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Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2026

Daylight

7:00 am – 5:32 pm
10 hours, 32 minutes

Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 4:05:44 am
Sun Direction: 84° East
Sun Altitude: -35.7°
Sun Distance: 91.635 million mi
Next Equinox: Mar 20, 2026 10:46 am (Vernal)
Sunrise Today: 7:00 am 109° East
Sunset Today: 5:32 pm 251° West

2026 Sun Graph for Kitty Hawk

December 2026 — Sun in Kitty Hawk

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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 6:55 am (117°) 4:48 pm (243°) 9:53:24 −1:04 5:24 am 6:19 pm 5:55 am 5:48 pm 6:26 am 5:16 pm 11:51 am (32.1°) 91.662
2 6:55 am (117°) 4:48 pm (243°) 9:52:22 −1:01 5:24 am 6:19 pm 5:55 am 5:48 pm 6:27 am 5:16 pm 11:52 am (31.9°) 91.648
3 6:56 am (117°) 4:48 pm (243°) 9:51:23 −0:59 5:25 am 6:19 pm 5:56 am 5:48 pm 6:28 am 5:16 pm 11:52 am (31.8°) 91.634
4 6:57 am (117°) 4:48 pm (243°) 9:50:26 −0:56 5:26 am 6:19 pm 5:57 am 5:48 pm 6:29 am 5:16 pm 11:53 am (31.7°) 91.620
5 6:58 am (117°) 4:48 pm (242°) 9:49:33 −0:53 5:27 am 6:19 pm 5:58 am 5:48 pm 6:30 am 5:16 pm 11:53 am (31.5°) 91.607
6 6:59 am (118°) 4:48 pm (242°) 9:48:42 −0:50 5:28 am 6:19 pm 5:59 am 5:48 pm 6:31 am 5:16 pm 11:53 am (31.4°) 91.595
7 7:00 am (118°) 4:48 pm (242°) 9:47:55 −0:47 5:28 am 6:19 pm 5:59 am 5:48 pm 6:31 am 5:16 pm 11:54 am (31.3°) 91.582
8 7:01 am (118°) 4:48 pm (242°) 9:47:11 −0:44 5:29 am 6:19 pm 6:00 am 5:48 pm 6:32 am 5:16 pm 11:54 am (31.2°) 91.570
9 7:01 am (118°) 4:48 pm (242°) 9:46:29 −0:41 5:30 am 6:19 pm 6:01 am 5:48 pm 6:33 am 5:16 pm 11:55 am (31.1°) 91.558
10 7:02 am (118°) 4:48 pm (242°) 9:45:51 −0:38 5:30 am 6:20 pm 6:02 am 5:49 pm 6:34 am 5:16 pm 11:55 am (31.0°) 91.546
11 7:03 am (118°) 4:48 pm (242°) 9:45:16 −0:35 5:31 am 6:20 pm 6:02 am 5:49 pm 6:34 am 5:17 pm 11:56 am (30.9°) 91.535
12 7:04 am (118°) 4:48 pm (242°) 9:44:44 −0:31 5:32 am 6:20 pm 6:03 am 5:49 pm 6:35 am 5:17 pm 11:56 am (30.8°) 91.524
13 7:04 am (118°) 4:49 pm (242°) 9:44:15 −0:28 5:33 am 6:21 pm 6:04 am 5:49 pm 6:36 am 5:17 pm 11:57 am (30.8°) 91.514
14 7:05 am (119°) 4:49 pm (241°) 9:43:50 −0:25 5:33 am 6:21 pm 6:04 am 5:50 pm 6:37 am 5:17 pm 11:57 am (30.7°) 91.504
15 7:06 am (119°) 4:49 pm (241°) 9:43:27 −0:22 5:34 am 6:21 pm 6:05 am 5:50 pm 6:37 am 5:18 pm 11:58 am (30.7°) 91.494
16 7:06 am (119°) 4:50 pm (241°) 9:43:09 −0:18 5:34 am 6:22 pm 6:06 am 5:50 pm 6:38 am 5:18 pm 11:58 am (30.6°) 91.484
17 7:07 am (119°) 4:50 pm (241°) 9:42:53 −0:15 5:35 am 6:22 pm 6:06 am 5:51 pm 6:38 am 5:19 pm 11:58 am (30.6°) 91.475
18 7:08 am (119°) 4:50 pm (241°) 9:42:41 −0:12 5:36 am 6:22 pm 6:07 am 5:51 pm 6:39 am 5:19 pm 11:59 am (30.6°) 91.467
19 7:08 am (119°) 4:51 pm (241°) 9:42:32 −0:08 5:36 am 6:23 pm 6:07 am 5:51 pm 6:40 am 5:19 pm 11:59 am (30.5°) 91.459
20 7:09 am (119°) 4:51 pm (241°) 9:42:26 −0:05 5:37 am 6:23 pm 6:08 am 5:52 pm 6:40 am 5:20 pm 12:00 pm (30.5°) 91.452
21 7:09 am (119°) 4:52 pm (241°) 9:42:24 −0:02 5:37 am 6:24 pm 6:08 am 5:52 pm 6:41 am 5:20 pm 12:00 pm (30.5°) 91.445
22 7:10 am (119°) 4:52 pm (241°) 9:42:25 +0:01 5:38 am 6:24 pm 6:09 am 5:53 pm 6:41 am 5:21 pm 12:01 pm (30.5°) 91.438
23 7:10 am (119°) 4:53 pm (241°) 9:42:30 +0:04 5:38 am 6:25 pm 6:09 am 5:53 pm 6:42 am 5:21 pm 12:01 pm (30.5°) 91.433
24 7:11 am (119°) 4:53 pm (241°) 9:42:38 +0:07 5:39 am 6:25 pm 6:10 am 5:54 pm 6:42 am 5:22 pm 12:02 pm (30.6°) 91.427
25 7:11 am (119°) 4:54 pm (241°) 9:42:49 +0:11 5:39 am 6:26 pm 6:10 am 5:55 pm 6:42 am 5:22 pm 12:02 pm (30.6°) 91.423
26 7:11 am (119°) 4:54 pm (241°) 9:43:03 +0:14 5:39 am 6:26 pm 6:11 am 5:55 pm 6:43 am 5:23 pm 12:03 pm (30.6°) 91.419
27 7:12 am (119°) 4:55 pm (241°) 9:43:21 +0:17 5:40 am 6:27 pm 6:11 am 5:56 pm 6:43 am 5:24 pm 12:03 pm (30.7°) 91.416
28 7:12 am (119°) 4:56 pm (241°) 9:43:43 +0:21 5:40 am 6:28 pm 6:11 am 5:56 pm 6:44 am 5:24 pm 12:04 pm (30.7°) 91.413
29 7:12 am (118°) 4:57 pm (242°) 9:44:07 +0:24 5:40 am 6:28 pm 6:12 am 5:57 pm 6:44 am 5:25 pm 12:04 pm (30.8°) 91.411
30 7:13 am (118°) 4:57 pm (242°) 9:44:35 +0:27 5:41 am 6:29 pm 6:12 am 5:58 pm 6:44 am 5:26 pm 12:05 pm (30.8°) 91.409
31 7:13 am (118°) 4:58 pm (242°) 9:45:06 +0:31 5:41 am 6:30 pm 6:12 am 5:59 pm 6:44 am 5:26 pm 12:05 pm (30.9°) 91.408
* All times are local time for Kitty Hawk. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Kitty Hawk is at 3:50 pm on Monday, December 21, 2026. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 54 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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