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Charlotte, North Carolina, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2025

Daylight

6:18 am – 8:39 pm
14 hours, 21 minutes

Current Time: Jul 12, 2025 at 10:59:52 am
Sun Direction: 102.18° ESE
Sun Altitude: 54.88°
Sun Distance: 94.489 million mi
Next Equinox: Sep 22, 2025 2:19 pm (Autumnal)
Sunrise Today: 6:18 am 62° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:39 pm 298° Northwest
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2025 Sun Graph for Charlotte

December 2025 — Sun in Charlotte

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2025Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
17:13 am (116°)5:11 pm (243°)9:57:17−1:015:43 am6:40 pm6:14 am6:10 pm6:46 am5:38 pm12:12 pm (32.9°)91.656
27:14 am (117°)5:11 pm (243°)9:56:18−0:595:44 am6:40 pm6:15 am6:10 pm6:46 am5:38 pm12:12 pm (32.7°)91.641
37:15 am (117°)5:10 pm (243°)9:55:21−0:565:45 am6:41 pm6:16 am6:10 pm6:47 am5:38 pm12:13 pm (32.6°)91.627
47:16 am (117°)5:10 pm (243°)9:54:28−0:535:46 am6:41 pm6:16 am6:10 pm6:48 am5:38 pm12:13 pm (32.5°)91.613
57:17 am (117°)5:10 pm (243°)9:53:37−0:505:46 am6:41 pm6:17 am6:10 pm6:49 am5:38 pm12:14 pm (32.3°)91.599
67:18 am (117°)5:10 pm (243°)9:52:49−0:485:47 am6:41 pm6:18 am6:10 pm6:50 am5:38 pm12:14 pm (32.2°)91.587
77:18 am (117°)5:10 pm (242°)9:52:04−0:455:48 am6:41 pm6:19 am6:10 pm6:50 am5:39 pm12:15 pm (32.1°)91.574
87:19 am (118°)5:11 pm (242°)9:51:21−0:425:49 am6:41 pm6:20 am6:10 pm6:51 am5:39 pm12:15 pm (32.0°)91.563
97:20 am (118°)5:11 pm (242°)9:50:42−0:395:49 am6:41 pm6:20 am6:10 pm6:52 am5:39 pm12:15 pm (31.9°)91.551
107:21 am (118°)5:11 pm (242°)9:50:06−0:365:50 am6:42 pm6:21 am6:11 pm6:53 am5:39 pm12:16 pm (31.8°)91.541
117:21 am (118°)5:11 pm (242°)9:49:33−0:335:51 am6:42 pm6:22 am6:11 pm6:53 am5:39 pm12:16 pm (31.7°)91.531
127:22 am (118°)5:11 pm (242°)9:49:03−0:305:51 am6:42 pm6:22 am6:11 pm6:54 am5:39 pm12:17 pm (31.7°)91.521
137:23 am (118°)5:12 pm (242°)9:48:36−0:265:52 am6:42 pm6:23 am6:11 pm6:55 am5:40 pm12:17 pm (31.6°)91.511
147:24 am (118°)5:12 pm (242°)9:48:12−0:235:53 am6:43 pm6:24 am6:12 pm6:55 am5:40 pm12:18 pm (31.5°)91.502
157:24 am (118°)5:12 pm (242°)9:47:51−0:205:53 am6:43 pm6:24 am6:12 pm6:56 am5:40 pm12:18 pm (31.5°)91.494
167:25 am (118°)5:12 pm (242°)9:47:34−0:175:54 am6:43 pm6:25 am6:12 pm6:57 am5:41 pm12:19 pm (31.5°)91.485
177:25 am (118°)5:13 pm (242°)9:47:20−0:145:55 am6:44 pm6:25 am6:13 pm6:57 am5:41 pm12:19 pm (31.4°)91.478
187:26 am (118°)5:13 pm (242°)9:47:09−0:115:55 am6:44 pm6:26 am6:13 pm6:58 am5:41 pm12:20 pm (31.4°)91.470
197:27 am (118°)5:14 pm (242°)9:47:01−0:075:56 am6:45 pm6:27 am6:14 pm6:58 am5:42 pm12:20 pm (31.4°)91.463
207:27 am (118°)5:14 pm (242°)9:46:56−0:045:56 am6:45 pm6:27 am6:14 pm6:59 am5:42 pm12:21 pm (31.4°)91.456
217:28 am (118°)5:15 pm (242°)9:46:55−0:015:57 am6:46 pm6:28 am6:15 pm6:59 am5:43 pm12:21 pm (31.4°)91.449
227:28 am (118°)5:15 pm (242°)9:46:57+0:015:57 am6:46 pm6:28 am6:15 pm7:00 am5:43 pm12:22 pm (31.4°)91.443
237:29 am (118°)5:16 pm (242°)9:47:02+0:055:58 am6:47 pm6:29 am6:16 pm7:00 am5:44 pm12:22 pm (31.4°)91.437
247:29 am (118°)5:16 pm (242°)9:47:11+0:085:58 am6:47 pm6:29 am6:16 pm7:01 am5:45 pm12:23 pm (31.4°)91.432
257:29 am (118°)5:17 pm (242°)9:47:22+0:115:59 am6:48 pm6:29 am6:17 pm7:01 am5:45 pm12:23 pm (31.4°)91.427
267:30 am (118°)5:17 pm (242°)9:47:37+0:145:59 am6:48 pm6:30 am6:17 pm7:02 am5:46 pm12:24 pm (31.5°)91.422
277:30 am (118°)5:18 pm (242°)9:47:55+0:185:59 am6:49 pm6:30 am6:18 pm7:02 am5:46 pm12:24 pm (31.5°)91.418
287:31 am (118°)5:19 pm (242°)9:48:17+0:216:00 am6:50 pm6:31 am6:19 pm7:02 am5:47 pm12:25 pm (31.6°)91.414
297:31 am (118°)5:20 pm (242°)9:48:41+0:246:00 am6:50 pm6:31 am6:19 pm7:03 am5:48 pm12:25 pm (31.6°)91.411
307:31 am (118°)5:20 pm (242°)9:49:09+0:276:00 am6:51 pm6:31 am6:20 pm7:03 am5:48 pm12:26 pm (31.7°)91.409
317:31 am (118°)5:21 pm (242°)9:49:40+0:306:01 am6:52 pm6:31 am6:21 pm7:03 am5:49 pm12:26 pm (31.8°)91.406
* All times are local time for Charlotte. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Charlotte is at 10:03 am on Sunday, December 21, 2025. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 45 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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