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Portland, Maine, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2025

Daylight

5:21 am – 8:13 pm
14 hours, 52 minutes

Current Time: Jul 23, 2025 at 11:24:55 pm
Sun Direction: 338.74° NNW
Sun Altitude: -23.75°
Sun Distance: 94.427 million mi
Next Equinox: Sep 22, 2025 2:19 pm (Autumnal)
Sunrise Today: 5:21 am 61° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:13 pm 299° Northwest
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2025 Sun Graph for Portland

December 2025 — Sun in Portland

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2025Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
16:54 am (120°)4:05 pm (240°)9:10:17−1:265:12 am5:47 pm5:46 am5:13 pm6:22 am4:37 pm11:30 am (24.5°)91.657
26:55 am (120°)4:04 pm (240°)9:08:54−1:235:13 am5:47 pm5:47 am5:12 pm6:23 am4:37 pm11:30 am (24.3°)91.642
36:57 am (121°)4:04 pm (239°)9:07:35−1:195:14 am5:47 pm5:48 am5:12 pm6:24 am4:36 pm11:30 am (24.2°)91.627
46:58 am (121°)4:04 pm (239°)9:06:19−1:155:15 am5:47 pm5:49 am5:12 pm6:25 am4:36 pm11:31 am (24.0°)91.613
56:59 am (121°)4:04 pm (239°)9:05:08−1:115:16 am5:47 pm5:50 am5:12 pm6:26 am4:36 pm11:31 am (23.9°)91.600
67:00 am (121°)4:04 pm (239°)9:04:00−1:075:16 am5:47 pm5:51 am5:12 pm6:27 am4:36 pm11:32 am (23.8°)91.587
77:01 am (121°)4:04 pm (239°)9:02:56−1:035:17 am5:47 pm5:52 am5:12 pm6:28 am4:36 pm11:32 am (23.7°)91.575
87:02 am (121°)4:03 pm (239°)9:01:57−0:595:18 am5:47 pm5:53 am5:12 pm6:29 am4:36 pm11:33 am (23.6°)91.563
97:02 am (122°)4:03 pm (238°)9:01:02−0:555:19 am5:47 pm5:54 am5:12 pm6:30 am4:36 pm11:33 am (23.5°)91.552
107:03 am (122°)4:03 pm (238°)9:00:10−0:515:20 am5:47 pm5:55 am5:12 pm6:31 am4:36 pm11:33 am (23.4°)91.541
117:04 am (122°)4:04 pm (238°)8:59:24−0:465:20 am5:47 pm5:55 am5:12 pm6:31 am4:36 pm11:34 am (23.3°)91.531
127:05 am (122°)4:04 pm (238°)8:58:41−0:425:21 am5:47 pm5:56 am5:13 pm6:32 am4:36 pm11:34 am (23.2°)91.521
137:06 am (122°)4:04 pm (238°)8:58:03−0:385:22 am5:48 pm5:57 am5:13 pm6:33 am4:37 pm11:35 am (23.2°)91.512
147:07 am (122°)4:04 pm (238°)8:57:29−0:335:23 am5:48 pm5:58 am5:13 pm6:34 am4:37 pm11:35 am (23.1°)91.503
157:07 am (122°)4:04 pm (238°)8:57:00−0:295:23 am5:48 pm5:58 am5:13 pm6:34 am4:37 pm11:36 am (23.1°)91.494
167:08 am (122°)4:05 pm (238°)8:56:35−0:245:24 am5:49 pm5:59 am5:14 pm6:35 am4:37 pm11:36 am (23.0°)91.486
177:09 am (122°)4:05 pm (238°)8:56:15−0:205:25 am5:49 pm6:00 am5:14 pm6:36 am4:38 pm11:37 am (23.0°)91.478
187:09 am (122°)4:05 pm (238°)8:55:59−0:155:25 am5:49 pm6:00 am5:14 pm6:36 am4:38 pm11:37 am (23.0°)91.470
197:10 am (122°)4:06 pm (238°)8:55:48−0:115:26 am5:50 pm6:01 am5:15 pm6:37 am4:39 pm11:38 am (23.0°)91.463
207:10 am (122°)4:06 pm (238°)8:55:41−0:065:26 am5:50 pm6:01 am5:15 pm6:38 am4:39 pm11:38 am (22.9°)91.456
217:11 am (122°)4:07 pm (238°)8:55:39−0:015:27 am5:51 pm6:02 am5:16 pm6:38 am4:39 pm11:39 am (22.9°)91.450
227:11 am (122°)4:07 pm (238°)8:55:42+0:025:27 am5:51 pm6:02 am5:16 pm6:39 am4:40 pm11:39 am (22.9°)91.443
237:12 am (122°)4:08 pm (238°)8:55:49+0:075:28 am5:52 pm6:03 am5:17 pm6:39 am4:41 pm11:40 am (23.0°)91.438
247:12 am (122°)4:08 pm (238°)8:56:01+0:115:28 am5:52 pm6:03 am5:17 pm6:39 am4:41 pm11:40 am (23.0°)91.432
257:13 am (122°)4:09 pm (238°)8:56:18+0:165:29 am5:53 pm6:04 am5:18 pm6:40 am4:42 pm11:41 am (23.0°)91.427
267:13 am (122°)4:10 pm (238°)8:56:39+0:205:29 am5:54 pm6:04 am5:19 pm6:40 am4:42 pm11:41 am (23.0°)91.422
277:13 am (122°)4:10 pm (238°)8:57:04+0:255:29 am5:54 pm6:04 am5:19 pm6:40 am4:43 pm11:42 am (23.1°)91.418
287:14 am (122°)4:11 pm (238°)8:57:34+0:295:30 am5:55 pm6:04 am5:20 pm6:41 am4:44 pm11:42 am (23.1°)91.415
297:14 am (122°)4:12 pm (238°)8:58:08+0:345:30 am5:56 pm6:05 am5:21 pm6:41 am4:45 pm11:43 am (23.2°)91.411
307:14 am (122°)4:13 pm (238°)8:58:47+0:385:30 am5:56 pm6:05 am5:22 pm6:41 am4:45 pm11:43 am (23.3°)91.409
317:14 am (122°)4:14 pm (238°)8:59:31+0:435:30 am5:57 pm6:05 am5:22 pm6:41 am4:46 pm11:44 am (23.3°)91.406
* All times are local time for Portland. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Portland is at 10:03 am on Sunday, December 21, 2025. In terms of daylight, this day is 6 hours, 31 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 9.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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