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San Francisco, California, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

7:23 am – 4:56 pm
9 hours, 33 minutes

Current Time: Dec 24, 2024 at 10:56:04 pm
Sun Direction: 307° Northwest
Sun Altitude: -68.6°
Sun Distance: 91.425 million mi
Next Equinox: Mar 20, 2025 2:01 am (Vernal)
Sunrise Today: 7:23 am 119° Southeast
Sunset Today: 4:56 pm 241° Southwest
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2024 Sun Graph for San Francisco

December 2024 — Sun in San Francisco

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
17:06 am (117°)4:50 pm (242°)9:43:57−1:075:33 am6:23 pm6:05 am5:52 pm6:37 am5:19 pm11:58 am (30.3°)91.653
27:07 am (118°)4:50 pm (242°)9:42:53−1:045:34 am6:23 pm6:06 am5:52 pm6:38 am5:19 pm11:59 am (30.1°)91.638
37:08 am (118°)4:50 pm (242°)9:41:51−1:015:35 am6:23 pm6:07 am5:52 pm6:39 am5:19 pm11:59 am (30.0°)91.624
47:09 am (118°)4:50 pm (242°)9:40:53−0:585:36 am6:23 pm6:07 am5:52 pm6:40 am5:19 pm12:00 pm (29.9°)91.610
57:10 am (118°)4:50 pm (242°)9:39:57−0:555:36 am6:24 pm6:08 am5:52 pm6:41 am5:19 pm12:00 pm (29.7°)91.596
67:11 am (118°)4:50 pm (242°)9:39:05−0:525:37 am6:24 pm6:09 am5:52 pm6:42 am5:19 pm12:01 pm (29.6°)91.583
77:12 am (118°)4:50 pm (241°)9:38:16−0:485:38 am6:24 pm6:10 am5:52 pm6:43 am5:19 pm12:01 pm (29.5°)91.570
87:13 am (119°)4:50 pm (241°)9:37:31−0:455:39 am6:24 pm6:11 am5:52 pm6:43 am5:19 pm12:01 pm (29.4°)91.557
97:13 am (119°)4:50 pm (241°)9:36:48−0:425:39 am6:24 pm6:11 am5:52 pm6:44 am5:19 pm12:02 pm (29.3°)91.545
107:14 am (119°)4:50 pm (241°)9:36:09−0:385:40 am6:24 pm6:12 am5:52 pm6:45 am5:20 pm12:02 pm (29.2°)91.533
117:15 am (119°)4:51 pm (241°)9:35:34−0:355:41 am6:25 pm6:13 am5:53 pm6:46 am5:20 pm12:03 pm (29.2°)91.522
127:16 am (119°)4:51 pm (241°)9:35:02−0:325:42 am6:25 pm6:13 am5:53 pm6:46 am5:20 pm12:03 pm (29.1°)91.511
137:16 am (119°)4:51 pm (241°)9:34:33−0:285:42 am6:25 pm6:14 am5:53 pm6:47 am5:20 pm12:04 pm (29.0°)91.501
147:17 am (119°)4:51 pm (241°)9:34:08−0:255:43 am6:25 pm6:15 am5:53 pm6:48 am5:21 pm12:04 pm (29.0°)91.492
157:18 am (119°)4:52 pm (241°)9:33:46−0:215:43 am6:26 pm6:15 am5:54 pm6:48 am5:21 pm12:05 pm (28.9°)91.483
167:18 am (119°)4:52 pm (241°)9:33:28−0:185:44 am6:26 pm6:16 am5:54 pm6:49 am5:21 pm12:05 pm (28.9°)91.474
177:19 am (119°)4:52 pm (241°)9:33:14−0:145:45 am6:27 pm6:17 am5:55 pm6:50 am5:22 pm12:06 pm (28.9°)91.467
187:20 am (119°)4:53 pm (241°)9:33:03−0:105:45 am6:27 pm6:17 am5:55 pm6:50 am5:22 pm12:06 pm (28.8°)91.459
197:20 am (119°)4:53 pm (241°)9:32:55−0:075:46 am6:27 pm6:18 am5:55 pm6:51 am5:23 pm12:07 pm (28.8°)91.453
207:21 am (119°)4:54 pm (241°)9:32:51−0:035:46 am6:28 pm6:18 am5:56 pm6:51 am5:23 pm12:07 pm (28.8°)91.447
217:21 am (119°)4:54 pm (241°)9:32:51< 1s5:47 am6:28 pm6:19 am5:56 pm6:52 am5:23 pm12:08 pm (28.8°)91.441
227:22 am (119°)4:55 pm (241°)9:32:55+0:035:47 am6:29 pm6:19 am5:57 pm6:52 am5:24 pm12:08 pm (28.8°)91.436
237:22 am (119°)4:55 pm (241°)9:33:02+0:075:48 am6:30 pm6:20 am5:58 pm6:53 am5:25 pm12:09 pm (28.8°)91.431
247:23 am (119°)4:56 pm (241°)9:33:12+0:105:48 am6:30 pm6:20 am5:58 pm6:53 am5:25 pm12:09 pm (28.9°)91.427
257:23 am (119°)4:56 pm (241°)9:33:27+0:145:49 am6:31 pm6:21 am5:59 pm6:54 am5:26 pm12:10 pm (28.9°)91.423
267:23 am (119°)4:57 pm (241°)9:33:45+0:175:49 am6:31 pm6:21 am5:59 pm6:54 am5:26 pm12:10 pm (28.9°)91.420
277:24 am (119°)4:58 pm (241°)9:34:06+0:215:49 am6:32 pm6:21 am6:00 pm6:54 am5:27 pm12:11 pm (29.0°)91.417
287:24 am (119°)4:58 pm (241°)9:34:31+0:245:50 am6:33 pm6:22 am6:01 pm6:55 am5:28 pm12:11 pm (29.0°)91.414
297:24 am (119°)4:59 pm (241°)9:34:59+0:285:50 am6:33 pm6:22 am6:01 pm6:55 am5:28 pm12:12 pm (29.1°)91.412
307:24 am (119°)5:00 pm (241°)9:35:31+0:315:50 am6:34 pm6:22 am6:02 pm6:55 am5:29 pm12:12 pm (29.2°)91.410
317:25 am (119°)5:01 pm (241°)9:36:07+0:355:51 am6:35 pm6:22 am6:03 pm6:55 am5:30 pm12:13 pm (29.2°)91.409
* All times are local time for San Francisco. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Today is highlighted.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in San Francisco is at 1:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 14 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 5 or December 6.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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