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Jackson, Mississippi, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2026

Daylight

6:57 am – 7:15 pm
12 hours, 18 minutes

Current Time: Mar 25, 2026 at 4:13:56 am
Sun Direction: 62° Northeast
Sun Altitude: -34.1°
Sun Distance: 92.699 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 21, 2026 3:24 am (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 6:57 am 87° East
Sunset Today: 7:15 pm 273° West

2026 Sun Graph for Jackson

December 2026 — Sun in Jackson

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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 6:44 am (116°) 4:55 pm (244°) 10:11:16 −0:55 5:17 am 6:22 pm 5:47 am 5:52 pm 6:17 am 5:22 pm 11:49 am (35.8°) 91.661
2 6:44 am (116°) 4:55 pm (244°) 10:10:23 −0:53 5:18 am 6:22 pm 5:47 am 5:52 pm 6:18 am 5:22 pm 11:50 am (35.7°) 91.647
3 6:45 am (116°) 4:55 pm (244°) 10:09:33 −0:50 5:18 am 6:22 pm 5:48 am 5:52 pm 6:18 am 5:22 pm 11:50 am (35.6°) 91.633
4 6:46 am (116°) 4:55 pm (244°) 10:08:44 −0:48 5:19 am 6:22 pm 5:49 am 5:52 pm 6:19 am 5:22 pm 11:51 am (35.4°) 91.620
5 6:47 am (116°) 4:55 pm (244°) 10:07:59 −0:45 5:20 am 6:22 pm 5:50 am 5:52 pm 6:20 am 5:22 pm 11:51 am (35.3°) 91.607
6 6:48 am (116°) 4:55 pm (244°) 10:07:16 −0:43 5:21 am 6:22 pm 5:50 am 5:52 pm 6:21 am 5:22 pm 11:51 am (35.2°) 91.594
7 6:48 am (117°) 4:55 pm (243°) 10:06:35 −0:40 5:21 am 6:22 pm 5:51 am 5:52 pm 6:21 am 5:22 pm 11:52 am (35.1°) 91.582
8 6:49 am (117°) 4:55 pm (243°) 10:05:57 −0:37 5:22 am 6:22 pm 5:52 am 5:53 pm 6:22 am 5:22 pm 11:52 am (35.0°) 91.569
9 6:50 am (117°) 4:55 pm (243°) 10:05:22 −0:35 5:23 am 6:23 pm 5:52 am 5:53 pm 6:23 am 5:22 pm 11:53 am (34.9°) 91.558
10 6:51 am (117°) 4:55 pm (243°) 10:04:49 −0:32 5:23 am 6:23 pm 5:53 am 5:53 pm 6:24 am 5:22 pm 11:53 am (34.8°) 91.546
11 6:51 am (117°) 4:56 pm (243°) 10:04:19 −0:29 5:24 am 6:23 pm 5:54 am 5:53 pm 6:24 am 5:23 pm 11:54 am (34.7°) 91.535
12 6:52 am (117°) 4:56 pm (243°) 10:03:52 −0:27 5:25 am 6:23 pm 5:54 am 5:54 pm 6:25 am 5:23 pm 11:54 am (34.6°) 91.524
13 6:53 am (117°) 4:56 pm (243°) 10:03:27 −0:24 5:25 am 6:24 pm 5:55 am 5:54 pm 6:26 am 5:23 pm 11:55 am (34.5°) 91.513
14 6:53 am (117°) 4:57 pm (243°) 10:03:06 −0:21 5:26 am 6:24 pm 5:56 am 5:54 pm 6:26 am 5:24 pm 11:55 am (34.5°) 91.503
15 6:54 am (117°) 4:57 pm (243°) 10:02:47 −0:18 5:26 am 6:24 pm 5:56 am 5:55 pm 6:27 am 5:24 pm 11:55 am (34.4°) 91.493
16 6:55 am (117°) 4:57 pm (243°) 10:02:31 −0:16 5:27 am 6:25 pm 5:57 am 5:55 pm 6:28 am 5:24 pm 11:56 am (34.4°) 91.484
17 6:55 am (117°) 4:58 pm (243°) 10:02:18 −0:13 5:28 am 6:25 pm 5:58 am 5:55 pm 6:28 am 5:25 pm 11:56 am (34.4°) 91.475
18 6:56 am (117°) 4:58 pm (243°) 10:02:07 −0:10 5:28 am 6:26 pm 5:58 am 5:56 pm 6:29 am 5:25 pm 11:57 am (34.3°) 91.467
19 6:56 am (117°) 4:58 pm (243°) 10:02:00 −0:07 5:29 am 6:26 pm 5:59 am 5:56 pm 6:29 am 5:26 pm 11:57 am (34.3°) 91.459
20 6:57 am (117°) 4:59 pm (243°) 10:01:55 −0:04 5:29 am 6:27 pm 5:59 am 5:57 pm 6:30 am 5:26 pm 11:58 am (34.3°) 91.451
21 6:57 am (117°) 4:59 pm (243°) 10:01:53 −0:01 5:30 am 6:27 pm 6:00 am 5:57 pm 6:30 am 5:27 pm 11:58 am (34.3°) 91.444
22 6:58 am (117°) 5:00 pm (243°) 10:01:54 +0:01 5:30 am 6:28 pm 6:00 am 5:58 pm 6:31 am 5:27 pm 11:59 am (34.3°) 91.438
23 6:58 am (117°) 5:00 pm (243°) 10:01:58 +0:03 5:31 am 6:28 pm 6:01 am 5:58 pm 6:31 am 5:28 pm 11:59 am (34.3°) 91.432
24 6:59 am (117°) 5:01 pm (243°) 10:02:05 +0:06 5:31 am 6:29 pm 6:01 am 5:59 pm 6:32 am 5:28 pm 12:00 pm (34.3°) 91.427
25 6:59 am (117°) 5:02 pm (243°) 10:02:15 +0:09 5:32 am 6:29 pm 6:02 am 5:59 pm 6:32 am 5:29 pm 12:00 pm (34.3°) 91.423
26 7:00 am (117°) 5:02 pm (243°) 10:02:28 +0:12 5:32 am 6:30 pm 6:02 am 6:00 pm 6:33 am 5:29 pm 12:01 pm (34.4°) 91.419
27 7:00 am (117°) 5:03 pm (243°) 10:02:43 +0:15 5:32 am 6:30 pm 6:02 am 6:01 pm 6:33 am 5:30 pm 12:01 pm (34.4°) 91.416
28 7:00 am (117°) 5:03 pm (243°) 10:03:01 +0:18 5:33 am 6:31 pm 6:03 am 6:01 pm 6:33 am 5:31 pm 12:02 pm (34.5°) 91.413
29 7:01 am (117°) 5:04 pm (243°) 10:03:22 +0:21 5:33 am 6:32 pm 6:03 am 6:02 pm 6:34 am 5:31 pm 12:02 pm (34.5°) 91.411
30 7:01 am (117°) 5:05 pm (243°) 10:03:46 +0:23 5:33 am 6:32 pm 6:03 am 6:02 pm 6:34 am 5:32 pm 12:03 pm (34.6°) 91.409
31 7:01 am (117°) 5:05 pm (243°) 10:04:13 +0:26 5:34 am 6:33 pm 6:04 am 6:03 pm 6:34 am 5:33 pm 12:03 pm (34.7°) 91.408
* All times are local time for Jackson. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Jackson is at 2:50 pm on Monday, December 21, 2026. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 14 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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