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Manchester, England, United Kingdom — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2015

Daylight

6:37 am – 7:48 pm
13 hours, 11 minutes

Current Time: Apr 3, 2025 at 11:30:59 am
Sun Direction: 147.44° SSE
Sun Altitude: 37.79°
Sun Distance: 92.947 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 21, 2025 3:42 am (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 6:37 am 80° East
Sunset Today: 7:48 pm 281° West
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2015 Sun Graph for Manchester

December 2015 — Sun in Manchester

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2015Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
18:01 am (127°)3:54 pm (233°)7:53:00−2:185:53 am6:02 pm6:35 am5:20 pm7:19 am4:35 pm11:57 am (14.8°)91.663
28:02 am (127°)3:53 pm (232°)7:50:47−2:125:54 am6:01 pm6:36 am5:19 pm7:21 am4:35 pm11:58 am (14.6°)91.648
38:04 am (128°)3:52 pm (232°)7:48:40−2:075:55 am6:01 pm6:37 am5:19 pm7:22 am4:34 pm11:58 am (14.5°)91.635
48:05 am (128°)3:52 pm (232°)7:46:38−2:015:56 am6:01 pm6:38 am5:18 pm7:23 am4:34 pm11:59 am (14.4°)91.621
58:06 am (128°)3:51 pm (232°)7:44:43−1:555:57 am6:00 pm6:40 am5:18 pm7:24 am4:33 pm11:59 am (14.2°)91.608
68:08 am (128°)3:51 pm (231°)7:42:53−1:495:58 am6:00 pm6:41 am5:18 pm7:26 am4:33 pm11:59 am (14.1°)91.595
78:09 am (129°)3:50 pm (231°)7:41:09−1:435:59 am6:00 pm6:42 am5:17 pm7:27 am4:32 pm12:00 pm (14.0°)91.583
88:10 am (129°)3:50 pm (231°)7:39:31−1:376:00 am6:00 pm6:43 am5:17 pm7:28 am4:32 pm12:00 pm (13.9°)91.571
98:12 am (129°)3:50 pm (231°)7:38:00−1:316:01 am6:00 pm6:44 am5:17 pm7:29 am4:32 pm12:01 pm (13.8°)91.559
108:13 am (129°)3:49 pm (231°)7:36:35−1:246:02 am6:00 pm6:45 am5:17 pm7:30 am4:32 pm12:01 pm (13.7°)91.548
118:14 am (130°)3:49 pm (230°)7:35:17−1:186:03 am6:00 pm6:46 am5:17 pm7:31 am4:32 pm12:02 pm (13.6°)91.537
128:15 am (130°)3:49 pm (230°)7:34:05−1:116:04 am6:00 pm6:47 am5:17 pm7:32 am4:32 pm12:02 pm (13.5°)91.526
138:16 am (130°)3:49 pm (230°)7:33:00−1:056:05 am6:00 pm6:48 am5:17 pm7:33 am4:32 pm12:03 pm (13.4°)91.516
148:17 am (130°)3:49 pm (230°)7:32:02−0:586:06 am6:00 pm6:49 am5:17 pm7:34 am4:32 pm12:03 pm (13.4°)91.505
158:18 am (130°)3:49 pm (230°)7:31:10−0:516:07 am6:00 pm6:49 am5:17 pm7:35 am4:32 pm12:03 pm (13.3°)91.496
168:19 am (130°)3:49 pm (230°)7:30:26−0:446:08 am6:00 pm6:50 am5:18 pm7:36 am4:32 pm12:04 pm (13.3°)91.486
178:19 am (130°)3:49 pm (230°)7:29:49−0:376:08 am6:01 pm6:51 am5:18 pm7:37 am4:32 pm12:04 pm (13.2°)91.477
188:20 am (130°)3:50 pm (230°)7:29:19−0:306:09 am6:01 pm6:52 am5:18 pm7:37 am4:33 pm12:05 pm (13.2°)91.468
198:21 am (130°)3:50 pm (230°)7:28:56−0:236:10 am6:01 pm6:52 am5:18 pm7:38 am4:33 pm12:05 pm (13.2°)91.460
208:22 am (130°)3:50 pm (230°)7:28:40−0:156:10 am6:02 pm6:53 am5:19 pm7:39 am4:33 pm12:06 pm (13.2°)91.453
218:22 am (130°)3:51 pm (230°)7:28:31−0:086:11 am6:02 pm6:54 am5:19 pm7:39 am4:34 pm12:06 pm (13.2°)91.445
228:23 am (130°)3:51 pm (230°)7:28:30−0:016:11 am6:03 pm6:54 am5:20 pm7:40 am4:34 pm12:07 pm (13.2°)91.439
238:23 am (130°)3:52 pm (230°)7:28:36+0:056:12 am6:03 pm6:54 am5:20 pm7:40 am4:35 pm12:07 pm (13.2°)91.433
248:24 am (130°)3:52 pm (230°)7:28:49+0:136:12 am6:04 pm6:55 am5:21 pm7:40 am4:35 pm12:08 pm (13.2°)91.427
258:24 am (130°)3:53 pm (230°)7:29:09+0:206:13 am6:04 pm6:55 am5:22 pm7:41 am4:36 pm12:08 pm (13.2°)91.422
268:24 am (130°)3:54 pm (230°)7:29:36+0:276:13 am6:05 pm6:56 am5:22 pm7:41 am4:37 pm12:09 pm (13.2°)91.418
278:24 am (130°)3:55 pm (230°)7:30:11+0:346:13 am6:06 pm6:56 am5:23 pm7:41 am4:37 pm12:09 pm (13.3°)91.414
288:24 am (130°)3:55 pm (230°)7:30:53+0:416:13 am6:06 pm6:56 am5:24 pm7:42 am4:38 pm12:10 pm (13.3°)91.411
298:25 am (130°)3:56 pm (230°)7:31:41+0:486:14 am6:07 pm6:56 am5:25 pm7:42 am4:39 pm12:10 pm (13.4°)91.409
308:25 am (130°)3:57 pm (230°)7:32:37+0:556:14 am6:08 pm6:56 am5:25 pm7:42 am4:40 pm12:11 pm (13.4°)91.407
318:25 am (130°)3:58 pm (230°)7:33:40+1:026:14 am6:09 pm6:57 am5:26 pm7:42 am4:41 pm12:11 pm (13.5°)91.405
* All times are local time for Manchester. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Manchester is at 4:47 am on Tuesday, December 22, 2015. In terms of daylight, this day is 9 hours, 33 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 13 or December 14. The latest sunrise is on December 30.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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