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Independence, Missouri, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2026

Daylight

7:13 am – 7:34 pm
12 hours, 22 minutes

Current Time: Mar 25, 2026 at 4:53:06 am
Sun Direction: 63° Northeast
Sun Altitude: -26.9°
Sun Distance: 92.699 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 21, 2026 3:24 am (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 7:13 am 87° East
Sunset Today: 7:34 pm 273° West

2026 Sun Graph for Independence

December 2026 — Sun in Independence

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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°) 4:55 pm (242°) 9:37:33 −1:12 5:42 am 6:30 pm 6:15 am 5:58 pm 6:48 am 5:24 pm 12:06 pm (29.1°) 91.661
2 7:18 am (118°) 4:55 pm (242°) 9:36:24 −1:09 5:43 am 6:30 pm 6:16 am 5:57 pm 6:49 am 5:24 pm 12:07 pm (28.9°) 91.647
3 7:19 am (118°) 4:55 pm (242°) 9:35:17 −1:06 5:44 am 6:30 pm 6:16 am 5:57 pm 6:50 am 5:24 pm 12:07 pm (28.8°) 91.633
4 7:20 am (118°) 4:54 pm (241°) 9:34:13 −1:03 5:45 am 6:30 pm 6:17 am 5:57 pm 6:51 am 5:24 pm 12:07 pm (28.6°) 91.620
5 7:21 am (119°) 4:54 pm (241°) 9:33:13 −1:00 5:46 am 6:30 pm 6:18 am 5:57 pm 6:51 am 5:24 pm 12:08 pm (28.5°) 91.607
6 7:22 am (119°) 4:54 pm (241°) 9:32:16 −0:56 5:47 am 6:30 pm 6:19 am 5:57 pm 6:52 am 5:24 pm 12:08 pm (28.4°) 91.594
7 7:23 am (119°) 4:54 pm (241°) 9:31:23 −0:53 5:47 am 6:30 pm 6:20 am 5:57 pm 6:53 am 5:24 pm 12:09 pm (28.3°) 91.581
8 7:24 am (119°) 4:54 pm (241°) 9:30:33 −0:50 5:48 am 6:30 pm 6:21 am 5:58 pm 6:54 am 5:24 pm 12:09 pm (28.2°) 91.569
9 7:25 am (119°) 4:54 pm (241°) 9:29:46 −0:46 5:49 am 6:30 pm 6:21 am 5:58 pm 6:55 am 5:24 pm 12:10 pm (28.1°) 91.557
10 7:25 am (119°) 4:55 pm (241°) 9:29:03 −0:43 5:50 am 6:30 pm 6:22 am 5:58 pm 6:56 am 5:24 pm 12:10 pm (28.0°) 91.546
11 7:26 am (119°) 4:55 pm (240°) 9:28:24 −0:39 5:50 am 6:31 pm 6:23 am 5:58 pm 6:56 am 5:25 pm 12:11 pm (27.9°) 91.535
12 7:27 am (120°) 4:55 pm (240°) 9:27:48 −0:35 5:51 am 6:31 pm 6:24 am 5:58 pm 6:57 am 5:25 pm 12:11 pm (27.8°) 91.524
13 7:28 am (120°) 4:55 pm (240°) 9:27:16 −0:32 5:52 am 6:31 pm 6:24 am 5:59 pm 6:58 am 5:25 pm 12:11 pm (27.8°) 91.513
14 7:28 am (120°) 4:55 pm (240°) 9:26:47 −0:28 5:52 am 6:31 pm 6:25 am 5:59 pm 6:58 am 5:25 pm 12:12 pm (27.7°) 91.503
15 7:29 am (120°) 4:56 pm (240°) 9:26:22 −0:24 5:53 am 6:32 pm 6:26 am 5:59 pm 6:59 am 5:26 pm 12:12 pm (27.6°) 91.493
16 7:30 am (120°) 4:56 pm (240°) 9:26:01 −0:21 5:54 am 6:32 pm 6:26 am 5:59 pm 7:00 am 5:26 pm 12:13 pm (27.6°) 91.484
17 7:30 am (120°) 4:56 pm (240°) 9:25:43 −0:17 5:54 am 6:32 pm 6:27 am 6:00 pm 7:00 am 5:26 pm 12:13 pm (27.6°) 91.475
18 7:31 am (120°) 4:57 pm (240°) 9:25:30 −0:13 5:55 am 6:33 pm 6:27 am 6:00 pm 7:01 am 5:27 pm 12:14 pm (27.5°) 91.467
19 7:32 am (120°) 4:57 pm (240°) 9:25:20 −0:09 5:55 am 6:33 pm 6:28 am 6:01 pm 7:02 am 5:27 pm 12:14 pm (27.5°) 91.459
20 7:32 am (120°) 4:57 pm (240°) 9:25:14 −0:06 5:56 am 6:34 pm 6:29 am 6:01 pm 7:02 am 5:28 pm 12:15 pm (27.5°) 91.451
21 7:33 am (120°) 4:58 pm (240°) 9:25:12 −0:02 5:56 am 6:34 pm 6:29 am 6:02 pm 7:03 am 5:28 pm 12:15 pm (27.5°) 91.444
22 7:33 am (120°) 4:58 pm (240°) 9:25:13 +0:01 5:57 am 6:35 pm 6:30 am 6:02 pm 7:03 am 5:29 pm 12:16 pm (27.5°) 91.438
23 7:34 am (120°) 4:59 pm (240°) 9:25:18 +0:05 5:57 am 6:35 pm 6:30 am 6:03 pm 7:04 am 5:29 pm 12:16 pm (27.5°) 91.432
24 7:34 am (120°) 5:00 pm (240°) 9:25:28 +0:09 5:58 am 6:36 pm 6:30 am 6:03 pm 7:04 am 5:30 pm 12:17 pm (27.5°) 91.427
25 7:35 am (120°) 5:00 pm (240°) 9:25:40 +0:12 5:58 am 6:36 pm 6:31 am 6:04 pm 7:04 am 5:30 pm 12:17 pm (27.6°) 91.423
26 7:35 am (120°) 5:01 pm (240°) 9:25:57 +0:16 5:59 am 6:37 pm 6:31 am 6:04 pm 7:05 am 5:31 pm 12:18 pm (27.6°) 91.419
27 7:35 am (120°) 5:02 pm (240°) 9:26:18 +0:20 5:59 am 6:38 pm 6:32 am 6:05 pm 7:05 am 5:32 pm 12:18 pm (27.6°) 91.416
28 7:35 am (120°) 5:02 pm (240°) 9:26:42 +0:24 5:59 am 6:38 pm 6:32 am 6:06 pm 7:05 am 5:32 pm 12:19 pm (27.7°) 91.413
29 7:36 am (120°) 5:03 pm (240°) 9:27:10 +0:27 6:00 am 6:39 pm 6:32 am 6:06 pm 7:06 am 5:33 pm 12:19 pm (27.7°) 91.411
30 7:36 am (120°) 5:04 pm (240°) 9:27:41 +0:31 6:00 am 6:40 pm 6:33 am 6:07 pm 7:06 am 5:34 pm 12:20 pm (27.8°) 91.409
31 7:36 am (120°) 5:04 pm (240°) 9:28:17 +0:35 6:00 am 6:40 pm 6:33 am 6:08 pm 7:06 am 5:34 pm 12:20 pm (27.9°) 91.408
* All times are local time for Independence. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Independence is at 2:50 pm on Monday, December 21, 2026. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 30 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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