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Fairfield, Iowa, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

5:56 am – 8:12 pm
14 hours, 16 minutes

Current Time: May 8, 2024 at 2:42:25 am
Sun Direction: 27° Northeast
Sun Altitude: -27.5°
Sun Distance: 93.828 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2024 3:50 pm (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 5:56 am 66° East
Sunset Today: 8:12 pm 294° Northwest
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2024 Sun Graph for Fairfield

December 2024 — Sun in Fairfield

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
17:13 am (119°)4:40 pm (241°)9:26:09−1:175:36 am6:17 pm6:09 am5:44 pm6:43 am5:10 pm11:57 am (27.1°)91.654
27:14 am (119°)4:39 pm (241°)9:24:55−1:135:36 am6:17 pm6:10 am5:44 pm6:44 am5:10 pm11:57 am (26.9°)91.639
37:15 am (119°)4:39 pm (241°)9:23:44−1:105:37 am6:17 pm6:10 am5:44 pm6:45 am5:10 pm11:57 am (26.8°)91.625
47:16 am (119°)4:39 pm (241°)9:22:38−1:065:38 am6:17 pm6:11 am5:44 pm6:46 am5:10 pm11:58 am (26.7°)91.611
57:17 am (120°)4:39 pm (240°)9:21:34−1:035:39 am6:17 pm6:12 am5:44 pm6:47 am5:10 pm11:58 am (26.5°)91.597
67:18 am (120°)4:39 pm (240°)9:20:35−0:595:40 am6:17 pm6:13 am5:44 pm6:47 am5:10 pm11:59 am (26.4°)91.584
77:19 am (120°)4:39 pm (240°)9:19:39−0:565:41 am6:17 pm6:14 am5:44 pm6:48 am5:10 pm11:59 am (26.3°)91.571
87:20 am (120°)4:39 pm (240°)9:18:46−0:525:41 am6:18 pm6:15 am5:44 pm6:49 am5:10 pm12:00 pm (26.2°)91.558
97:21 am (120°)4:39 pm (240°)9:17:58−0:485:42 am6:18 pm6:16 am5:44 pm6:50 am5:10 pm12:00 pm (26.1°)91.546
107:22 am (120°)4:39 pm (240°)9:17:13−0:445:43 am6:18 pm6:16 am5:44 pm6:51 am5:10 pm12:00 pm (26.0°)91.534
117:23 am (120°)4:39 pm (240°)9:16:32−0:405:44 am6:18 pm6:17 am5:45 pm6:52 am5:10 pm12:01 pm (25.9°)91.523
127:23 am (121°)4:39 pm (239°)9:15:55−0:365:44 am6:18 pm6:18 am5:45 pm6:52 am5:10 pm12:01 pm (25.9°)91.512
137:24 am (121°)4:40 pm (239°)9:15:22−0:325:45 am6:19 pm6:18 am5:45 pm6:53 am5:11 pm12:02 pm (25.8°)91.502
147:25 am (121°)4:40 pm (239°)9:14:53−0:295:46 am6:19 pm6:19 am5:45 pm6:54 am5:11 pm12:02 pm (25.8°)91.492
157:26 am (121°)4:40 pm (239°)9:14:28−0:255:46 am6:19 pm6:20 am5:46 pm6:54 am5:11 pm12:03 pm (25.7°)91.483
167:26 am (121°)4:40 pm (239°)9:14:07−0:205:47 am6:20 pm6:20 am5:46 pm6:55 am5:11 pm12:03 pm (25.7°)91.475
177:27 am (121°)4:41 pm (239°)9:13:50−0:165:48 am6:20 pm6:21 am5:46 pm6:56 am5:12 pm12:04 pm (25.6°)91.467
187:27 am (121°)4:41 pm (239°)9:13:38−0:125:48 am6:20 pm6:22 am5:47 pm6:56 am5:12 pm12:04 pm (25.6°)91.460
197:28 am (121°)4:42 pm (239°)9:13:29−0:085:49 am6:21 pm6:22 am5:47 pm6:57 am5:13 pm12:05 pm (25.6°)91.453
207:29 am (121°)4:42 pm (239°)9:13:24−0:045:49 am6:21 pm6:23 am5:48 pm6:57 am5:13 pm12:05 pm (25.6°)91.447
217:29 am (121°)4:42 pm (239°)9:13:24< 1s5:50 am6:22 pm6:23 am5:48 pm6:58 am5:14 pm12:06 pm (25.6°)91.441
227:30 am (121°)4:43 pm (239°)9:13:27+0:035:50 am6:22 pm6:24 am5:49 pm6:58 am5:14 pm12:06 pm (25.6°)91.436
237:30 am (121°)4:44 pm (239°)9:13:35+0:075:51 am6:23 pm6:24 am5:49 pm6:59 am5:15 pm12:07 pm (25.6°)91.432
247:30 am (121°)4:44 pm (239°)9:13:47+0:115:51 am6:23 pm6:25 am5:50 pm6:59 am5:15 pm12:07 pm (25.6°)91.427
257:31 am (121°)4:45 pm (239°)9:14:03+0:155:52 am6:24 pm6:25 am5:51 pm7:00 am5:16 pm12:08 pm (25.7°)91.424
267:31 am (121°)4:45 pm (239°)9:14:23+0:195:52 am6:25 pm6:25 am5:51 pm7:00 am5:17 pm12:08 pm (25.7°)91.420
277:31 am (121°)4:46 pm (239°)9:14:47+0:245:52 am6:25 pm6:26 am5:52 pm7:00 am5:17 pm12:09 pm (25.7°)91.417
287:32 am (121°)4:47 pm (239°)9:15:15+0:285:53 am6:26 pm6:26 am5:53 pm7:01 am5:18 pm12:09 pm (25.8°)91.414
297:32 am (121°)4:48 pm (239°)9:15:47+0:325:53 am6:27 pm6:26 am5:53 pm7:01 am5:19 pm12:10 pm (25.9°)91.412
307:32 am (120°)4:48 pm (240°)9:16:23+0:365:53 am6:27 pm6:27 am5:54 pm7:01 am5:19 pm12:10 pm (25.9°)91.410
317:32 am (120°)4:49 pm (240°)9:17:03+0:405:53 am6:28 pm6:27 am5:55 pm7:01 am5:20 pm12:11 pm (26.0°)91.409
* All times are local time for Fairfield. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Fairfield is at 3:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 54 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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