Daylight
6:42 am – 7:22 pm
12 hours, 41 minutes
| Current Time: | Apr 7, 2025 at 1:38:46 pm |
|---|---|
| Sun Direction: | 202.43° SSW↑ |
| Sun Altitude: | 65.63° |
| Sun Distance: | 93.060 million mi |
| Next Solstice: | Jun 20, 2025 9:42 pm (Summer) |
| Sunrise Today: | 6:42 am↑ 81° East |
| Sunset Today: | 7:22 pm↑ 279° West |
2016 Sun Graph for New Orleans
December 2016 — Sun in New Orleans
Scroll right to see more
| 2016 | 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 | 6:38 am ↑ (115°) | 5:00 pm ↑ (245°) | 10:21:18 | −0:49 | 5:14 am | 6:24 pm | 5:43 am | 5:55 pm | 6:12 am | 5:26 pm | 11:49 am (38.1°) | 91.651 |
| 2 | 6:39 am ↑ (115°) | 5:00 pm ↑ (245°) | 10:20:31 | −0:47 | 5:15 am | 6:24 pm | 5:44 am | 5:55 pm | 6:13 am | 5:26 pm | 11:49 am (38.0°) | 91.636 |
| 3 | 6:40 am ↑ (115°) | 5:00 pm ↑ (245°) | 10:19:46 | −0:44 | 5:15 am | 6:24 pm | 5:44 am | 5:55 pm | 6:14 am | 5:26 pm | 11:50 am (37.8°) | 91.622 |
| 4 | 6:41 am ↑ (115°) | 5:00 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:19:04 | −0:42 | 5:16 am | 6:25 pm | 5:45 am | 5:55 pm | 6:15 am | 5:26 pm | 11:50 am (37.7°) | 91.607 |
| 5 | 6:41 am ↑ (116°) | 5:00 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:18:23 | −0:40 | 5:17 am | 6:25 pm | 5:46 am | 5:56 pm | 6:15 am | 5:26 pm | 11:51 am (37.6°) | 91.594 |
| 6 | 6:42 am ↑ (116°) | 5:00 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:17:45 | −0:38 | 5:17 am | 6:25 pm | 5:46 am | 5:56 pm | 6:16 am | 5:26 pm | 11:51 am (37.5°) | 91.580 |
| 7 | 6:43 am ↑ (116°) | 5:00 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:17:09 | −0:35 | 5:18 am | 6:25 pm | 5:47 am | 5:56 pm | 6:17 am | 5:26 pm | 11:52 am (37.4°) | 91.567 |
| 8 | 6:44 am ↑ (116°) | 5:00 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:16:36 | −0:33 | 5:19 am | 6:25 pm | 5:48 am | 5:56 pm | 6:17 am | 5:26 pm | 11:52 am (37.3°) | 91.555 |
| 9 | 6:44 am ↑ (116°) | 5:00 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:16:05 | −0:30 | 5:19 am | 6:26 pm | 5:48 am | 5:56 pm | 6:18 am | 5:27 pm | 11:52 am (37.2°) | 91.543 |
| 10 | 6:45 am ↑ (116°) | 5:01 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:15:37 | −0:28 | 5:20 am | 6:26 pm | 5:49 am | 5:57 pm | 6:19 am | 5:27 pm | 11:53 am (37.1°) | 91.531 |
| 11 | 6:46 am ↑ (116°) | 5:01 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:15:11 | −0:26 | 5:20 am | 6:26 pm | 5:50 am | 5:57 pm | 6:19 am | 5:27 pm | 11:53 am (37.0°) | 91.520 |
| 12 | 6:46 am ↑ (116°) | 5:01 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:14:47 | −0:23 | 5:21 am | 6:26 pm | 5:50 am | 5:57 pm | 6:20 am | 5:27 pm | 11:54 am (36.9°) | 91.510 |
| 13 | 6:47 am ↑ (116°) | 5:01 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:26 | −0:21 | 5:22 am | 6:27 pm | 5:51 am | 5:58 pm | 6:21 am | 5:28 pm | 11:54 am (36.9°) | 91.500 |
| 14 | 6:48 am ↑ (117°) | 5:02 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:07 | −0:18 | 5:22 am | 6:27 pm | 5:52 am | 5:58 pm | 6:21 am | 5:28 pm | 11:55 am (36.8°) | 91.490 |
| 15 | 6:48 am ↑ (117°) | 5:02 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:13:51 | −0:15 | 5:23 am | 6:28 pm | 5:52 am | 5:58 pm | 6:22 am | 5:28 pm | 11:55 am (36.8°) | 91.482 |
| 16 | 6:49 am ↑ (117°) | 5:03 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:13:38 | −0:13 | 5:23 am | 6:28 pm | 5:53 am | 5:59 pm | 6:23 am | 5:29 pm | 11:56 am (36.7°) | 91.474 |
| 17 | 6:49 am ↑ (117°) | 5:03 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:13:27 | −0:10 | 5:24 am | 6:28 pm | 5:53 am | 5:59 pm | 6:23 am | 5:29 pm | 11:56 am (36.7°) | 91.466 |
| 18 | 6:50 am ↑ (117°) | 5:03 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:13:19 | −0:08 | 5:25 am | 6:29 pm | 5:54 am | 6:00 pm | 6:24 am | 5:30 pm | 11:57 am (36.7°) | 91.459 |
| 19 | 6:51 am ↑ (117°) | 5:04 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:13:13 | −0:05 | 5:25 am | 6:29 pm | 5:54 am | 6:00 pm | 6:24 am | 5:30 pm | 11:57 am (36.6°) | 91.452 |
| 20 | 6:51 am ↑ (117°) | 5:04 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:13:10 | −0:03 | 5:26 am | 6:30 pm | 5:55 am | 6:01 pm | 6:25 am | 5:31 pm | 11:58 am (36.6°) | 91.446 |
| 21 | 6:52 am ↑ (117°) | 5:05 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:13:10 | < 1s | 5:26 am | 6:30 pm | 5:55 am | 6:01 pm | 6:25 am | 5:31 pm | 11:58 am (36.6°) | 91.441 |
| 22 | 6:52 am ↑ (117°) | 5:05 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:13:12 | +0:02 | 5:27 am | 6:31 pm | 5:56 am | 6:02 pm | 6:26 am | 5:32 pm | 11:59 am (36.6°) | 91.436 |
| 23 | 6:53 am ↑ (117°) | 5:06 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:13:16 | +0:04 | 5:27 am | 6:31 pm | 5:56 am | 6:02 pm | 6:26 am | 5:32 pm | 11:59 am (36.7°) | 91.431 |
| 24 | 6:53 am ↑ (117°) | 5:06 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:13:24 | +0:07 | 5:28 am | 6:32 pm | 5:57 am | 6:03 pm | 6:27 am | 5:33 pm | 12:00 pm (36.7°) | 91.427 |
| 25 | 6:53 am ↑ (117°) | 5:07 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:13:34 | +0:09 | 5:28 am | 6:32 pm | 5:57 am | 6:03 pm | 6:27 am | 5:33 pm | 12:00 pm (36.7°) | 91.423 |
| 26 | 6:54 am ↑ (117°) | 5:08 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:13:46 | +0:12 | 5:28 am | 6:33 pm | 5:58 am | 6:04 pm | 6:28 am | 5:34 pm | 12:01 pm (36.7°) | 91.419 |
| 27 | 6:54 am ↑ (117°) | 5:08 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:01 | +0:15 | 5:29 am | 6:34 pm | 5:58 am | 6:04 pm | 6:28 am | 5:35 pm | 12:01 pm (36.8°) | 91.416 |
| 28 | 6:55 am ↑ (117°) | 5:09 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:14:19 | +0:17 | 5:29 am | 6:34 pm | 5:58 am | 6:05 pm | 6:28 am | 5:35 pm | 12:02 pm (36.8°) | 91.414 |
| 29 | 6:55 am ↑ (116°) | 5:10 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:14:39 | +0:20 | 5:30 am | 6:35 pm | 5:59 am | 6:06 pm | 6:29 am | 5:36 pm | 12:02 pm (36.9°) | 91.411 |
| 30 | 6:55 am ↑ (116°) | 5:10 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:15:02 | +0:22 | 5:30 am | 6:35 pm | 5:59 am | 6:06 pm | 6:29 am | 5:36 pm | 12:03 pm (37.0°) | 91.409 |
| 31 | 6:55 am ↑ (116°) | 5:11 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:15:27 | +0:25 | 5:30 am | 6:36 pm | 5:59 am | 6:07 pm | 6:29 am | 5:37 pm | 12:03 pm (37.1°) | 91.407 |
| * All times are local time for New Orleans. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||||||||
The December solstice (winter solstice) in New Orleans is at 4:44 am on Wednesday, December 21, 2016. In terms of daylight, this day is 3 hours, 51 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 1 or December 2.
Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
