Daylight
5:16 am – 8:06 pm
14 hours, 50 minutes
| Current Time: | May 22, 2025 at 12:10:53 pm |
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| Sun Direction: | 161.54° SSE↑ |
| Sun Altitude: | 67.27° |
| Sun Distance: | 94.105 million mi |
| Next Solstice: | Jun 20, 2025 10:42 pm (Summer) |
| Sunrise Today: | 5:16 am↑ 61° Northeast |
| Sunset Today: | 8:06 pm↑ 299° Northwest |
2025 Sun Graph for Boston
December 2025 — Sun in Boston
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| 2025 | 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 | 6:54 am ↑ (119°) | 4:12 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:18:27 | −1:22 | 5:13 am | 5:52 pm | 5:47 am | 5:18 pm | 6:22 am | 4:43 pm | 11:33 am (25.8°) | 91.657 |
| 2 | 6:55 am ↑ (120°) | 4:12 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:17:08 | −1:18 | 5:14 am | 5:52 pm | 5:48 am | 5:18 pm | 6:23 am | 4:43 pm | 11:33 am (25.6°) | 91.642 |
| 3 | 6:56 am ↑ (120°) | 4:12 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:15:53 | −1:15 | 5:15 am | 5:52 pm | 5:49 am | 5:18 pm | 6:24 am | 4:43 pm | 11:34 am (25.5°) | 91.627 |
| 4 | 6:57 am ↑ (120°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:14:41 | −1:11 | 5:16 am | 5:52 pm | 5:50 am | 5:18 pm | 6:25 am | 4:43 pm | 11:34 am (25.3°) | 91.613 |
| 5 | 6:58 am ↑ (120°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:13:33 | −1:07 | 5:17 am | 5:52 pm | 5:51 am | 5:18 pm | 6:26 am | 4:43 pm | 11:35 am (25.2°) | 91.600 |
| 6 | 6:59 am ↑ (120°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:12:29 | −1:04 | 5:18 am | 5:52 pm | 5:52 am | 5:18 pm | 6:27 am | 4:43 pm | 11:35 am (25.1°) | 91.587 |
| 7 | 7:00 am ↑ (121°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:11:29 | −1:00 | 5:19 am | 5:52 pm | 5:53 am | 5:18 pm | 6:28 am | 4:43 pm | 11:35 am (25.0°) | 91.575 |
| 8 | 7:00 am ↑ (121°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:10:33 | −0:56 | 5:19 am | 5:52 pm | 5:53 am | 5:18 pm | 6:29 am | 4:43 pm | 11:36 am (24.9°) | 91.563 |
| 9 | 7:01 am ↑ (121°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:09:40 | −0:52 | 5:20 am | 5:52 pm | 5:54 am | 5:18 pm | 6:30 am | 4:43 pm | 11:36 am (24.8°) | 91.552 |
| 10 | 7:02 am ↑ (121°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:08:52 | −0:48 | 5:21 am | 5:52 pm | 5:55 am | 5:18 pm | 6:30 am | 4:43 pm | 11:37 am (24.7°) | 91.541 |
| 11 | 7:03 am ↑ (121°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:08:07 | −0:44 | 5:22 am | 5:52 pm | 5:56 am | 5:18 pm | 6:31 am | 4:43 pm | 11:37 am (24.6°) | 91.531 |
| 12 | 7:04 am ↑ (121°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:07:27 | −0:40 | 5:22 am | 5:53 pm | 5:57 am | 5:18 pm | 6:32 am | 4:43 pm | 11:38 am (24.5°) | 91.521 |
| 13 | 7:05 am ↑ (121°) | 4:11 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:06:51 | −0:36 | 5:23 am | 5:53 pm | 5:57 am | 5:19 pm | 6:33 am | 4:43 pm | 11:38 am (24.5°) | 91.512 |
| 14 | 7:05 am ↑ (121°) | 4:12 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:06:19 | −0:31 | 5:24 am | 5:53 pm | 5:58 am | 5:19 pm | 6:33 am | 4:44 pm | 11:39 am (24.4°) | 91.503 |
| 15 | 7:06 am ↑ (121°) | 4:12 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:05:51 | −0:27 | 5:25 am | 5:53 pm | 5:59 am | 5:19 pm | 6:34 am | 4:44 pm | 11:39 am (24.4°) | 91.494 |
| 16 | 7:07 am ↑ (122°) | 4:12 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:05:28 | −0:23 | 5:25 am | 5:54 pm | 5:59 am | 5:20 pm | 6:35 am | 4:44 pm | 11:40 am (24.3°) | 91.486 |
| 17 | 7:07 am ↑ (122°) | 4:13 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:05:08 | −0:19 | 5:26 am | 5:54 pm | 6:00 am | 5:20 pm | 6:35 am | 4:45 pm | 11:40 am (24.3°) | 91.478 |
| 18 | 7:08 am ↑ (122°) | 4:13 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:04:54 | −0:14 | 5:26 am | 5:55 pm | 6:01 am | 5:20 pm | 6:36 am | 4:45 pm | 11:41 am (24.3°) | 91.470 |
| 19 | 7:09 am ↑ (122°) | 4:13 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:04:43 | −0:10 | 5:27 am | 5:55 pm | 6:01 am | 5:21 pm | 6:37 am | 4:45 pm | 11:41 am (24.3°) | 91.463 |
| 20 | 7:09 am ↑ (122°) | 4:14 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:04:37 | −0:06 | 5:27 am | 5:56 pm | 6:02 am | 5:21 pm | 6:37 am | 4:46 pm | 11:42 am (24.2°) | 91.456 |
| 21 | 7:10 am ↑ (122°) | 4:14 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:04:35 | −0:01 | 5:28 am | 5:56 pm | 6:02 am | 5:22 pm | 6:38 am | 4:46 pm | 11:42 am (24.2°) | 91.450 |
| 22 | 7:10 am ↑ (122°) | 4:15 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:04:37 | +0:02 | 5:29 am | 5:57 pm | 6:03 am | 5:22 pm | 6:38 am | 4:47 pm | 11:43 am (24.2°) | 91.443 |
| 23 | 7:11 am ↑ (122°) | 4:15 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:04:44 | +0:06 | 5:29 am | 5:57 pm | 6:03 am | 5:23 pm | 6:39 am | 4:47 pm | 11:43 am (24.3°) | 91.438 |
| 24 | 7:11 am ↑ (122°) | 4:16 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:04:56 | +0:11 | 5:29 am | 5:58 pm | 6:04 am | 5:23 pm | 6:39 am | 4:48 pm | 11:44 am (24.3°) | 91.432 |
| 25 | 7:11 am ↑ (122°) | 4:17 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:05:11 | +0:15 | 5:30 am | 5:58 pm | 6:04 am | 5:24 pm | 6:39 am | 4:49 pm | 11:44 am (24.3°) | 91.427 |
| 26 | 7:12 am ↑ (122°) | 4:17 pm ↑ (238°) | 9:05:31 | +0:19 | 5:30 am | 5:59 pm | 6:04 am | 5:25 pm | 6:40 am | 4:49 pm | 11:44 am (24.3°) | 91.422 |
| 27 | 7:12 am ↑ (121°) | 4:18 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:05:55 | +0:24 | 5:31 am | 6:00 pm | 6:05 am | 5:25 pm | 6:40 am | 4:50 pm | 11:45 am (24.4°) | 91.418 |
| 28 | 7:12 am ↑ (121°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:06:24 | +0:28 | 5:31 am | 6:00 pm | 6:05 am | 5:26 pm | 6:40 am | 4:51 pm | 11:45 am (24.4°) | 91.415 |
| 29 | 7:13 am ↑ (121°) | 4:19 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:06:56 | +0:32 | 5:31 am | 6:01 pm | 6:05 am | 5:27 pm | 6:41 am | 4:51 pm | 11:46 am (24.5°) | 91.411 |
| 30 | 7:13 am ↑ (121°) | 4:20 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:07:33 | +0:36 | 5:31 am | 6:02 pm | 6:06 am | 5:27 pm | 6:41 am | 4:52 pm | 11:46 am (24.6°) | 91.409 |
| 31 | 7:13 am ↑ (121°) | 4:21 pm ↑ (239°) | 9:08:14 | +0:41 | 5:32 am | 6:02 pm | 6:06 am | 5:28 pm | 6:41 am | 4:53 pm | 11:47 am (24.6°) | 91.406 |
| * All times are local time for Boston. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||||||||
The December solstice (winter solstice) in Boston is at 10:03 am on Sunday, December 21, 2025. In terms of daylight, this day is 6 hours, 12 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.
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