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Bakersfield, California, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

7:01 am – 4:47 pm
9 hours, 46 minutes

Current Time: Dec 21, 2024 at 10:06:05 pm
Sun Direction: 289° West
Sun Altitude: -63.6°
Sun Distance: 91.439 million mi
Next Equinox: Mar 20, 2025 2:01 am (Vernal)
Sunrise Today: 7:01 am 119° Southeast
Sunset Today: 4:47 pm 241° Southwest
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2024 Sun Graph for Bakersfield

December 2024 — Sun in Bakersfield

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
16:47 am (117°)4:43 pm (243°)9:56:13−1:015:17 am6:13 pm5:47 am5:42 pm6:19 am5:11 pm11:45 am (32.7°)91.653
26:48 am (117°)4:43 pm (243°)9:55:14−0:585:17 am6:13 pm5:48 am5:42 pm6:20 am5:11 pm11:45 am (32.5°)91.638
36:48 am (117°)4:43 pm (243°)9:54:19−0:555:18 am6:13 pm5:49 am5:42 pm6:20 am5:11 pm11:46 am (32.4°)91.624
46:49 am (117°)4:43 pm (243°)9:53:25−0:535:19 am6:13 pm5:50 am5:42 pm6:21 am5:11 pm11:46 am (32.3°)91.610
56:50 am (117°)4:43 pm (243°)9:52:35−0:505:20 am6:13 pm5:50 am5:42 pm6:22 am5:11 pm11:47 am (32.1°)91.596
66:51 am (117°)4:43 pm (242°)9:51:48−0:475:20 am6:13 pm5:51 am5:42 pm6:23 am5:11 pm11:47 am (32.0°)91.583
76:52 am (118°)4:43 pm (242°)9:51:03−0:445:21 am6:13 pm5:52 am5:43 pm6:24 am5:11 pm11:47 am (31.9°)91.570
86:53 am (118°)4:43 pm (242°)9:50:22−0:415:22 am6:14 pm5:53 am5:43 pm6:24 am5:11 pm11:48 am (31.8°)91.557
96:53 am (118°)4:43 pm (242°)9:49:44−0:385:23 am6:14 pm5:53 am5:43 pm6:25 am5:11 pm11:48 am (31.7°)91.545
106:54 am (118°)4:43 pm (242°)9:49:08−0:355:23 am6:14 pm5:54 am5:43 pm6:26 am5:11 pm11:49 am (31.6°)91.533
116:55 am (118°)4:43 pm (242°)9:48:36−0:325:24 am6:14 pm5:55 am5:43 pm6:27 am5:12 pm11:49 am (31.6°)91.522
126:56 am (118°)4:44 pm (242°)9:48:07−0:295:25 am6:15 pm5:56 am5:44 pm6:27 am5:12 pm11:50 am (31.5°)91.511
136:56 am (118°)4:44 pm (242°)9:47:41−0:265:25 am6:15 pm5:56 am5:44 pm6:28 am5:12 pm11:50 am (31.4°)91.501
146:57 am (118°)4:44 pm (242°)9:47:18−0:225:26 am6:15 pm5:57 am5:44 pm6:29 am5:12 pm11:51 am (31.4°)91.492
156:58 am (118°)4:45 pm (242°)9:46:58−0:195:26 am6:16 pm5:57 am5:45 pm6:29 am5:13 pm11:51 am (31.3°)91.483
166:58 am (118°)4:45 pm (242°)9:46:42−0:165:27 am6:16 pm5:58 am5:45 pm6:30 am5:13 pm11:52 am (31.3°)91.474
176:59 am (118°)4:45 pm (242°)9:46:29−0:135:28 am6:16 pm5:59 am5:45 pm6:30 am5:14 pm11:52 am (31.3°)91.467
186:59 am (118°)4:46 pm (242°)9:46:19−0:095:28 am6:17 pm5:59 am5:46 pm6:31 am5:14 pm11:53 am (31.2°)91.460
197:00 am (119°)4:46 pm (241°)9:46:12−0:065:29 am6:17 pm6:00 am5:46 pm6:32 am5:14 pm11:53 am (31.2°)91.453
207:00 am (119°)4:47 pm (241°)9:46:09−0:035:29 am6:18 pm6:00 am5:47 pm6:32 am5:15 pm11:54 am (31.2°)91.447
217:01 am (119°)4:47 pm (241°)9:46:08< 1s5:30 am6:18 pm6:01 am5:47 pm6:33 am5:15 pm11:54 am (31.2°)91.441
227:01 am (119°)4:48 pm (241°)9:46:11+0:035:30 am6:19 pm6:01 am5:48 pm6:33 am5:16 pm11:55 am (31.2°)91.436
237:02 am (118°)4:48 pm (242°)9:46:18+0:065:31 am6:19 pm6:02 am5:48 pm6:34 am5:17 pm11:55 am (31.2°)91.431
247:02 am (118°)4:49 pm (242°)9:46:27+0:095:31 am6:20 pm6:02 am5:49 pm6:34 am5:17 pm11:56 am (31.3°)91.427
257:03 am (118°)4:49 pm (242°)9:46:40+0:125:32 am6:21 pm6:03 am5:50 pm6:34 am5:18 pm11:56 am (31.3°)91.423
267:03 am (118°)4:50 pm (242°)9:46:57+0:165:32 am6:21 pm6:03 am5:50 pm6:35 am5:18 pm11:57 am (31.3°)91.420
277:03 am (118°)4:51 pm (242°)9:47:16+0:195:32 am6:22 pm6:03 am5:51 pm6:35 am5:19 pm11:57 am (31.4°)91.417
287:04 am (118°)4:51 pm (242°)9:47:39+0:225:33 am6:22 pm6:04 am5:51 pm6:35 am5:20 pm11:57 am (31.4°)91.414
297:04 am (118°)4:52 pm (242°)9:48:04+0:255:33 am6:23 pm6:04 am5:52 pm6:36 am5:20 pm11:58 am (31.5°)91.412
307:04 am (118°)4:53 pm (242°)9:48:33+0:285:33 am6:24 pm6:04 am5:53 pm6:36 am5:21 pm11:58 am (31.6°)91.410
317:04 am (118°)4:54 pm (242°)9:49:05+0:325:34 am6:24 pm6:05 am5:53 pm6:36 am5:22 pm11:59 am (31.6°)91.409
* All times are local time for Bakersfield. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Today is highlighted.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Bakersfield is at 1:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 47 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 4 or December 5.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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