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Emporia, Kansas, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2026

Daylight

7:27 am – 5:50 pm
10 hours, 24 minutes

Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 7:25:25 pm
Sun Direction: 264° West
Sun Altitude: -18.9°
Sun Distance: 91.645 million mi
Next Equinox: Mar 20, 2026 9:46 am (Vernal)
Sunrise Today: 7:27 am 110° Southeast
Sunset Today: 5:50 pm 250° West

2026 Sun Graph for Emporia

December 2026 — Sun in Emporia

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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 7:23 am (118°) 5:04 pm (242°) 9:41:16 −1:10 5:49 am 6:38 pm 6:21 am 6:06 pm 6:53 am 5:33 pm 12:13 pm (29.7°) 91.661
2 7:24 am (118°) 5:04 pm (242°) 9:40:08 −1:07 5:49 am 6:38 pm 6:21 am 6:06 pm 6:54 am 5:33 pm 12:14 pm (29.6°) 91.647
3 7:24 am (118°) 5:04 pm (242°) 9:39:03 −1:04 5:50 am 6:38 pm 6:22 am 6:06 pm 6:55 am 5:33 pm 12:14 pm (29.5°) 91.633
4 7:25 am (118°) 5:03 pm (242°) 9:38:02 −1:01 5:51 am 6:38 pm 6:23 am 6:06 pm 6:56 am 5:33 pm 12:15 pm (29.3°) 91.620
5 7:26 am (118°) 5:03 pm (242°) 9:37:03 −0:58 5:52 am 6:38 pm 6:24 am 6:06 pm 6:57 am 5:33 pm 12:15 pm (29.2°) 91.607
6 7:27 am (119°) 5:03 pm (241°) 9:36:08 −0:55 5:53 am 6:38 pm 6:25 am 6:06 pm 6:58 am 5:33 pm 12:15 pm (29.1°) 91.594
7 7:28 am (119°) 5:03 pm (241°) 9:35:16 −0:52 5:53 am 6:38 pm 6:26 am 6:06 pm 6:59 am 5:33 pm 12:16 pm (29.0°) 91.581
8 7:29 am (119°) 5:03 pm (241°) 9:34:27 −0:48 5:54 am 6:38 pm 6:26 am 6:06 pm 6:59 am 5:33 pm 12:16 pm (28.9°) 91.569
9 7:30 am (119°) 5:03 pm (241°) 9:33:42 −0:45 5:55 am 6:38 pm 6:27 am 6:06 pm 7:00 am 5:33 pm 12:17 pm (28.8°) 91.557
10 7:31 am (119°) 5:04 pm (241°) 9:33:00 −0:41 5:56 am 6:38 pm 6:28 am 6:06 pm 7:01 am 5:33 pm 12:17 pm (28.7°) 91.546
11 7:31 am (119°) 5:04 pm (241°) 9:32:21 −0:38 5:56 am 6:39 pm 6:29 am 6:06 pm 7:02 am 5:33 pm 12:18 pm (28.6°) 91.535
12 7:32 am (119°) 5:04 pm (241°) 9:31:47 −0:34 5:57 am 6:39 pm 6:29 am 6:07 pm 7:02 am 5:33 pm 12:18 pm (28.5°) 91.524
13 7:33 am (119°) 5:04 pm (241°) 9:31:15 −0:31 5:58 am 6:39 pm 6:30 am 6:07 pm 7:03 am 5:34 pm 12:19 pm (28.4°) 91.513
14 7:34 am (119°) 5:04 pm (241°) 9:30:47 −0:27 5:58 am 6:39 pm 6:31 am 6:07 pm 7:04 am 5:34 pm 12:19 pm (28.4°) 91.503
15 7:34 am (120°) 5:05 pm (240°) 9:30:23 −0:24 5:59 am 6:40 pm 6:31 am 6:08 pm 7:05 am 5:34 pm 12:19 pm (28.3°) 91.493
16 7:35 am (120°) 5:05 pm (240°) 9:30:03 −0:20 6:00 am 6:40 pm 6:32 am 6:08 pm 7:05 am 5:35 pm 12:20 pm (28.3°) 91.484
17 7:36 am (120°) 5:05 pm (240°) 9:29:46 −0:16 6:00 am 6:41 pm 6:33 am 6:08 pm 7:06 am 5:35 pm 12:20 pm (28.3°) 91.475
18 7:36 am (120°) 5:06 pm (240°) 9:29:32 −0:13 6:01 am 6:41 pm 6:33 am 6:09 pm 7:06 am 5:35 pm 12:21 pm (28.2°) 91.467
19 7:37 am (120°) 5:06 pm (240°) 9:29:23 −0:09 6:01 am 6:41 pm 6:34 am 6:09 pm 7:07 am 5:36 pm 12:21 pm (28.2°) 91.459
20 7:37 am (120°) 5:07 pm (240°) 9:29:17 −0:05 6:02 am 6:42 pm 6:34 am 6:10 pm 7:08 am 5:36 pm 12:22 pm (28.2°) 91.451
21 7:38 am (120°) 5:07 pm (240°) 9:29:15 −0:02 6:03 am 6:42 pm 6:35 am 6:10 pm 7:08 am 5:37 pm 12:22 pm (28.2°) 91.444
22 7:38 am (120°) 5:08 pm (240°) 9:29:16 +0:01 6:03 am 6:43 pm 6:35 am 6:11 pm 7:09 am 5:37 pm 12:23 pm (28.2°) 91.438
23 7:39 am (120°) 5:08 pm (240°) 9:29:22 +0:05 6:03 am 6:43 pm 6:36 am 6:11 pm 7:09 am 5:38 pm 12:23 pm (28.2°) 91.432
24 7:39 am (120°) 5:09 pm (240°) 9:29:30 +0:08 6:04 am 6:44 pm 6:36 am 6:12 pm 7:09 am 5:38 pm 12:24 pm (28.2°) 91.427
25 7:40 am (120°) 5:09 pm (240°) 9:29:43 +0:12 6:04 am 6:44 pm 6:37 am 6:12 pm 7:10 am 5:39 pm 12:24 pm (28.2°) 91.423
26 7:40 am (120°) 5:10 pm (240°) 9:29:59 +0:16 6:05 am 6:45 pm 6:37 am 6:13 pm 7:10 am 5:40 pm 12:25 pm (28.3°) 91.419
27 7:40 am (120°) 5:11 pm (240°) 9:30:19 +0:19 6:05 am 6:46 pm 6:37 am 6:13 pm 7:11 am 5:40 pm 12:25 pm (28.3°) 91.416
28 7:41 am (120°) 5:11 pm (241°) 9:30:43 +0:23 6:05 am 6:46 pm 6:38 am 6:14 pm 7:11 am 5:41 pm 12:26 pm (28.4°) 91.413
29 7:41 am (119°) 5:12 pm (241°) 9:31:10 +0:27 6:06 am 6:47 pm 6:38 am 6:15 pm 7:11 am 5:42 pm 12:26 pm (28.4°) 91.411
30 7:41 am (119°) 5:13 pm (241°) 9:31:41 +0:30 6:06 am 6:48 pm 6:38 am 6:16 pm 7:11 am 5:42 pm 12:27 pm (28.5°) 91.409
31 7:41 am (119°) 5:14 pm (241°) 9:32:15 +0:34 6:06 am 6:48 pm 6:39 am 6:16 pm 7:12 am 5:43 pm 12:27 pm (28.6°) 91.408
* All times are local time for Emporia. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Emporia is at 2:50 pm on Monday, December 21, 2026. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 22 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 6 or December 7.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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