08 pm (240°)9:17:57−0:566:11 am6:47 pm6:44 am6:13 pm7:19 am5:39 pm12:29 pm (26.0°)91.571
87:51 am (120°)5:08 pm (240°)9:17:04−0:526:11 am6:47 pm6:45 am6:13 pm7:19 am5:39 pm12:29 pm (25.9°)91.558
97:51 am (120°)5:08 pm (240°)9:16:14−0:496:12 am6:47 pm6:46 am6:13 pm7:20 am5:39 pm12:30 pm (25.8°)91.546
107:52 am (120°)5:08 pm (240°)9:15:29−0:456:13 am6:47 pm6:46 am6:14 pm7:21 am5:39 pm12:30 pm (25.7°)91.534
117:53 am (121°)5:08 pm (239°)9:14:48−0:416:14 am6:47 pm6:47 am6:14 pm7:22 am5:39 pm12:31 pm (25.7°)91.523
127:54 am (121°)5:08 pm (239°)9:14:10−0:376:14 am6:48 pm6:48 am6:14 pm7:23 am5:39 pm12:31 pm (25.6°)91.512
137:55 am (121°)5:08 pm (239°)9:13:37−0:336:15 am6:48 pm6:49 am6:14 pm7:23 am5:39 pm12:31 pm (25.5°)91.502
147:55 am (121°)5:08 pm (239°)9:13:08−0:296:16 am6:48 pm6:49 am6:14 pm7:24 am5:40 pm12:32 pm (25.5°)91.493
157:56 am (121°)5:09 pm (239°)9:12:42−0:256:16 am6:48 pm6:50 am6:15 pm7:25 am5:40 pm12:32 pm (25.4°)91.484
167:57 am (121°)5:09 pm (239°)9:12:21−0:216:17 am6:49 pm6:51 am6:15 pm7:25 am5:40 pm12:33 pm (25.4°)91.475
177:57 am (121°)5:09 pm (239°)9:12:04−0:176:18 am6:49 pm6:51 am6:15 pm7:26 am5:41 pm12:33 pm (25.4°)91.467
187:58 am (121°)5:10 pm (239°)9:11:51−0:136:18 am6:50 pm6:52 am6:16 pm7:27 am5:41 pm12:34 pm (25.3°)91.460
197:59 am (121°)5:10 pm (239°)9:11:42−0:086:19 am6:50 pm6:52 am6:16 pm7:27 am5:42 pm12:34 pm (25.3°)91.453
207:59 am (121°)5:11 pm (239°)9:11:37−0:046:19 am6:50 pm6:53 am6:17 pm7:28 am5:42 pm12:35 pm (25.3°)91.447
218:00 am (121°)5:11 pm (239°)9:11:36< 1s6:20 am6:51 pm6:53 am6:17 pm7:28 am5:42 pm12:35 pm (25.3°)91.442
228:00 am (121°)5:12 pm (239°)9:11:40+0:036:20 am6:51 pm6:54 am6:18 pm7:29 am5:43 pm12:36 pm (25.3°)91.436
238:00 am (121°)5:12 pm (239°)9:11:47+0:076:21 am6:52 pm6:54 am6:18 pm7:29 am5:44 pm12:36 pm (25.3°)91.432
248:01 am (121°)5:13 pm (239°)9:11:59+0:116:21 am6:53 pm6:55 am6:19 pm7:30 am5:44 pm12:37 pm (25.4°)91.427
258:01 am (121°)5:14 pm (239°)9:12:15+0:156:22 am6:53 pm6:55 am6:20 pm7:30 am5:45 pm12:37 pm (25.4°)91.424
268:02 am (121°)5:14 pm (239°)9:12:35+0:206:22 am6:54 pm6:56 am6:20 pm7:30 am5:45 pm12:38 pm (25.4°)91.420
278:02 am (121°)5:15 pm (239°)9:13:00+0:246:22 am6:55 pm6:56 am6:21 pm7:31 am5:46 pm12:38 pm (25.5°)91.417
288:02 am (121°)5:16 pm (239°)9:13:28+0:286:23 am6:55 pm6:56 am6:22 pm7:31 am5:47 pm12:39 pm (25.5°)91.415
298:02 am (121°)5:16 pm (239°)9:14:00+0:326:23 am6:56 pm6:56 am6:22 pm7:31 am5:48 pm12:39 pm (25.6°)91.412
308:03 am (121°)5:17 pm (239°)9:14:37+0:366:23 am6:57 pm6:57 am6:23 pm7:31 am5:48 pm12:40 pm (25.6°)91.410
318:03 am (121°)5:18 pm (240°)9:15:17+0:406:23 am6:57 pm6:57 am6:24 pm7:32 am5:49 pm12:40 pm (25.7°)91.409
* All times are local time for Defiance. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Defiance is at 4:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 58 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 7 or December 8.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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