Daylight
7:26 am – 6:45 pm
11 hours, 19 minutes
| Current Time: | Oct 20, 2021 at 6:29:44 am |
|---|---|
| Sun Direction: | ↑ 95° East |
| Sun Altitude: | -13.1° |
| Sun Distance: | 92.554 million mi |
| Next Solstice: | Dec 21, 2021 9:59 am (Winter) |
| Sunrise Today: | 7:26 am↑ 102° East |
| Sunset Today: | 6:45 pm↑ 258° West |
2021 Sun Graph for Houston
December 2021 — Sun in Houston
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| 2021 | 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 | 6:59 am ↑ (115°) | 5:21 pm ↑ (245°) | 10:22:17 | −0:49 | 5:35 am | 6:46 pm | 6:04 am | 6:17 pm | 6:33 am | 5:47 pm | 12:10 pm (38.3°) | 91.658 |
| 2 | 7:00 am ↑ (115°) | 5:21 pm ↑ (245°) | 10:21:30 | −0:47 | 5:35 am | 6:46 pm | 6:04 am | 6:17 pm | 6:34 am | 5:47 pm | 12:11 pm (38.2°) | 91.644 |
| 3 | 7:00 am ↑ (115°) | 5:21 pm ↑ (245°) | 10:20:45 | −0:45 | 5:36 am | 6:46 pm | 6:05 am | 6:17 pm | 6:34 am | 5:47 pm | 12:11 pm (38.1°) | 91.630 |
| 4 | 7:01 am ↑ (115°) | 5:21 pm ↑ (245°) | 10:20:02 | −0:42 | 5:37 am | 6:46 pm | 6:06 am | 6:17 pm | 6:35 am | 5:47 pm | 12:11 pm (37.9°) | 91.616 |
| 5 | 7:02 am ↑ (116°) | 5:21 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:19:21 | −0:40 | 5:37 am | 6:46 pm | 6:06 am | 6:17 pm | 6:36 am | 5:47 pm | 12:12 pm (37.8°) | 91.603 |
| 6 | 7:03 am ↑ (116°) | 5:21 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:18:43 | −0:38 | 5:38 am | 6:46 pm | 6:07 am | 6:17 pm | 6:37 am | 5:48 pm | 12:12 pm (37.7°) | 91.589 |
| 7 | 7:03 am ↑ (116°) | 5:22 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:18:07 | −0:35 | 5:39 am | 6:46 pm | 6:08 am | 6:17 pm | 6:37 am | 5:48 pm | 12:13 pm (37.6°) | 91.576 |
| 8 | 7:04 am ↑ (116°) | 5:22 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:17:34 | −0:33 | 5:39 am | 6:47 pm | 6:08 am | 6:18 pm | 6:38 am | 5:48 pm | 12:13 pm (37.5°) | 91.564 |
| 9 | 7:05 am ↑ (116°) | 5:22 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:17:02 | −0:31 | 5:40 am | 6:47 pm | 6:09 am | 6:18 pm | 6:39 am | 5:48 pm | 12:13 pm (37.4°) | 91.552 |
| 10 | 7:06 am ↑ (116°) | 5:22 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:16:34 | −0:28 | 5:41 am | 6:47 pm | 6:10 am | 6:18 pm | 6:39 am | 5:48 pm | 12:14 pm (37.3°) | 91.540 |
| 11 | 7:06 am ↑ (116°) | 5:22 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:16:07 | −0:26 | 5:41 am | 6:47 pm | 6:10 am | 6:18 pm | 6:40 am | 5:49 pm | 12:14 pm (37.2°) | 91.528 |
| 12 | 7:07 am ↑ (116°) | 5:23 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:15:43 | −0:23 | 5:42 am | 6:48 pm | 6:11 am | 6:19 pm | 6:41 am | 5:49 pm | 12:15 pm (37.1°) | 91.517 |
| 13 | 7:08 am ↑ (116°) | 5:23 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:15:22 | −0:21 | 5:42 am | 6:48 pm | 6:12 am | 6:19 pm | 6:41 am | 5:49 pm | 12:15 pm (37.1°) | 91.507 |
| 14 | 7:08 am ↑ (117°) | 5:23 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:15:03 | −0:18 | 5:43 am | 6:49 pm | 6:12 am | 6:19 pm | 6:42 am | 5:50 pm | 12:16 pm (37.0°) | 91.497 |
| 15 | 7:09 am ↑ (117°) | 5:24 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:47 | −0:16 | 5:44 am | 6:49 pm | 6:13 am | 6:20 pm | 6:43 am | 5:50 pm | 12:16 pm (37.0°) | 91.487 |
| 16 | 7:09 am ↑ (117°) | 5:24 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:33 | −0:13 | 5:44 am | 6:49 pm | 6:13 am | 6:20 pm | 6:43 am | 5:50 pm | 12:17 pm (36.9°) | 91.478 |
| 17 | 7:10 am ↑ (117°) | 5:24 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:22 | −0:11 | 5:45 am | 6:50 pm | 6:14 am | 6:21 pm | 6:44 am | 5:51 pm | 12:17 pm (36.9°) | 91.470 |
| 18 | 7:11 am ↑ (117°) | 5:25 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:13 | −0:08 | 5:45 am | 6:50 pm | 6:15 am | 6:21 pm | 6:44 am | 5:51 pm | 12:18 pm (36.9°) | 91.462 |
| 19 | 7:11 am ↑ (117°) | 5:25 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:07 | −0:06 | 5:46 am | 6:51 pm | 6:15 am | 6:21 pm | 6:45 am | 5:52 pm | 12:18 pm (36.8°) | 91.455 |
| 20 | 7:12 am ↑ (117°) | 5:26 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:03 | −0:03 | 5:46 am | 6:51 pm | 6:16 am | 6:22 pm | 6:45 am | 5:52 pm | 12:19 pm (36.8°) | 91.448 |
| 21 | 7:12 am ↑ (117°) | 5:26 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:02 | −0:01 | 5:47 am | 6:52 pm | 6:16 am | 6:22 pm | 6:46 am | 5:53 pm | 12:19 pm (36.8°) | 91.442 |
| 22 | 7:13 am ↑ (117°) | 5:27 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:04 | +0:01 | 5:47 am | 6:52 pm | 6:17 am | 6:23 pm | 6:46 am | 5:53 pm | 12:20 pm (36.8°) | 91.436 |
| 23 | 7:13 am ↑ (117°) | 5:27 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:08 | +0:04 | 5:48 am | 6:53 pm | 6:17 am | 6:23 pm | 6:47 am | 5:54 pm | 12:20 pm (36.8°) | 91.431 |
| 24 | 7:14 am ↑ (117°) | 5:28 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:15 | +0:06 | 5:48 am | 6:53 pm | 6:18 am | 6:24 pm | 6:47 am | 5:54 pm | 12:21 pm (36.9°) | 91.427 |
| 25 | 7:14 am ↑ (117°) | 5:28 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:24 | +0:09 | 5:49 am | 6:54 pm | 6:18 am | 6:25 pm | 6:48 am | 5:55 pm | 12:21 pm (36.9°) | 91.423 |
| 26 | 7:14 am ↑ (117°) | 5:29 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:36 | +0:11 | 5:49 am | 6:54 pm | 6:18 am | 6:25 pm | 6:48 am | 5:55 pm | 12:22 pm (36.9°) | 91.419 |
| 27 | 7:15 am ↑ (117°) | 5:30 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:50 | +0:14 | 5:50 am | 6:55 pm | 6:19 am | 6:26 pm | 6:49 am | 5:56 pm | 12:22 pm (37.0°) | 91.417 |
| 28 | 7:15 am ↑ (117°) | 5:30 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:15:07 | +0:16 | 5:50 am | 6:55 pm | 6:19 am | 6:26 pm | 6:49 am | 5:57 pm | 12:23 pm (37.0°) | 91.414 |
| 29 | 7:16 am ↑ (116°) | 5:31 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:15:27 | +0:19 | 5:50 am | 6:56 pm | 6:20 am | 6:27 pm | 6:49 am | 5:57 pm | 12:23 pm (37.1°) | 91.412 |
| 30 | 7:16 am ↑ (116°) | 5:32 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:15:49 | +0:22 | 5:51 am | 6:57 pm | 6:20 am | 6:28 pm | 6:50 am | 5:58 pm | 12:24 pm (37.1°) | 91.410 |
| 31 | 7:16 am ↑ (116°) | 5:32 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:16:13 | +0:24 | 5:51 am | 6:57 pm | 6:20 am | 6:28 pm | 6:50 am | 5:59 pm | 12:24 pm (37.2°) | 91.409 |
| * All times are local time for Houston. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||||||||
December Solstice (Winter Solstice) is on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at 9:59 am in Houston. In terms of daylight, this day is 3 hours, 49 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 1 or December 2.
Why is the earliest sunset not on Winter Solstice?
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