Daylight
7:11 am – 5:58 pm
10 hours, 46 minutes
| Current Time: | Jan 31, 2023 at 5:48:00 am |
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| Sun Direction: | ↑ 100° East |
| Sun Altitude: | -18.5° |
| Sun Distance: | 91.578 million mi |
| Next Equinox: | Mar 20, 2023 4:24 pm (Vernal) |
| Sunrise Today: | 7:11 am↑ 110° East |
| Sunset Today: | 5:58 pm↑ 251° West |
2023 Sun Graph for Houston
December 2023 — Sun in Houston
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| 2023 | 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°) | 10:22:40 | −0:50 | 5:34 am | 6:45 pm | 6:03 am | 6:17 pm | 6:33 am | 5:47 pm | 12:10 pm (38.4°) | 91.660 |
| 2 | 6:59 am ↑ (115°) | 5:21 pm ↑ (245°) | 10:21:52 | −0:48 | 5:35 am | 6:46 pm | 6:04 am | 6:17 pm | 6:33 am | 5:47 pm | 12:10 pm (38.3°) | 91.646 |
| 3 | 7:00 am ↑ (115°) | 5:21 pm ↑ (245°) | 10:21:06 | −0:46 | 5:36 am | 6:46 pm | 6:05 am | 6:17 pm | 6:34 am | 5:47 pm | 12:11 pm (38.1°) | 91.632 |
| 4 | 7:01 am ↑ (115°) | 5:21 pm ↑ (245°) | 10:20:22 | −0:43 | 5:36 am | 6:46 pm | 6:05 am | 6:17 pm | 6:35 am | 5:47 pm | 12:11 pm (38.0°) | 91.619 |
| 5 | 7:02 am ↑ (115°) | 5:21 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:19:40 | −0:41 | 5:37 am | 6:46 pm | 6:06 am | 6:17 pm | 6:36 am | 5:47 pm | 12:12 pm (37.9°) | 91.606 |
| 6 | 7:02 am ↑ (116°) | 5:21 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:19:01 | −0:39 | 5:38 am | 6:46 pm | 6:07 am | 6:17 pm | 6:36 am | 5:47 pm | 12:12 pm (37.7°) | 91.593 |
| 7 | 7:03 am ↑ (116°) | 5:22 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:18:24 | −0:37 | 5:38 am | 6:46 pm | 6:07 am | 6:17 pm | 6:37 am | 5:48 pm | 12:12 pm (37.6°) | 91.581 |
| 8 | 7:04 am ↑ (116°) | 5:22 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:17:49 | −0:34 | 5:39 am | 6:47 pm | 6:08 am | 6:17 pm | 6:38 am | 5:48 pm | 12:13 pm (37.5°) | 91.569 |
| 9 | 7:05 am ↑ (116°) | 5:22 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:17:17 | −0:32 | 5:40 am | 6:47 pm | 6:09 am | 6:18 pm | 6:38 am | 5:48 pm | 12:13 pm (37.4°) | 91.558 |
| 10 | 7:05 am ↑ (116°) | 5:22 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:16:47 | −0:29 | 5:40 am | 6:47 pm | 6:09 am | 6:18 pm | 6:39 am | 5:48 pm | 12:14 pm (37.3°) | 91.547 |
| 11 | 7:06 am ↑ (116°) | 5:22 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:16:19 | −0:27 | 5:41 am | 6:47 pm | 6:10 am | 6:18 pm | 6:40 am | 5:49 pm | 12:14 pm (37.2°) | 91.536 |
| 12 | 7:07 am ↑ (116°) | 5:23 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:15:54 | −0:25 | 5:42 am | 6:48 pm | 6:11 am | 6:19 pm | 6:40 am | 5:49 pm | 12:15 pm (37.2°) | 91.525 |
| 13 | 7:07 am ↑ (116°) | 5:23 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:15:32 | −0:22 | 5:42 am | 6:48 pm | 6:11 am | 6:19 pm | 6:41 am | 5:49 pm | 12:15 pm (37.1°) | 91.515 |
| 14 | 7:08 am ↑ (116°) | 5:23 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:15:12 | −0:20 | 5:43 am | 6:48 pm | 6:12 am | 6:19 pm | 6:42 am | 5:49 pm | 12:16 pm (37.0°) | 91.505 |
| 15 | 7:09 am ↑ (117°) | 5:24 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:54 | −0:17 | 5:43 am | 6:49 pm | 6:13 am | 6:20 pm | 6:42 am | 5:50 pm | 12:16 pm (37.0°) | 91.496 |
| 16 | 7:09 am ↑ (117°) | 5:24 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:39 | −0:15 | 5:44 am | 6:49 pm | 6:13 am | 6:20 pm | 6:43 am | 5:50 pm | 12:17 pm (36.9°) | 91.486 |
| 17 | 7:10 am ↑ (117°) | 5:24 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:26 | −0:12 | 5:45 am | 6:50 pm | 6:14 am | 6:20 pm | 6:44 am | 5:51 pm | 12:17 pm (36.9°) | 91.477 |
| 18 | 7:10 am ↑ (117°) | 5:25 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:16 | −0:09 | 5:45 am | 6:50 pm | 6:14 am | 6:21 pm | 6:44 am | 5:51 pm | 12:18 pm (36.9°) | 91.469 |
| 19 | 7:11 am ↑ (117°) | 5:25 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:09 | −0:07 | 5:46 am | 6:50 pm | 6:15 am | 6:21 pm | 6:45 am | 5:51 pm | 12:18 pm (36.8°) | 91.461 |
| 20 | 7:11 am ↑ (117°) | 5:26 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:04 | −0:04 | 5:46 am | 6:51 pm | 6:15 am | 6:22 pm | 6:45 am | 5:52 pm | 12:19 pm (36.8°) | 91.453 |
| 21 | 7:12 am ↑ (117°) | 5:26 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:02 | −0:02 | 5:47 am | 6:51 pm | 6:16 am | 6:22 pm | 6:46 am | 5:52 pm | 12:19 pm (36.8°) | 91.446 |
| 22 | 7:13 am ↑ (117°) | 5:27 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:02 | < 1s | 5:47 am | 6:52 pm | 6:16 am | 6:23 pm | 6:46 am | 5:53 pm | 12:20 pm (36.8°) | 91.439 |
| 23 | 7:13 am ↑ (117°) | 5:27 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:05 | +0:02 | 5:48 am | 6:52 pm | 6:17 am | 6:23 pm | 6:47 am | 5:53 pm | 12:20 pm (36.8°) | 91.433 |
| 24 | 7:13 am ↑ (117°) | 5:28 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:11 | +0:05 | 5:48 am | 6:53 pm | 6:17 am | 6:24 pm | 6:47 am | 5:54 pm | 12:21 pm (36.9°) | 91.428 |
| 25 | 7:14 am ↑ (117°) | 5:28 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:19 | +0:08 | 5:49 am | 6:53 pm | 6:18 am | 6:24 pm | 6:48 am | 5:54 pm | 12:21 pm (36.9°) | 91.423 |
| 26 | 7:14 am ↑ (117°) | 5:29 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:29 | +0:10 | 5:49 am | 6:54 pm | 6:18 am | 6:25 pm | 6:48 am | 5:55 pm | 12:22 pm (36.9°) | 91.418 |
| 27 | 7:15 am ↑ (117°) | 5:29 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:43 | +0:13 | 5:49 am | 6:55 pm | 6:19 am | 6:25 pm | 6:48 am | 5:56 pm | 12:22 pm (36.9°) | 91.415 |
| 28 | 7:15 am ↑ (117°) | 5:30 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:58 | +0:15 | 5:50 am | 6:55 pm | 6:19 am | 6:26 pm | 6:49 am | 5:56 pm | 12:22 pm (37.0°) | 91.411 |
| 29 | 7:15 am ↑ (116°) | 5:31 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:15:17 | +0:18 | 5:50 am | 6:56 pm | 6:19 am | 6:27 pm | 6:49 am | 5:57 pm | 12:23 pm (37.1°) | 91.409 |
| 30 | 7:16 am ↑ (116°) | 5:31 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:15:38 | +0:20 | 5:51 am | 6:56 pm | 6:20 am | 6:27 pm | 6:49 am | 5:58 pm | 12:23 pm (37.1°) | 91.407 |
| 31 | 7:16 am ↑ (116°) | 5:32 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:16:01 | +0:23 | 5:51 am | 6:57 pm | 6:20 am | 6:28 pm | 6:50 am | 5:58 pm | 12:24 pm (37.2°) | 91.405 |
| * All times are local time for Houston. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||||||||
The December solstice (winter solstice) in Houston is at 9:27 pm on Thursday, December 21, 2023. In terms of daylight, this day is 3 hours, 49 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 2 or December 3.
Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?
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