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Arlington, Texas, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2026

Daylight

6:56 am – 5:28 pm
10 hours, 32 minutes

Current Time: Nov 13, 2026 at 10:06:47 am
Sun Direction: ↑ 145° Southeast
Sun Altitude: 31.0°
Sun Distance: 91.990 million mi
Next Solstice: Dec 21, 2026 2:50 pm (Winter)
Sunrise Today: 6:56 am↑ 111° Southeast
Sunset Today: 5:28 pm↑ 249° West

2026 Sun Graph for Arlington

December 2026 — Sun in Arlington

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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 7:12 am ↑ (116°) 5:22 pm ↑ (244°) 10:09:16 −0:56 5:45 am 6:49 pm 6:15 am 6:19 pm 6:45 am 5:48 pm 12:17 pm (35.4°) 91.661
2 7:13 am ↑ (116°) 5:22 pm ↑ (244°) 10:08:22 −0:53 5:46 am 6:49 pm 6:16 am 6:19 pm 6:46 am 5:48 pm 12:17 pm (35.3°) 91.647
3 7:14 am ↑ (116°) 5:21 pm ↑ (244°) 10:07:30 −0:51 5:47 am 6:49 pm 6:17 am 6:19 pm 6:47 am 5:48 pm 12:18 pm (35.1°) 91.633
4 7:15 am ↑ (116°) 5:21 pm ↑ (244°) 10:06:41 −0:49 5:47 am 6:49 pm 6:17 am 6:19 pm 6:48 am 5:48 pm 12:18 pm (35.0°) 91.620
5 7:16 am ↑ (116°) 5:22 pm ↑ (244°) 10:05:55 −0:46 5:48 am 6:49 pm 6:18 am 6:19 pm 6:49 am 5:49 pm 12:19 pm (34.9°) 91.607
6 7:16 am ↑ (116°) 5:22 pm ↑ (243°) 10:05:11 −0:43 5:49 am 6:49 pm 6:19 am 6:19 pm 6:49 am 5:49 pm 12:19 pm (34.7°) 91.594
7 7:17 am ↑ (117°) 5:22 pm ↑ (243°) 10:04:30 −0:41 5:50 am 6:49 pm 6:19 am 6:19 pm 6:50 am 5:49 pm 12:19 pm (34.6°) 91.581
8 7:18 am ↑ (117°) 5:22 pm ↑ (243°) 10:03:51 −0:38 5:50 am 6:50 pm 6:20 am 6:20 pm 6:51 am 5:49 pm 12:20 pm (34.5°) 91.569
9 7:19 am ↑ (117°) 5:22 pm ↑ (243°) 10:03:15 −0:35 5:51 am 6:50 pm 6:21 am 6:20 pm 6:52 am 5:49 pm 12:20 pm (34.4°) 91.557
10 7:19 am ↑ (117°) 5:22 pm ↑ (243°) 10:02:42 −0:33 5:52 am 6:50 pm 6:22 am 6:20 pm 6:52 am 5:49 pm 12:21 pm (34.3°) 91.546
11 7:20 am ↑ (117°) 5:22 pm ↑ (243°) 10:02:12 −0:30 5:52 am 6:50 pm 6:22 am 6:20 pm 6:53 am 5:50 pm 12:21 pm (34.2°) 91.535
12 7:21 am ↑ (117°) 5:23 pm ↑ (243°) 10:01:44 −0:27 5:53 am 6:51 pm 6:23 am 6:21 pm 6:54 am 5:50 pm 12:22 pm (34.2°) 91.524
13 7:22 am ↑ (117°) 5:23 pm ↑ (243°) 10:01:19 −0:24 5:53 am 6:51 pm 6:24 am 6:21 pm 6:54 am 5:50 pm 12:22 pm (34.1°) 91.513
14 7:22 am ↑ (117°) 5:23 pm ↑ (243°) 10:00:57 −0:22 5:54 am 6:51 pm 6:24 am 6:21 pm 6:55 am 5:50 pm 12:23 pm (34.0°) 91.503
15 7:23 am ↑ (117°) 5:23 pm ↑ (243°) 10:00:38 −0:19 5:55 am 6:52 pm 6:25 am 6:22 pm 6:56 am 5:51 pm 12:23 pm (34.0°) 91.493
16 7:23 am ↑ (117°) 5:24 pm ↑ (242°) 10:00:21 −0:16 5:55 am 6:52 pm 6:25 am 6:22 pm 6:56 am 5:51 pm 12:24 pm (34.0°) 91.484
17 7:24 am ↑ (118°) 5:24 pm ↑ (242°) 10:00:08 −0:13 5:56 am 6:52 pm 6:26 am 6:22 pm 6:57 am 5:51 pm 12:24 pm (33.9°) 91.475
18 7:25 am ↑ (118°) 5:25 pm ↑ (242°) 9:59:58 −0:10 5:56 am 6:53 pm 6:27 am 6:23 pm 6:57 am 5:52 pm 12:25 pm (33.9°) 91.466
19 7:25 am ↑ (118°) 5:25 pm ↑ (242°) 9:59:50 −0:07 5:57 am 6:53 pm 6:27 am 6:23 pm 6:58 am 5:52 pm 12:25 pm (33.9°) 91.459
20 7:26 am ↑ (118°) 5:26 pm ↑ (242°) 9:59:45 −0:04 5:58 am 6:54 pm 6:28 am 6:24 pm 6:58 am 5:53 pm 12:26 pm (33.9°) 91.451
21 7:26 am ↑ (118°) 5:26 pm ↑ (242°) 9:59:44 −0:01 5:58 am 6:54 pm 6:28 am 6:24 pm 6:59 am 5:53 pm 12:26 pm (33.8°) 91.444
22 7:27 am ↑ (118°) 5:27 pm ↑ (242°) 9:59:45 +0:01 5:59 am 6:55 pm 6:29 am 6:25 pm 6:59 am 5:54 pm 12:27 pm (33.9°) 91.438
23 7:27 am ↑ (118°) 5:27 pm ↑ (242°) 9:59:49 +0:04 5:59 am 6:55 pm 6:29 am 6:25 pm 7:00 am 5:54 pm 12:27 pm (33.9°) 91.432
24 7:28 am ↑ (118°) 5:28 pm ↑ (242°) 9:59:56 +0:07 5:59 am 6:56 pm 6:30 am 6:26 pm 7:00 am 5:55 pm 12:28 pm (33.9°) 91.427
25 7:28 am ↑ (118°) 5:28 pm ↑ (242°) 10:00:06 +0:09 6:00 am 6:56 pm 6:30 am 6:26 pm 7:01 am 5:55 pm 12:28 pm (33.9°) 91.423
26 7:28 am ↑ (118°) 5:29 pm ↑ (243°) 10:00:19 +0:12 6:00 am 6:57 pm 6:30 am 6:27 pm 7:01 am 5:56 pm 12:29 pm (33.9°) 91.419
27 7:29 am ↑ (117°) 5:29 pm ↑ (243°) 10:00:35 +0:15 6:01 am 6:58 pm 6:31 am 6:27 pm 7:02 am 5:57 pm 12:29 pm (34.0°) 91.416
28 7:29 am ↑ (117°) 5:30 pm ↑ (243°) 10:00:53 +0:18 6:01 am 6:58 pm 6:31 am 6:28 pm 7:02 am 5:57 pm 12:30 pm (34.0°) 91.413
29 7:29 am ↑ (117°) 5:31 pm ↑ (243°) 10:01:15 +0:21 6:01 am 6:59 pm 6:31 am 6:29 pm 7:02 am 5:58 pm 12:30 pm (34.1°) 91.411
30 7:30 am ↑ (117°) 5:31 pm ↑ (243°) 10:01:39 +0:24 6:02 am 6:59 pm 6:32 am 6:29 pm 7:03 am 5:59 pm 12:31 pm (34.2°) 91.409
31 7:30 am ↑ (117°) 5:32 pm ↑ (243°) 10:02:07 +0:27 6:02 am 7:00 pm 6:32 am 6:30 pm 7:03 am 5:59 pm 12:31 pm (34.2°) 91.408
* All times are local time for Arlington. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Arlington is at 2:50 pm on Monday, December 21, 2026. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 19 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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