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

Daylight

6:03 am – 7:54 pm
13 hours, 51 minutes

Current Time: May 13, 2024 at 11:21:57 pm
Sun Direction: 332° Northwest
Sun Altitude: -33.0°
Sun Distance: 93.950 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2024 2:50 pm (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 6:03 am 67° East
Sunset Today: 7:54 pm 293° Northwest
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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.

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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