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Ruidoso, New Mexico, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

6:56 am – 4:55 pm
9 hours, 59 minutes

Current Time: Dec 11, 2024 at 12:18:23 am
Sun Direction: 27° Northeast
Sun Altitude: -78.6°
Sun Distance: 91.528 million mi
Next Solstice: Dec 21, 2024 2:20 am (Winter)
Sunrise Today: 6:56 am 117° Southeast
Sunset Today: 4:55 pm 243° Southwest
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2024 Sun Graph for Ruidoso

December 2024 — Sun in Ruidoso

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
16:48 am (116°)4:54 pm (244°)10:05:55−0:565:21 am6:22 pm5:51 am5:52 pm6:21 am5:21 pm11:51 am (34.7°)91.653
26:49 am (116°)4:54 pm (244°)10:05:01−0:545:21 am6:22 pm5:51 am5:52 pm6:22 am5:21 pm11:52 am (34.6°)91.639
36:50 am (116°)4:54 pm (244°)10:04:10−0:515:22 am6:22 pm5:52 am5:52 pm6:23 am5:21 pm11:52 am (34.4°)91.624
46:51 am (116°)4:54 pm (243°)10:03:21−0:485:23 am6:22 pm5:53 am5:52 pm6:24 am5:21 pm11:53 am (34.3°)91.610
56:52 am (117°)4:54 pm (243°)10:02:34−0:465:24 am6:22 pm5:54 am5:52 pm6:24 am5:22 pm11:53 am (34.2°)91.597
66:52 am (117°)4:54 pm (243°)10:01:50−0:435:24 am6:23 pm5:54 am5:52 pm6:25 am5:22 pm11:53 am (34.1°)91.583
76:53 am (117°)4:54 pm (243°)10:01:09−0:405:25 am6:23 pm5:55 am5:53 pm6:26 am5:22 pm11:54 am (33.9°)91.570
86:54 am (117°)4:55 pm (243°)10:00:31−0:385:26 am6:23 pm5:56 am5:53 pm6:27 am5:22 pm11:54 am (33.8°)91.558
96:55 am (117°)4:55 pm (243°)9:59:56−0:355:26 am6:23 pm5:57 am5:53 pm6:27 am5:22 pm11:55 am (33.8°)91.545
106:56 am (117°)4:55 pm (243°)9:59:23−0:325:27 am6:23 pm5:57 am5:53 pm6:28 am5:22 pm11:55 am (33.7°)91.534
116:56 am (117°)4:55 pm (243°)9:58:53−0:295:28 am6:24 pm5:58 am5:54 pm6:29 am5:23 pm11:56 am (33.6°)91.522
126:57 am (117°)4:55 pm (243°)9:58:26−0:265:28 am6:24 pm5:59 am5:54 pm6:30 am5:23 pm11:56 am (33.5°)91.512
136:58 am (118°)4:56 pm (242°)9:58:02−0:245:29 am6:24 pm5:59 am5:54 pm6:30 am5:23 pm11:57 am (33.5°)91.502
146:58 am (118°)4:56 pm (242°)9:57:41−0:215:30 am6:25 pm6:00 am5:54 pm6:31 am5:23 pm11:57 am (33.4°)91.492
156:59 am (118°)4:56 pm (242°)9:57:23−0:185:30 am6:25 pm6:00 am5:55 pm6:31 am5:24 pm11:58 am (33.3°)91.483
167:00 am (118°)4:57 pm (242°)9:57:08−0:155:31 am6:25 pm6:01 am5:55 pm6:32 am5:24 pm11:58 am (33.3°)91.475
177:00 am (118°)4:57 pm (242°)9:56:56−0:125:31 am6:26 pm6:02 am5:56 pm6:33 am5:25 pm11:59 am (33.3°)91.467
187:01 am (118°)4:57 pm (242°)9:56:46−0:095:32 am6:26 pm6:02 am5:56 pm6:33 am5:25 pm11:59 am (33.3°)91.460
197:01 am (118°)4:58 pm (242°)9:56:40−0:065:32 am6:27 pm6:03 am5:56 pm6:34 am5:25 pm12:00 pm (33.2°)91.453
207:02 am (118°)4:58 pm (242°)9:56:37−0:035:33 am6:27 pm6:03 am5:57 pm6:34 am5:26 pm12:00 pm (33.2°)91.447
217:02 am (118°)4:59 pm (242°)9:56:36< 1s5:33 am6:28 pm6:04 am5:57 pm6:35 am5:26 pm12:01 pm (33.2°)91.441
227:03 am (118°)4:59 pm (242°)9:56:39+0:025:34 am6:28 pm6:04 am5:58 pm6:35 am5:27 pm12:01 pm (33.2°)91.436
237:03 am (118°)5:00 pm (242°)9:56:45+0:055:34 am6:29 pm6:05 am5:59 pm6:36 am5:27 pm12:02 pm (33.2°)91.431
247:04 am (118°)5:01 pm (242°)9:56:54+0:085:35 am6:29 pm6:05 am5:59 pm6:36 am5:28 pm12:02 pm (33.3°)91.427
257:04 am (118°)5:01 pm (242°)9:57:05+0:115:35 am6:30 pm6:06 am6:00 pm6:37 am5:29 pm12:03 pm (33.3°)91.423
267:04 am (118°)5:02 pm (242°)9:57:20+0:145:36 am6:31 pm6:06 am6:00 pm6:37 am5:29 pm12:03 pm (33.3°)91.420
277:05 am (118°)5:02 pm (242°)9:57:38+0:175:36 am6:31 pm6:06 am6:01 pm6:37 am5:30 pm12:04 pm (33.4°)91.417
287:05 am (118°)5:03 pm (242°)9:57:59+0:205:36 am6:32 pm6:07 am6:02 pm6:38 am5:31 pm12:04 pm (33.4°)91.414
297:05 am (117°)5:04 pm (243°)9:58:22+0:235:37 am6:32 pm6:07 am6:02 pm6:38 am5:31 pm12:05 pm (33.5°)91.412
307:06 am (117°)5:04 pm (243°)9:58:49+0:265:37 am6:33 pm6:07 am6:03 pm6:38 am5:32 pm12:05 pm (33.6°)91.410
317:06 am (117°)5:05 pm (243°)9:59:18+0:295:37 am6:34 pm6:08 am6:04 pm6:38 am5:33 pm12:05 pm (33.7°)91.409
* All times are local time for Ruidoso. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Today is highlighted.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Ruidoso is at 2:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 25 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 3 or December 4.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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