Daylight
7:01 am – 8:05 pm
13 hours, 4 minutes
| Current Time: | Apr 10, 2025 at 12:07:48 pm |
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| Sun Direction: | 143.27° SE↑ |
| Sun Altitude: | 52.98° |
| Sun Distance: | 93.136 million mi |
| Next Solstice: | Jun 20, 2025 10:42 pm (Summer) |
| Sunrise Today: | 7:01 am↑ 79° East |
| Sunset Today: | 8:05 pm↑ 282° West |
2023 Sun Graph for Columbus
December 2023 — Sun in Columbus
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| 2023 | 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 | 7:34 am ↑ (118°) | 5:07 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:33:07 | −1:16 | 5:58 am | 6:43 pm | 6:30 am | 6:10 pm | 7:04 am | 5:37 pm | 12:20 pm (28.2°) | 91.661 |
| 2 | 7:35 am ↑ (118°) | 5:07 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:31:53 | −1:13 | 5:59 am | 6:43 pm | 6:31 am | 6:10 pm | 7:05 am | 5:37 pm | 12:21 pm (28.1°) | 91.647 |
| 3 | 7:36 am ↑ (119°) | 5:07 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:30:43 | −1:09 | 5:59 am | 6:43 pm | 6:32 am | 6:10 pm | 7:06 am | 5:37 pm | 12:21 pm (27.9°) | 91.633 |
| 4 | 7:37 am ↑ (119°) | 5:06 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:29:37 | −1:06 | 6:00 am | 6:43 pm | 6:33 am | 6:10 pm | 7:07 am | 5:36 pm | 12:22 pm (27.8°) | 91.619 |
| 5 | 7:38 am ↑ (119°) | 5:06 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:28:33 | −1:03 | 6:01 am | 6:43 pm | 6:34 am | 6:10 pm | 7:08 am | 5:36 pm | 12:22 pm (27.7°) | 91.606 |
| 6 | 7:39 am ↑ (119°) | 5:06 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:27:33 | −0:59 | 6:02 am | 6:43 pm | 6:35 am | 6:10 pm | 7:08 am | 5:36 pm | 12:22 pm (27.6°) | 91.594 |
| 7 | 7:40 am ↑ (119°) | 5:06 pm ↑ (241°) | 9:26:37 | −0:56 | 6:03 am | 6:43 pm | 6:35 am | 6:10 pm | 7:09 am | 5:36 pm | 12:23 pm (27.4°) | 91.582 |
| 8 | 7:40 am ↑ (119°) | 5:06 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:25:44 | −0:52 | 6:03 am | 6:43 pm | 6:36 am | 6:10 pm | 7:10 am | 5:36 pm | 12:23 pm (27.3°) | 91.570 |
| 9 | 7:41 am ↑ (120°) | 5:06 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:24:55 | −0:49 | 6:04 am | 6:43 pm | 6:37 am | 6:10 pm | 7:11 am | 5:36 pm | 12:24 pm (27.2°) | 91.558 |
| 10 | 7:42 am ↑ (120°) | 5:06 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:24:09 | −0:45 | 6:05 am | 6:43 pm | 6:38 am | 6:11 pm | 7:12 am | 5:37 pm | 12:24 pm (27.1°) | 91.547 |
| 11 | 7:43 am ↑ (120°) | 5:06 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:23:27 | −0:42 | 6:06 am | 6:44 pm | 6:39 am | 6:11 pm | 7:13 am | 5:37 pm | 12:25 pm (27.1°) | 91.536 |
| 12 | 7:44 am ↑ (120°) | 5:07 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:22:48 | −0:38 | 6:06 am | 6:44 pm | 6:39 am | 6:11 pm | 7:13 am | 5:37 pm | 12:25 pm (27.0°) | 91.526 |
| 13 | 7:44 am ↑ (120°) | 5:07 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:22:14 | −0:34 | 6:07 am | 6:44 pm | 6:40 am | 6:11 pm | 7:14 am | 5:37 pm | 12:26 pm (26.9°) | 91.515 |
| 14 | 7:45 am ↑ (120°) | 5:07 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:21:43 | −0:30 | 6:08 am | 6:44 pm | 6:41 am | 6:11 pm | 7:15 am | 5:37 pm | 12:26 pm (26.8°) | 91.505 |
| 15 | 7:46 am ↑ (120°) | 5:07 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:21:16 | −0:27 | 6:08 am | 6:45 pm | 6:41 am | 6:12 pm | 7:15 am | 5:38 pm | 12:27 pm (26.8°) | 91.496 |
| 16 | 7:47 am ↑ (120°) | 5:07 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:20:53 | −0:23 | 6:09 am | 6:45 pm | 6:42 am | 6:12 pm | 7:16 am | 5:38 pm | 12:27 pm (26.7°) | 91.487 |
| 17 | 7:47 am ↑ (120°) | 5:08 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:20:33 | −0:19 | 6:10 am | 6:45 pm | 6:43 am | 6:12 pm | 7:17 am | 5:38 pm | 12:28 pm (26.7°) | 91.478 |
| 18 | 7:48 am ↑ (120°) | 5:08 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:20:18 | −0:15 | 6:10 am | 6:46 pm | 6:43 am | 6:13 pm | 7:17 am | 5:39 pm | 12:28 pm (26.7°) | 91.469 |
| 19 | 7:48 am ↑ (120°) | 5:09 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:20:07 | −0:11 | 6:11 am | 6:46 pm | 6:44 am | 6:13 pm | 7:18 am | 5:39 pm | 12:29 pm (26.7°) | 91.461 |
| 20 | 7:49 am ↑ (120°) | 5:09 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:19:59 | −0:07 | 6:11 am | 6:47 pm | 6:44 am | 6:14 pm | 7:18 am | 5:40 pm | 12:29 pm (26.6°) | 91.453 |
| 21 | 7:50 am ↑ (120°) | 5:10 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:19:56 | −0:03 | 6:12 am | 6:47 pm | 6:45 am | 6:14 pm | 7:19 am | 5:40 pm | 12:30 pm (26.6°) | 91.446 |
| 22 | 7:50 am ↑ (120°) | 5:10 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:19:56 | < 1s | 6:12 am | 6:48 pm | 6:45 am | 6:15 pm | 7:20 am | 5:41 pm | 12:30 pm (26.6°) | 91.440 |
| 23 | 7:51 am ↑ (120°) | 5:11 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:20:00 | +0:04 | 6:13 am | 6:48 pm | 6:46 am | 6:15 pm | 7:20 am | 5:41 pm | 12:31 pm (26.6°) | 91.433 |
| 24 | 7:51 am ↑ (120°) | 5:11 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:20:09 | +0:08 | 6:13 am | 6:49 pm | 6:46 am | 6:16 pm | 7:20 am | 5:42 pm | 12:31 pm (26.7°) | 91.428 |
| 25 | 7:51 am ↑ (120°) | 5:12 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:20:21 | +0:12 | 6:14 am | 6:49 pm | 6:47 am | 6:16 pm | 7:21 am | 5:42 pm | 12:32 pm (26.7°) | 91.423 |
| 26 | 7:52 am ↑ (120°) | 5:12 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:20:37 | +0:16 | 6:14 am | 6:50 pm | 6:47 am | 6:17 pm | 7:21 am | 5:43 pm | 12:32 pm (26.7°) | 91.419 |
| 27 | 7:52 am ↑ (120°) | 5:13 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:20:57 | +0:20 | 6:15 am | 6:51 pm | 6:48 am | 6:18 pm | 7:22 am | 5:44 pm | 12:33 pm (26.8°) | 91.415 |
| 28 | 7:52 am ↑ (120°) | 5:14 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:21:21 | +0:23 | 6:15 am | 6:51 pm | 6:48 am | 6:18 pm | 7:22 am | 5:44 pm | 12:33 pm (26.8°) | 91.412 |
| 29 | 7:53 am ↑ (120°) | 5:14 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:21:48 | +0:27 | 6:15 am | 6:52 pm | 6:48 am | 6:19 pm | 7:22 am | 5:45 pm | 12:33 pm (26.9°) | 91.409 |
| 30 | 7:53 am ↑ (120°) | 5:15 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:22:20 | +0:31 | 6:16 am | 6:53 pm | 6:48 am | 6:20 pm | 7:22 am | 5:46 pm | 12:34 pm (26.9°) | 91.407 |
| 31 | 7:53 am ↑ (120°) | 5:16 pm ↑ (240°) | 9:22:55 | +0:35 | 6:16 am | 6:53 pm | 6:49 am | 6:20 pm | 7:23 am | 5:46 pm | 12:34 pm (27.0°) | 91.405 |
| * All times are local time for Columbus. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||||||||
The December solstice (winter solstice) in Columbus is at 10:27 pm on Thursday, December 21, 2023. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 41 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 7 or December 8.
Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?
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