Daylight
5:45 am – 7:31 pm
13 hours, 47 minutes
| Current Time: | Apr 25, 2024 at 9:12:04 am |
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| Sun Direction: | ↑ 106° East |
| Sun Altitude: | 37.5° |
| Sun Distance: | 93.524 million mi |
| Next Solstice: | Jun 20, 2024 4:50 pm (Summer) |
| Sunrise Today: | 5:45 am↑ 71° East |
| Sunset Today: | 7:31 pm↑ 289° West |
2024 Sun Graph for Nantucket
December 2024 — Sun in Nantucket
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| 2024 | 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 | 6:47 am ↑ (119°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:24:36 | −1:18 | 5:08 am | 5:50 pm | 5:42 am | 5:16 pm | 6:16 am | 4:42 pm | 11:29 am (26.8°) | 91.655 |
| 2 | 6:48 am ↑ (119°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:23:21 | −1:14 | 5:09 am | 5:50 pm | 5:43 am | 5:16 pm | 6:17 am | 4:42 pm | 11:30 am (26.7°) | 91.640 |
| 3 | 6:49 am ↑ (119°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:22:09 | −1:11 | 5:10 am | 5:50 pm | 5:43 am | 5:16 pm | 6:18 am | 4:42 pm | 11:30 am (26.5°) | 91.626 |
| 4 | 6:50 am ↑ (120°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:21:02 | −1:07 | 5:11 am | 5:49 pm | 5:44 am | 5:16 pm | 6:19 am | 4:42 pm | 11:30 am (26.4°) | 91.612 |
| 5 | 6:51 am ↑ (120°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:19:57 | −1:04 | 5:12 am | 5:49 pm | 5:45 am | 5:16 pm | 6:20 am | 4:42 pm | 11:31 am (26.3°) | 91.598 |
| 6 | 6:52 am ↑ (120°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:18:57 | −1:00 | 5:13 am | 5:50 pm | 5:46 am | 5:16 pm | 6:21 am | 4:42 pm | 11:31 am (26.1°) | 91.584 |
| 7 | 6:53 am ↑ (120°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:18:00 | −0:56 | 5:13 am | 5:50 pm | 5:47 am | 5:16 pm | 6:22 am | 4:42 pm | 11:32 am (26.0°) | 91.571 |
| 8 | 6:53 am ↑ (120°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:17:07 | −0:53 | 5:14 am | 5:50 pm | 5:48 am | 5:16 pm | 6:22 am | 4:42 pm | 11:32 am (25.9°) | 91.559 |
| 9 | 6:54 am ↑ (120°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:16:18 | −0:49 | 5:15 am | 5:50 pm | 5:49 am | 5:16 pm | 6:23 am | 4:42 pm | 11:33 am (25.8°) | 91.547 |
| 10 | 6:55 am ↑ (120°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:15:32 | −0:45 | 5:16 am | 5:50 pm | 5:49 am | 5:16 pm | 6:24 am | 4:42 pm | 11:33 am (25.8°) | 91.535 |
| 11 | 6:56 am ↑ (121°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:14:51 | −0:41 | 5:17 am | 5:50 pm | 5:50 am | 5:17 pm | 6:25 am | 4:42 pm | 11:33 am (25.7°) | 91.524 |
| 12 | 6:57 am ↑ (121°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:14:13 | −0:37 | 5:17 am | 5:50 pm | 5:51 am | 5:17 pm | 6:26 am | 4:42 pm | 11:34 am (25.6°) | 91.513 |
| 13 | 6:57 am ↑ (121°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:13:39 | −0:33 | 5:18 am | 5:51 pm | 5:52 am | 5:17 pm | 6:26 am | 4:42 pm | 11:34 am (25.5°) | 91.503 |
| 14 | 6:58 am ↑ (121°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:13:10 | −0:29 | 5:19 am | 5:51 pm | 5:52 am | 5:17 pm | 6:27 am | 4:43 pm | 11:35 am (25.5°) | 91.493 |
| 15 | 6:59 am ↑ (121°) | 4:12 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:12:44 | −0:25 | 5:19 am | 5:51 pm | 5:53 am | 5:18 pm | 6:28 am | 4:43 pm | 11:35 am (25.4°) | 91.484 |
| 16 | 7:00 am ↑ (121°) | 4:12 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:12:23 | −0:21 | 5:20 am | 5:52 pm | 5:54 am | 5:18 pm | 6:28 am | 4:43 pm | 11:36 am (25.4°) | 91.476 |
| 17 | 7:00 am ↑ (121°) | 4:12 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:12:05 | −0:17 | 5:20 am | 5:52 pm | 5:54 am | 5:18 pm | 6:29 am | 4:44 pm | 11:36 am (25.4°) | 91.468 |
| 18 | 7:01 am ↑ (121°) | 4:13 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:11:52 | −0:13 | 5:21 am | 5:52 pm | 5:55 am | 5:19 pm | 6:30 am | 4:44 pm | 11:37 am (25.3°) | 91.460 |
| 19 | 7:01 am ↑ (121°) | 4:13 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:11:43 | −0:09 | 5:22 am | 5:53 pm | 5:55 am | 5:19 pm | 6:30 am | 4:44 pm | 11:37 am (25.3°) | 91.454 |
| 20 | 7:02 am ↑ (121°) | 4:14 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:11:38 | −0:04 | 5:22 am | 5:53 pm | 5:56 am | 5:20 pm | 6:31 am | 4:45 pm | 11:38 am (25.3°) | 91.448 |
| 21 | 7:02 am ↑ (121°) | 4:14 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:11:37 | < 1s | 5:23 am | 5:54 pm | 5:56 am | 5:20 pm | 6:31 am | 4:45 pm | 11:38 am (25.3°) | 91.442 |
| 22 | 7:03 am ↑ (121°) | 4:15 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:11:41 | +0:03 | 5:23 am | 5:54 pm | 5:57 am | 5:21 pm | 6:32 am | 4:46 pm | 11:39 am (25.3°) | 91.437 |
| 23 | 7:03 am ↑ (121°) | 4:15 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:11:48 | +0:07 | 5:24 am | 5:55 pm | 5:57 am | 5:21 pm | 6:32 am | 4:47 pm | 11:39 am (25.3°) | 91.432 |
| 24 | 7:04 am ↑ (121°) | 4:16 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:12:00 | +0:11 | 5:24 am | 5:56 pm | 5:58 am | 5:22 pm | 6:32 am | 4:47 pm | 11:40 am (25.4°) | 91.428 |
| 25 | 7:04 am ↑ (121°) | 4:16 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:12:16 | +0:15 | 5:24 am | 5:56 pm | 5:58 am | 5:23 pm | 6:33 am | 4:48 pm | 11:40 am (25.4°) | 91.424 |
| 26 | 7:04 am ↑ (121°) | 4:17 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:12:36 | +0:19 | 5:25 am | 5:57 pm | 5:58 am | 5:23 pm | 6:33 am | 4:48 pm | 11:41 am (25.4°) | 91.420 |
| 27 | 7:05 am ↑ (121°) | 4:18 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:13:00 | +0:24 | 5:25 am | 5:57 pm | 5:59 am | 5:24 pm | 6:34 am | 4:49 pm | 11:41 am (25.5°) | 91.417 |
| 28 | 7:05 am ↑ (121°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:13:28 | +0:28 | 5:25 am | 5:58 pm | 5:59 am | 5:25 pm | 6:34 am | 4:50 pm | 11:42 am (25.5°) | 91.415 |
| 29 | 7:05 am ↑ (121°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:14:00 | +0:32 | 5:26 am | 5:59 pm | 5:59 am | 5:25 pm | 6:34 am | 4:50 pm | 11:42 am (25.6°) | 91.412 |
| 30 | 7:05 am ↑ (121°) | 4:20 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:14:36 | +0:36 | 5:26 am | 6:00 pm | 6:00 am | 5:26 pm | 6:34 am | 4:51 pm | 11:43 am (25.6°) | 91.410 |
| 31 | 7:06 am ↑ (121°) | 4:21 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:15:17 | +0:40 | 5:26 am | 6:00 pm | 6:00 am | 5:27 pm | 6:34 am | 4:52 pm | 11:43 am (25.7°) | 91.409 |
| * All times are local time for Nantucket. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||||||||
The December solstice (winter solstice) in Nantucket 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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