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Cupertino, California, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2026

Daylight

7:03 am – 7:24 pm
12 hours, 21 minutes

Current Time: Mar 25, 2026 at 3:01:58 am
Sun Direction: 39° Northeast
Sun Altitude: -43.5°
Sun Distance: 92.700 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 21, 2026 1:24 am (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 7:03 am 87° East
Sunset Today: 7:24 pm 273° West

2026 Sun Graph for Cupertino

December 2026 — Sun in Cupertino

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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 7:03 am (117°) 4:50 pm (243°) 9:46:53 −1:07 5:31 am 6:23 pm 6:02 am 5:51 pm 6:35 am 5:19 pm 11:57 am (30.8°) 91.660
2 7:04 am (117°) 4:50 pm (243°) 9:45:48 −1:04 5:32 am 6:23 pm 6:03 am 5:51 pm 6:35 am 5:19 pm 11:57 am (30.7°) 91.646
3 7:05 am (118°) 4:50 pm (242°) 9:44:46 −1:01 5:32 am 6:23 pm 6:04 am 5:51 pm 6:36 am 5:19 pm 11:58 am (30.5°) 91.632
4 7:06 am (118°) 4:50 pm (242°) 9:43:47 −0:58 5:33 am 6:23 pm 6:05 am 5:51 pm 6:37 am 5:19 pm 11:58 am (30.4°) 91.619
5 7:07 am (118°) 4:50 pm (242°) 9:42:51 −0:55 5:34 am 6:23 pm 6:06 am 5:51 pm 6:38 am 5:19 pm 11:58 am (30.3°) 91.606
6 7:08 am (118°) 4:50 pm (242°) 9:41:59 −0:52 5:35 am 6:23 pm 6:06 am 5:51 pm 6:39 am 5:19 pm 11:59 am (30.1°) 91.593
7 7:09 am (118°) 4:50 pm (242°) 9:41:09 −0:49 5:35 am 6:23 pm 6:07 am 5:51 pm 6:40 am 5:19 pm 11:59 am (30.0°) 91.580
8 7:09 am (118°) 4:50 pm (242°) 9:40:23 −0:46 5:36 am 6:23 pm 6:08 am 5:51 pm 6:40 am 5:19 pm 12:00 pm (29.9°) 91.568
9 7:10 am (119°) 4:50 pm (241°) 9:39:40 −0:43 5:37 am 6:23 pm 6:09 am 5:51 pm 6:41 am 5:19 pm 12:00 pm (29.8°) 91.557
10 7:11 am (119°) 4:50 pm (241°) 9:39:00 −0:39 5:38 am 6:23 pm 6:09 am 5:52 pm 6:42 am 5:19 pm 12:01 pm (29.7°) 91.545
11 7:12 am (119°) 4:50 pm (241°) 9:38:23 −0:36 5:38 am 6:24 pm 6:10 am 5:52 pm 6:43 am 5:19 pm 12:01 pm (29.7°) 91.534
12 7:13 am (119°) 4:50 pm (241°) 9:37:50 −0:33 5:39 am 6:24 pm 6:11 am 5:52 pm 6:43 am 5:19 pm 12:01 pm (29.6°) 91.523
13 7:13 am (119°) 4:51 pm (241°) 9:37:20 −0:29 5:40 am 6:24 pm 6:11 am 5:52 pm 6:44 am 5:20 pm 12:02 pm (29.5°) 91.512
14 7:14 am (119°) 4:51 pm (241°) 9:36:54 −0:26 5:40 am 6:24 pm 6:12 am 5:53 pm 6:45 am 5:20 pm 12:02 pm (29.5°) 91.502
15 7:15 am (119°) 4:51 pm (241°) 9:36:31 −0:22 5:41 am 6:25 pm 6:13 am 5:53 pm 6:45 am 5:20 pm 12:03 pm (29.4°) 91.493
16 7:15 am (119°) 4:51 pm (241°) 9:36:11 −0:19 5:42 am 6:25 pm 6:13 am 5:53 pm 6:46 am 5:21 pm 12:03 pm (29.4°) 91.483
17 7:16 am (119°) 4:52 pm (241°) 9:35:56 −0:15 5:42 am 6:26 pm 6:14 am 5:54 pm 6:47 am 5:21 pm 12:04 pm (29.3°) 91.474
18 7:16 am (119°) 4:52 pm (241°) 9:35:43 −0:12 5:43 am 6:26 pm 6:15 am 5:54 pm 6:47 am 5:21 pm 12:04 pm (29.3°) 91.466
19 7:17 am (119°) 4:53 pm (241°) 9:35:34 −0:08 5:43 am 6:26 pm 6:15 am 5:55 pm 6:48 am 5:22 pm 12:05 pm (29.3°) 91.458
20 7:18 am (119°) 4:53 pm (241°) 9:35:29 −0:05 5:44 am 6:27 pm 6:16 am 5:55 pm 6:48 am 5:22 pm 12:05 pm (29.3°) 91.451
21 7:18 am (119°) 4:54 pm (241°) 9:35:27 −0:01 5:44 am 6:27 pm 6:16 am 5:56 pm 6:49 am 5:23 pm 12:06 pm (29.3°) 91.444
22 7:19 am (119°) 4:54 pm (241°) 9:35:29 +0:01 5:45 am 6:28 pm 6:17 am 5:56 pm 6:49 am 5:23 pm 12:06 pm (29.3°) 91.437
23 7:19 am (119°) 4:55 pm (241°) 9:35:34 +0:05 5:45 am 6:28 pm 6:17 am 5:57 pm 6:50 am 5:24 pm 12:07 pm (29.3°) 91.432
24 7:20 am (119°) 4:55 pm (241°) 9:35:43 +0:08 5:46 am 6:29 pm 6:18 am 5:57 pm 6:50 am 5:24 pm 12:07 pm (29.3°) 91.427
25 7:20 am (119°) 4:56 pm (241°) 9:35:55 +0:12 5:46 am 6:30 pm 6:18 am 5:58 pm 6:51 am 5:25 pm 12:08 pm (29.3°) 91.422
26 7:20 am (119°) 4:56 pm (241°) 9:36:11 +0:15 5:47 am 6:30 pm 6:18 am 5:58 pm 6:51 am 5:26 pm 12:08 pm (29.4°) 91.419
27 7:21 am (119°) 4:57 pm (241°) 9:36:30 +0:19 5:47 am 6:31 pm 6:19 am 5:59 pm 6:51 am 5:26 pm 12:09 pm (29.4°) 91.415
28 7:21 am (119°) 4:58 pm (241°) 9:36:53 +0:22 5:47 am 6:31 pm 6:19 am 6:00 pm 6:52 am 5:27 pm 12:09 pm (29.5°) 91.413
29 7:21 am (119°) 4:59 pm (241°) 9:37:19 +0:26 5:48 am 6:32 pm 6:19 am 6:00 pm 6:52 am 5:28 pm 12:10 pm (29.5°) 91.410
30 7:21 am (119°) 4:59 pm (241°) 9:37:49 +0:29 5:48 am 6:33 pm 6:20 am 6:01 pm 6:52 am 5:28 pm 12:10 pm (29.6°) 91.409
31 7:22 am (119°) 5:00 pm (241°) 9:38:22 +0:33 5:48 am 6:33 pm 6:20 am 6:02 pm 6:53 am 5:29 pm 12:11 pm (29.7°) 91.408
* All times are local time for Cupertino. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Cupertino is at 12:50 pm on Monday, December 21, 2026. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 9 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 5 or December 6.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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