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Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2026

Daylight

7:20 am – 5:35 pm
10 hours, 15 minutes

Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 8:00:17 pm
Sun Direction: 272° West
Sun Altitude: -27.8°
Sun Distance: 91.644 million mi
Next Equinox: Mar 20, 2026 10:46 am (Vernal)
Sunrise Today: 7:20 am 111° Southeast
Sunset Today: 5:35 pm 249° West

2026 Sun Graph for Altoona

December 2026 — Sun in Altoona

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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 7:17 am (118°) 4:47 pm (241°) 9:29:41 −1:17 5:40 am 6:24 pm 6:13 am 5:51 pm 6:47 am 5:17 pm 12:02 pm (27.6°) 91.662
2 7:18 am (119°) 4:47 pm (241°) 9:28:27 −1:13 5:41 am 6:24 pm 6:14 am 5:51 pm 6:48 am 5:17 pm 12:03 pm (27.5°) 91.647
3 7:19 am (119°) 4:46 pm (241°) 9:27:16 −1:10 5:42 am 6:24 pm 6:15 am 5:51 pm 6:49 am 5:17 pm 12:03 pm (27.4°) 91.634
4 7:20 am (119°) 4:46 pm (241°) 9:26:09 −1:07 5:43 am 6:24 pm 6:16 am 5:51 pm 6:50 am 5:17 pm 12:03 pm (27.2°) 91.620
5 7:21 am (119°) 4:46 pm (241°) 9:25:05 −1:03 5:44 am 6:24 pm 6:17 am 5:51 pm 6:51 am 5:17 pm 12:04 pm (27.1°) 91.607
6 7:22 am (119°) 4:46 pm (240°) 9:24:04 −1:00 5:44 am 6:24 pm 6:17 am 5:51 pm 6:52 am 5:17 pm 12:04 pm (27.0°) 91.594
7 7:23 am (120°) 4:46 pm (240°) 9:23:08 −0:56 5:45 am 6:24 pm 6:18 am 5:51 pm 6:52 am 5:17 pm 12:05 pm (26.9°) 91.582
8 7:24 am (120°) 4:46 pm (240°) 9:22:14 −0:53 5:46 am 6:24 pm 6:19 am 5:51 pm 6:53 am 5:17 pm 12:05 pm (26.8°) 91.570
9 7:25 am (120°) 4:46 pm (240°) 9:21:25 −0:49 5:47 am 6:24 pm 6:20 am 5:51 pm 6:54 am 5:17 pm 12:06 pm (26.7°) 91.558
10 7:26 am (120°) 4:46 pm (240°) 9:20:39 −0:45 5:48 am 6:24 pm 6:21 am 5:51 pm 6:55 am 5:17 pm 12:06 pm (26.6°) 91.546
11 7:26 am (120°) 4:46 pm (240°) 9:19:57 −0:42 5:48 am 6:24 pm 6:21 am 5:51 pm 6:56 am 5:17 pm 12:06 pm (26.5°) 91.535
12 7:27 am (120°) 4:47 pm (240°) 9:19:19 −0:38 5:49 am 6:25 pm 6:22 am 5:52 pm 6:56 am 5:17 pm 12:07 pm (26.4°) 91.524
13 7:28 am (120°) 4:47 pm (240°) 9:18:45 −0:34 5:50 am 6:25 pm 6:23 am 5:52 pm 6:57 am 5:17 pm 12:07 pm (26.3°) 91.514
14 7:29 am (120°) 4:47 pm (240°) 9:18:14 −0:30 5:50 am 6:25 pm 6:24 am 5:52 pm 6:58 am 5:18 pm 12:08 pm (26.3°) 91.504
15 7:29 am (120°) 4:47 pm (239°) 9:17:48 −0:26 5:51 am 6:26 pm 6:24 am 5:52 pm 6:59 am 5:18 pm 12:08 pm (26.2°) 91.494
16 7:30 am (121°) 4:47 pm (239°) 9:17:25 −0:22 5:52 am 6:26 pm 6:25 am 5:53 pm 6:59 am 5:18 pm 12:09 pm (26.2°) 91.484
17 7:31 am (121°) 4:48 pm (239°) 9:17:06 −0:18 5:52 am 6:26 pm 6:26 am 5:53 pm 7:00 am 5:19 pm 12:09 pm (26.2°) 91.475
18 7:31 am (121°) 4:48 pm (239°) 9:16:52 −0:14 5:53 am 6:27 pm 6:26 am 5:53 pm 7:00 am 5:19 pm 12:10 pm (26.1°) 91.467
19 7:32 am (121°) 4:49 pm (239°) 9:16:41 −0:10 5:53 am 6:27 pm 6:27 am 5:54 pm 7:01 am 5:19 pm 12:10 pm (26.1°) 91.459
20 7:32 am (121°) 4:49 pm (239°) 9:16:35 −0:06 5:54 am 6:28 pm 6:27 am 5:54 pm 7:02 am 5:20 pm 12:11 pm (26.1°) 91.451
21 7:33 am (121°) 4:50 pm (239°) 9:16:32 −0:02 5:55 am 6:28 pm 6:28 am 5:55 pm 7:02 am 5:20 pm 12:11 pm (26.1°) 91.445
22 7:34 am (121°) 4:50 pm (239°) 9:16:33 +0:01 5:55 am 6:29 pm 6:28 am 5:55 pm 7:03 am 5:21 pm 12:12 pm (26.1°) 91.438
23 7:34 am (121°) 4:51 pm (239°) 9:16:39 +0:05 5:55 am 6:29 pm 6:29 am 5:56 pm 7:03 am 5:21 pm 12:12 pm (26.1°) 91.432
24 7:34 am (121°) 4:51 pm (239°) 9:16:48 +0:09 5:56 am 6:30 pm 6:29 am 5:56 pm 7:04 am 5:22 pm 12:13 pm (26.1°) 91.427
25 7:35 am (121°) 4:52 pm (239°) 9:17:02 +0:13 5:56 am 6:30 pm 6:30 am 5:57 pm 7:04 am 5:23 pm 12:13 pm (26.1°) 91.423
26 7:35 am (121°) 4:52 pm (239°) 9:17:19 +0:17 5:57 am 6:31 pm 6:30 am 5:58 pm 7:04 am 5:23 pm 12:14 pm (26.2°) 91.419
27 7:35 am (121°) 4:53 pm (239°) 9:17:41 +0:21 5:57 am 6:31 pm 6:30 am 5:58 pm 7:05 am 5:24 pm 12:14 pm (26.2°) 91.416
28 7:36 am (120°) 4:54 pm (240°) 9:18:06 +0:25 5:57 am 6:32 pm 6:31 am 5:59 pm 7:05 am 5:25 pm 12:15 pm (26.3°) 91.413
29 7:36 am (120°) 4:55 pm (240°) 9:18:36 +0:29 5:58 am 6:33 pm 6:31 am 6:00 pm 7:05 am 5:25 pm 12:15 pm (26.3°) 91.411
30 7:36 am (120°) 4:55 pm (240°) 9:19:09 +0:33 5:58 am 6:34 pm 6:31 am 6:00 pm 7:05 am 5:26 pm 12:16 pm (26.4°) 91.409
31 7:36 am (120°) 4:56 pm (240°) 9:19:46 +0:37 5:58 am 6:34 pm 6:31 am 6:01 pm 7:06 am 5:27 pm 12:16 pm (26.5°) 91.408
* All times are local time for Altoona. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Altoona is at 3:50 pm on Monday, December 21, 2026. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 48 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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