Daylight
6:43 am – 7:27 pm
12 hours, 44 minutes
| Current Time: | Apr 6, 2025 at 11:51:59 am |
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| Sun Direction: | 143.54° SE↑ |
| Sun Altitude: | 58.49° |
| Sun Distance: | 93.033 million mi |
| Next Solstice: | Jun 20, 2025 8:42 pm (Summer) |
| Sunrise Today: | 6:43 am↑ 81° East |
| Sunset Today: | 7:27 pm↑ 279° West |
2025 Sun Graph for Ruidoso
December 2025 — Sun in Ruidoso
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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 | 6:48 am ↑ (116°) | 4:54 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:06:09 | −0:57 | 5:20 am | 6:22 pm | 5:50 am | 5:52 pm | 6:21 am | 5:21 pm | 11:51 am (34.7°) | 91.655 |
| 2 | 6:49 am ↑ (116°) | 4:54 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:05:14 | −0:54 | 5:21 am | 6:22 pm | 5:51 am | 5:52 pm | 6:22 am | 5:21 pm | 11:52 am (34.6°) | 91.640 |
| 3 | 6:50 am ↑ (116°) | 4:54 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:04:22 | −0:52 | 5:22 am | 6:22 pm | 5:52 am | 5:52 pm | 6:23 am | 5:21 pm | 11:52 am (34.5°) | 91.626 |
| 4 | 6:51 am ↑ (116°) | 4:54 pm ↑ (244°) | 10:03:32 | −0:49 | 5:23 am | 6:22 pm | 5:53 am | 5:52 pm | 6:23 am | 5:21 pm | 11:53 am (34.3°) | 91.612 |
| 5 | 6:52 am ↑ (117°) | 4:54 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:02:45 | −0:46 | 5:23 am | 6:22 pm | 5:53 am | 5:52 pm | 6:24 am | 5:22 pm | 11:53 am (34.2°) | 91.599 |
| 6 | 6:52 am ↑ (117°) | 4:54 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:02:01 | −0:44 | 5:24 am | 6:23 pm | 5:54 am | 5:52 pm | 6:25 am | 5:22 pm | 11:53 am (34.1°) | 91.586 |
| 7 | 6:53 am ↑ (117°) | 4:54 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:01:19 | −0:41 | 5:25 am | 6:23 pm | 5:55 am | 5:53 pm | 6:26 am | 5:22 pm | 11:54 am (34.0°) | 91.574 |
| 8 | 6:54 am ↑ (117°) | 4:55 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:00:40 | −0:38 | 5:25 am | 6:23 pm | 5:56 am | 5:53 pm | 6:27 am | 5:22 pm | 11:54 am (33.9°) | 91.562 |
| 9 | 6:55 am ↑ (117°) | 4:55 pm ↑ (243°) | 10:00:04 | −0:36 | 5:26 am | 6:23 pm | 5:56 am | 5:53 pm | 6:27 am | 5:22 pm | 11:55 am (33.8°) | 91.551 |
| 10 | 6:55 am ↑ (117°) | 4:55 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:59:31 | −0:33 | 5:27 am | 6:23 pm | 5:57 am | 5:53 pm | 6:28 am | 5:22 pm | 11:55 am (33.7°) | 91.540 |
| 11 | 6:56 am ↑ (117°) | 4:55 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:59:00 | −0:30 | 5:27 am | 6:24 pm | 5:58 am | 5:53 pm | 6:29 am | 5:22 pm | 11:56 am (33.6°) | 91.530 |
| 12 | 6:57 am ↑ (117°) | 4:55 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:58:33 | −0:27 | 5:28 am | 6:24 pm | 5:58 am | 5:54 pm | 6:29 am | 5:23 pm | 11:56 am (33.5°) | 91.520 |
| 13 | 6:57 am ↑ (118°) | 4:56 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:58:08 | −0:24 | 5:29 am | 6:24 pm | 5:59 am | 5:54 pm | 6:30 am | 5:23 pm | 11:57 am (33.5°) | 91.511 |
| 14 | 6:58 am ↑ (118°) | 4:56 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:57:46 | −0:21 | 5:29 am | 6:25 pm | 6:00 am | 5:54 pm | 6:31 am | 5:23 pm | 11:57 am (33.4°) | 91.502 |
| 15 | 6:59 am ↑ (118°) | 4:56 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:57:27 | −0:18 | 5:30 am | 6:25 pm | 6:00 am | 5:55 pm | 6:31 am | 5:24 pm | 11:58 am (33.4°) | 91.493 |
| 16 | 6:59 am ↑ (118°) | 4:57 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:57:11 | −0:15 | 5:31 am | 6:25 pm | 6:01 am | 5:55 pm | 6:32 am | 5:24 pm | 11:58 am (33.3°) | 91.485 |
| 17 | 7:00 am ↑ (118°) | 4:57 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:56:58 | −0:12 | 5:31 am | 6:26 pm | 6:01 am | 5:56 pm | 6:32 am | 5:24 pm | 11:59 am (33.3°) | 91.477 |
| 18 | 7:01 am ↑ (118°) | 4:57 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:56:48 | −0:09 | 5:32 am | 6:26 pm | 6:02 am | 5:56 pm | 6:33 am | 5:25 pm | 11:59 am (33.3°) | 91.469 |
| 19 | 7:01 am ↑ (118°) | 4:58 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:56:41 | −0:06 | 5:32 am | 6:27 pm | 6:03 am | 5:56 pm | 6:34 am | 5:25 pm | 11:59 am (33.2°) | 91.462 |
| 20 | 7:02 am ↑ (118°) | 4:58 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:56:37 | −0:03 | 5:33 am | 6:27 pm | 6:03 am | 5:57 pm | 6:34 am | 5:26 pm | 12:00 pm (33.2°) | 91.455 |
| 21 | 7:02 am ↑ (118°) | 4:59 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:56:36 | < 1s | 5:33 am | 6:28 pm | 6:04 am | 5:57 pm | 6:35 am | 5:26 pm | 12:00 pm (33.2°) | 91.449 |
| 22 | 7:03 am ↑ (118°) | 4:59 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:56:38 | +0:02 | 5:34 am | 6:28 pm | 6:04 am | 5:58 pm | 6:35 am | 5:27 pm | 12:01 pm (33.2°) | 91.443 |
| 23 | 7:03 am ↑ (118°) | 5:00 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:56:43 | +0:05 | 5:34 am | 6:29 pm | 6:05 am | 5:58 pm | 6:36 am | 5:27 pm | 12:01 pm (33.2°) | 91.437 |
| 24 | 7:04 am ↑ (118°) | 5:00 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:56:51 | +0:08 | 5:35 am | 6:29 pm | 6:05 am | 5:59 pm | 6:36 am | 5:28 pm | 12:02 pm (33.3°) | 91.432 |
| 25 | 7:04 am ↑ (118°) | 5:01 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:57:02 | +0:11 | 5:35 am | 6:30 pm | 6:05 am | 6:00 pm | 6:36 am | 5:29 pm | 12:02 pm (33.3°) | 91.427 |
| 26 | 7:04 am ↑ (118°) | 5:02 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:57:17 | +0:14 | 5:36 am | 6:30 pm | 6:06 am | 6:00 pm | 6:37 am | 5:29 pm | 12:03 pm (33.3°) | 91.422 |
| 27 | 7:05 am ↑ (118°) | 5:02 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:57:34 | +0:17 | 5:36 am | 6:31 pm | 6:06 am | 6:01 pm | 6:37 am | 5:30 pm | 12:03 pm (33.4°) | 91.418 |
| 28 | 7:05 am ↑ (118°) | 5:03 pm ↑ (242°) | 9:57:54 | +0:19 | 5:36 am | 6:32 pm | 6:07 am | 6:01 pm | 6:38 am | 5:30 pm | 12:04 pm (33.4°) | 91.414 |
| 29 | 7:05 am ↑ (118°) | 5:04 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:58:16 | +0:22 | 5:37 am | 6:32 pm | 6:07 am | 6:02 pm | 6:38 am | 5:31 pm | 12:04 pm (33.5°) | 91.411 |
| 30 | 7:06 am ↑ (117°) | 5:04 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:58:42 | +0:25 | 5:37 am | 6:33 pm | 6:07 am | 6:03 pm | 6:38 am | 5:32 pm | 12:05 pm (33.6°) | 91.408 |
| 31 | 7:06 am ↑ (117°) | 5:05 pm ↑ (243°) | 9:59:11 | +0:28 | 5:37 am | 6:34 pm | 6:07 am | 6:03 pm | 6:38 am | 5:32 pm | 12:05 pm (33.6°) | 91.406 |
| * All times are local time for Ruidoso. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||||||||
The December solstice (winter solstice) in Ruidoso is at 8:03 am on Sunday, December 21, 2025. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 25 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 3 or December 4.
Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?
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