
Daylight
7:24 am – 7:52 pm
12 hours, 27 minutes
Current Time: | Mar 26, 2025 at 3:38:01 pm |
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Sun Direction: | 222.14° SW↑ |
Sun Altitude: | 41.94° |
Sun Distance: | 92.746 million mi |
Next Solstice: | Jun 20, 2025 10:42 pm (Summer) |
Sunrise Today: | 7:24 am↑ 86° East |
Sunset Today: | 7:52 pm↑ 274° West |


2025 Sun Graph for Detroit Zoological Park
December 2025 — Sun in Detroit Zoological Park
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2025 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Astronomical Twilight | Nautical Twilight | Civil Twilight | Solar Noon | ||||||
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Dec | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Diff. | Start | End | Start | End | Start | End | Time | Mil. mi |
1 | 7:42 am ↑ (119°) | 5:00 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:17:41 | −1:22 | 6:02 am | 6:40 pm | 6:36 am | 6:06 pm | 7:11 am | 5:31 pm | 12:21 pm (25.6°) | 91.656 |
2 | 7:43 am ↑ (120°) | 5:00 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:16:21 | −1:19 | 6:03 am | 6:40 pm | 6:37 am | 6:06 pm | 7:12 am | 5:31 pm | 12:22 pm (25.5°) | 91.641 |
3 | 7:44 am ↑ (120°) | 5:00 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:15:06 | −1:15 | 6:04 am | 6:40 pm | 6:38 am | 6:06 pm | 7:13 am | 5:31 pm | 12:22 pm (25.4°) | 91.627 |
4 | 7:45 am ↑ (120°) | 4:59 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:13:54 | −1:11 | 6:05 am | 6:40 pm | 6:39 am | 6:06 pm | 7:14 am | 5:31 pm | 12:23 pm (25.2°) | 91.613 |
5 | 7:46 am ↑ (120°) | 4:59 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:12:46 | −1:08 | 6:06 am | 6:40 pm | 6:40 am | 6:06 pm | 7:15 am | 5:31 pm | 12:23 pm (25.1°) | 91.599 |
6 | 7:47 am ↑ (120°) | 4:59 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:11:42 | −1:04 | 6:06 am | 6:40 pm | 6:40 am | 6:06 pm | 7:16 am | 5:31 pm | 12:23 pm (25.0°) | 91.587 |
7 | 7:48 am ↑ (121°) | 4:59 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:10:41 | −1:00 | 6:07 am | 6:40 pm | 6:41 am | 6:06 pm | 7:17 am | 5:31 pm | 12:24 pm (24.9°) | 91.574 |
8 | 7:49 am ↑ (121°) | 4:59 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:09:45 | −0:56 | 6:08 am | 6:40 pm | 6:42 am | 6:06 pm | 7:17 am | 5:31 pm | 12:24 pm (24.8°) | 91.563 |
9 | 7:50 am ↑ (121°) | 4:59 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:08:52 | −0:52 | 6:09 am | 6:40 pm | 6:43 am | 6:06 pm | 7:18 am | 5:31 pm | 12:25 pm (24.7°) | 91.551 |
10 | 7:51 am ↑ (121°) | 4:59 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:08:03 | −0:48 | 6:10 am | 6:40 pm | 6:44 am | 6:06 pm | 7:19 am | 5:31 pm | 12:25 pm (24.6°) | 91.541 |
11 | 7:52 am ↑ (121°) | 4:59 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:07:19 | −0:44 | 6:10 am | 6:41 pm | 6:45 am | 6:06 pm | 7:20 am | 5:31 pm | 12:26 pm (24.5°) | 91.530 |
12 | 7:53 am ↑ (121°) | 4:59 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:06:39 | −0:40 | 6:11 am | 6:41 pm | 6:45 am | 6:07 pm | 7:21 am | 5:31 pm | 12:26 pm (24.4°) | 91.521 |
13 | 7:53 am ↑ (121°) | 4:59 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:06:02 | −0:36 | 6:12 am | 6:41 pm | 6:46 am | 6:07 pm | 7:21 am | 5:31 pm | 12:27 pm (24.4°) | 91.511 |
14 | 7:54 am ↑ (121°) | 5:00 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:05:30 | −0:31 | 6:12 am | 6:41 pm | 6:47 am | 6:07 pm | 7:22 am | 5:32 pm | 12:27 pm (24.3°) | 91.502 |
15 | 7:55 am ↑ (122°) | 5:00 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:05:03 | −0:27 | 6:13 am | 6:42 pm | 6:47 am | 6:07 pm | 7:23 am | 5:32 pm | 12:27 pm (24.3°) | 91.494 |
16 | 7:56 am ↑ (122°) | 5:00 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:04:39 | −0:23 | 6:14 am | 6:42 pm | 6:48 am | 6:08 pm | 7:24 am | 5:32 pm | 12:28 pm (24.2°) | 91.485 |
17 | 7:56 am ↑ (122°) | 5:01 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:04:20 | −0:19 | 6:14 am | 6:42 pm | 6:49 am | 6:08 pm | 7:24 am | 5:33 pm | 12:28 pm (24.2°) | 91.477 |
18 | 7:57 am ↑ (122°) | 5:01 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:04:05 | −0:14 | 6:15 am | 6:43 pm | 6:49 am | 6:09 pm | 7:25 am | 5:33 pm | 12:29 pm (24.2°) | 91.470 |
19 | 7:57 am ↑ (122°) | 5:01 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:03:55 | −0:10 | 6:16 am | 6:43 pm | 6:50 am | 6:09 pm | 7:25 am | 5:33 pm | 12:29 pm (24.1°) | 91.463 |
20 | 7:58 am ↑ (122°) | 5:02 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:03:49 | −0:06 | 6:16 am | 6:44 pm | 6:50 am | 6:09 pm | 7:26 am | 5:34 pm | 12:30 pm (24.1°) | 91.456 |
21 | 7:59 am ↑ (122°) | 5:02 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:03:47 | −0:01 | 6:17 am | 6:44 pm | 6:51 am | 6:10 pm | 7:26 am | 5:34 pm | 12:30 pm (24.1°) | 91.449 |
22 | 7:59 am ↑ (122°) | 5:03 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:03:50 | +0:02 | 6:17 am | 6:45 pm | 6:51 am | 6:10 pm | 7:27 am | 5:35 pm | 12:31 pm (24.1°) | 91.443 |
23 | 7:59 am ↑ (122°) | 5:03 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:03:57 | +0:07 | 6:18 am | 6:45 pm | 6:52 am | 6:11 pm | 7:27 am | 5:35 pm | 12:31 pm (24.1°) | 91.437 |
24 | 8:00 am ↑ (122°) | 5:04 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:04:08 | +0:11 | 6:18 am | 6:46 pm | 6:52 am | 6:12 pm | 7:28 am | 5:36 pm | 12:32 pm (24.2°) | 91.432 |
25 | 8:00 am ↑ (122°) | 5:05 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:04:24 | +0:15 | 6:18 am | 6:46 pm | 6:53 am | 6:12 pm | 7:28 am | 5:37 pm | 12:32 pm (24.2°) | 91.427 |
26 | 8:01 am ↑ (122°) | 5:05 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:04:44 | +0:20 | 6:19 am | 6:47 pm | 6:53 am | 6:13 pm | 7:29 am | 5:37 pm | 12:33 pm (24.2°) | 91.422 |
27 | 8:01 am ↑ (122°) | 5:06 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:05:09 | +0:24 | 6:19 am | 6:48 pm | 6:53 am | 6:14 pm | 7:29 am | 5:38 pm | 12:33 pm (24.3°) | 91.418 |
28 | 8:01 am ↑ (121°) | 5:07 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:05:37 | +0:28 | 6:19 am | 6:48 pm | 6:54 am | 6:14 pm | 7:29 am | 5:39 pm | 12:34 pm (24.3°) | 91.414 |
29 | 8:01 am ↑ (121°) | 5:08 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:06:10 | +0:32 | 6:20 am | 6:49 pm | 6:54 am | 6:15 pm | 7:29 am | 5:39 pm | 12:34 pm (24.4°) | 91.411 |
30 | 8:02 am ↑ (121°) | 5:08 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:06:47 | +0:37 | 6:20 am | 6:50 pm | 6:54 am | 6:16 pm | 7:30 am | 5:40 pm | 12:35 pm (24.4°) | 91.409 |
31 | 8:02 am ↑ (121°) | 5:09 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:07:29 | +0:41 | 6:20 am | 6:51 pm | 6:54 am | 6:16 pm | 7:30 am | 5:41 pm | 12:35 pm (24.5°) | 91.406 |
* All times are local time for Detroit Zoological Park. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. |
The December solstice (winter solstice) in Detroit Zoological Park is at 10:03 am on Sunday, December 21, 2025. In terms of daylight, this day is 6 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 8.
Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?
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