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Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

5:55 am – 8:54 pm
14 hours, 59 minutes

Current Time: May 10, 2024 at 4:48:45 am
Sun Direction: 49° Northeast
Sun Altitude: -10.0°
Sun Distance: 93.873 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2024 3:50 pm (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 5:55 am 62° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:54 pm 298° Northwest
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2024 Sun Graph for Grand Forks

December 2024 — Sun in Grand Forks

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
17:57 am (123°)4:37 pm (237°)8:39:52−1:426:05 am6:28 pm6:42 am5:51 pm7:21 am5:12 pm12:17 pm (20.2°)91.654
27:58 am (123°)4:36 pm (237°)8:38:14−1:386:06 am6:28 pm6:43 am5:51 pm7:22 am5:12 pm12:17 pm (20.0°)91.639
37:59 am (123°)4:36 pm (237°)8:36:40−1:336:07 am6:28 pm6:45 am5:51 pm7:24 am5:12 pm12:18 pm (19.9°)91.625
48:00 am (123°)4:36 pm (236°)8:35:11−1:296:08 am6:28 pm6:46 am5:50 pm7:25 am5:11 pm12:18 pm (19.7°)91.611
58:02 am (124°)4:35 pm (236°)8:33:47−1:246:09 am6:28 pm6:47 am5:50 pm7:26 am5:11 pm12:19 pm (19.6°)91.597
68:03 am (124°)4:35 pm (236°)8:32:27−1:196:10 am6:28 pm6:48 am5:50 pm7:27 am5:11 pm12:19 pm (19.5°)91.584
78:04 am (124°)4:35 pm (236°)8:31:13−1:146:11 am6:28 pm6:48 am5:50 pm7:28 am5:11 pm12:19 pm (19.4°)91.570
88:05 am (124°)4:35 pm (236°)8:30:03−1:096:12 am6:28 pm6:49 am5:50 pm7:29 am5:11 pm12:20 pm (19.3°)91.558
98:06 am (124°)4:35 pm (236°)8:28:58−1:046:13 am6:28 pm6:50 am5:50 pm7:30 am5:11 pm12:20 pm (19.2°)91.546
108:07 am (125°)4:35 pm (235°)8:27:58−0:596:13 am6:28 pm6:51 am5:50 pm7:31 am5:11 pm12:21 pm (19.1°)91.534
118:08 am (125°)4:35 pm (235°)8:27:04−0:546:14 am6:28 pm6:52 am5:50 pm7:31 am5:11 pm12:21 pm (19.0°)91.523
128:08 am (125°)4:35 pm (235°)8:26:15−0:496:15 am6:28 pm6:53 am5:50 pm7:32 am5:11 pm12:22 pm (19.0°)91.512
138:09 am (125°)4:35 pm (235°)8:25:30−0:446:16 am6:28 pm6:54 am5:51 pm7:33 am5:11 pm12:22 pm (18.9°)91.502
148:10 am (125°)4:35 pm (235°)8:24:52−0:386:17 am6:29 pm6:54 am5:51 pm7:34 am5:11 pm12:23 pm (18.9°)91.492
158:11 am (125°)4:35 pm (235°)8:24:18−0:336:17 am6:29 pm6:55 am5:51 pm7:35 am5:11 pm12:23 pm (18.8°)91.483
168:12 am (125°)4:35 pm (235°)8:23:50−0:286:18 am6:29 pm6:56 am5:51 pm7:35 am5:12 pm12:24 pm (18.8°)91.475
178:12 am (125°)4:36 pm (235°)8:23:28−0:226:19 am6:30 pm6:56 am5:52 pm7:36 am5:12 pm12:24 pm (18.7°)91.467
188:13 am (125°)4:36 pm (235°)8:23:10−0:176:19 am6:30 pm6:57 am5:52 pm7:37 am5:12 pm12:25 pm (18.7°)91.460
198:14 am (125°)4:37 pm (235°)8:22:59−0:116:20 am6:30 pm6:58 am5:53 pm7:37 am5:13 pm12:25 pm (18.7°)91.453
208:14 am (125°)4:37 pm (235°)8:22:53−0:066:20 am6:31 pm6:58 am5:53 pm7:38 am5:13 pm12:26 pm (18.7°)91.447
218:15 am (125°)4:37 pm (235°)8:22:52< 1s6:21 am6:31 pm6:59 am5:53 pm7:38 am5:14 pm12:26 pm (18.7°)91.441
228:15 am (125°)4:38 pm (235°)8:22:57+0:046:21 am6:32 pm6:59 am5:54 pm7:39 am5:14 pm12:27 pm (18.7°)91.436
238:16 am (125°)4:39 pm (235°)8:23:07+0:106:22 am6:32 pm7:00 am5:55 pm7:39 am5:15 pm12:27 pm (18.7°)91.432
248:16 am (125°)4:39 pm (235°)8:23:23+0:156:22 am6:33 pm7:00 am5:55 pm7:40 am5:16 pm12:28 pm (18.7°)91.427
258:16 am (125°)4:40 pm (235°)8:23:44+0:216:23 am6:34 pm7:00 am5:56 pm7:40 am5:16 pm12:28 pm (18.8°)91.423
268:16 am (125°)4:41 pm (235°)8:24:11+0:266:23 am6:34 pm7:01 am5:57 pm7:40 am5:17 pm12:29 pm (18.8°)91.420
278:17 am (125°)4:41 pm (235°)8:24:44+0:326:23 am6:35 pm7:01 am5:57 pm7:40 am5:18 pm12:29 pm (18.8°)91.417
288:17 am (125°)4:42 pm (235°)8:25:21+0:376:23 am6:36 pm7:01 am5:58 pm7:41 am5:18 pm12:30 pm (18.9°)91.414
298:17 am (125°)4:43 pm (235°)8:26:04+0:436:24 am6:37 pm7:01 am5:59 pm7:41 am5:19 pm12:30 pm (19.0°)91.412
308:17 am (125°)4:44 pm (235°)8:26:53+0:486:24 am6:37 pm7:02 am6:00 pm7:41 am5:20 pm12:30 pm (19.0°)91.410
318:17 am (125°)4:45 pm (235°)8:27:46+0:536:24 am6:38 pm7:02 am6:00 pm7:41 am5:21 pm12:31 pm (19.1°)91.409
* All times are local time for Grand Forks. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Grand Forks is at 3:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 7 hours, 39 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 10 or December 11. The latest sunrise is on December 31.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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