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Helen Island, State of Hatohobei, Palau — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2026

Daylight

6:15 am – 6:22 pm
12 hours, 7 minutes

Current Time: Mar 25, 2026 at 7:13:16 pm
Sun Direction: 273° West
Sun Altitude: -13.5°
Sun Distance: 92.700 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 21, 2026 5:24 pm (June Solst.)
Sunrise Today: 6:15 am 88° East
Sunset Today: 6:22 pm 272° West
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2026 Sun Graph for Helen Island

December 2026 — Sun in Helen Island

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2026 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 6:02 am (112°) 6:00 pm (248°) 11:57:51 −0:03 4:48 am 7:14 pm 5:14 am 6:48 pm 5:40 am 6:22 pm 12:01 pm (65.2°) 91.670
2 6:03 am (112°) 6:00 pm (248°) 11:57:47 −0:03 4:49 am 7:14 pm 5:14 am 6:49 pm 5:40 am 6:23 pm 12:02 pm (65.1°) 91.656
3 6:03 am (112°) 6:01 pm (248°) 11:57:44 −0:03 4:49 am 7:15 pm 5:15 am 6:49 pm 5:41 am 6:23 pm 12:02 pm (64.9°) 91.642
4 6:03 am (112°) 6:01 pm (248°) 11:57:41 −0:03 4:49 am 7:15 pm 5:15 am 6:49 pm 5:41 am 6:23 pm 12:02 pm (64.8°) 91.628
5 6:04 am (112°) 6:01 pm (248°) 11:57:38 −0:03 4:50 am 7:16 pm 5:16 am 6:50 pm 5:42 am 6:24 pm 12:03 pm (64.7°) 91.615
6 6:04 am (112°) 6:02 pm (248°) 11:57:35 −0:02 4:50 am 7:16 pm 5:16 am 6:50 pm 5:42 am 6:24 pm 12:03 pm (64.6°) 91.602
7 6:05 am (113°) 6:02 pm (247°) 11:57:32 −0:02 4:50 am 7:17 pm 5:16 am 6:51 pm 5:42 am 6:25 pm 12:04 pm (64.4°) 91.589
8 6:05 am (113°) 6:03 pm (247°) 11:57:29 −0:02 4:51 am 7:17 pm 5:17 am 6:51 pm 5:43 am 6:25 pm 12:04 pm (64.3°) 91.577
9 6:06 am (113°) 6:03 pm (247°) 11:57:27 −0:02 4:51 am 7:18 pm 5:17 am 6:52 pm 5:43 am 6:26 pm 12:04 pm (64.2°) 91.565
10 6:06 am (113°) 6:04 pm (247°) 11:57:25 −0:02 4:52 am 7:18 pm 5:18 am 6:52 pm 5:44 am 6:26 pm 12:05 pm (64.1°) 91.553
11 6:07 am (113°) 6:04 pm (247°) 11:57:22 −0:02 4:52 am 7:19 pm 5:18 am 6:53 pm 5:44 am 6:26 pm 12:05 pm (64.0°) 91.542
12 6:07 am (113°) 6:04 pm (247°) 11:57:21 −0:01 4:52 am 7:19 pm 5:19 am 6:53 pm 5:45 am 6:27 pm 12:06 pm (64.0°) 91.531
13 6:08 am (113°) 6:05 pm (247°) 11:57:19 −0:01 4:53 am 7:20 pm 5:19 am 6:53 pm 5:45 am 6:27 pm 12:06 pm (63.9°) 91.520
14 6:08 am (113°) 6:05 pm (247°) 11:57:17 −0:01 4:53 am 7:20 pm 5:19 am 6:54 pm 5:46 am 6:28 pm 12:07 pm (63.8°) 91.509
15 6:09 am (113°) 6:06 pm (247°) 11:57:16 −0:01 4:54 am 7:21 pm 5:20 am 6:54 pm 5:46 am 6:28 pm 12:07 pm (63.8°) 91.499
16 6:09 am (113°) 6:06 pm (247°) 11:57:15 −0:01 4:54 am 7:21 pm 5:20 am 6:55 pm 5:47 am 6:29 pm 12:08 pm (63.7°) 91.490
17 6:10 am (113°) 6:07 pm (247°) 11:57:14 < 1s 4:55 am 7:22 pm 5:21 am 6:55 pm 5:47 am 6:29 pm 12:08 pm (63.7°) 91.481
18 6:10 am (113°) 6:07 pm (247°) 11:57:13 < 1s 4:55 am 7:22 pm 5:21 am 6:56 pm 5:48 am 6:30 pm 12:09 pm (63.6°) 91.472
19 6:11 am (113°) 6:08 pm (247°) 11:57:13 < 1s 4:56 am 7:23 pm 5:22 am 6:56 pm 5:48 am 6:30 pm 12:09 pm (63.6°) 91.464
20 6:11 am (113°) 6:08 pm (247°) 11:57:12 < 1s 4:56 am 7:23 pm 5:22 am 6:57 pm 5:49 am 6:31 pm 12:10 pm (63.6°) 91.456
21 6:12 am (113°) 6:09 pm (247°) 11:57:12 < 1s 4:57 am 7:24 pm 5:23 am 6:57 pm 5:49 am 6:31 pm 12:10 pm (63.6°) 91.449
22 6:12 am (113°) 6:09 pm (247°) 11:57:12 < 1s 4:57 am 7:24 pm 5:23 am 6:58 pm 5:49 am 6:32 pm 12:11 pm (63.6°) 91.442
23 6:13 am (113°) 6:10 pm (247°) 11:57:12 < 1s 4:58 am 7:25 pm 5:24 am 6:58 pm 5:50 am 6:32 pm 12:11 pm (63.6°) 91.436
24 6:13 am (113°) 6:10 pm (247°) 11:57:12 < 1s 4:58 am 7:25 pm 5:24 am 6:59 pm 5:50 am 6:33 pm 12:12 pm (63.6°) 91.430
25 6:14 am (113°) 6:11 pm (247°) 11:57:13 < 1s 4:59 am 7:26 pm 5:25 am 6:59 pm 5:51 am 6:33 pm 12:12 pm (63.6°) 91.425
26 6:14 am (113°) 6:11 pm (247°) 11:57:14 < 1s 4:59 am 7:26 pm 5:25 am 7:00 pm 5:51 am 6:34 pm 12:13 pm (63.7°) 91.421
27 6:14 am (113°) 6:12 pm (247°) 11:57:15 < 1s 5:00 am 7:27 pm 5:26 am 7:00 pm 5:52 am 6:34 pm 12:13 pm (63.7°) 91.418
28 6:15 am (113°) 6:12 pm (247°) 11:57:16 +0:01 5:00 am 7:27 pm 5:26 am 7:01 pm 5:52 am 6:35 pm 12:14 pm (63.7°) 91.414
29 6:15 am (113°) 6:13 pm (247°) 11:57:17 +0:01 5:01 am 7:28 pm 5:27 am 7:01 pm 5:53 am 6:35 pm 12:14 pm (63.8°) 91.412
30 6:16 am (113°) 6:13 pm (247°) 11:57:19 +0:01 5:01 am 7:28 pm 5:27 am 7:02 pm 5:53 am 6:36 pm 12:15 pm (63.9°) 91.410
31 6:16 am (113°) 6:14 pm (247°) 11:57:20 +0:01 5:02 am 7:28 pm 5:28 am 7:02 pm 5:54 am 6:36 pm 12:15 pm (63.9°) 91.408
* All times are local time for Helen Island. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Helen Island is at 5:50 am on Tuesday, December 22, 2026. In terms of daylight, this day is 20 minutes shorter than the June solstice. In most locations north of the equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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