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Knoxville, Tennessee, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2026

Daylight

7:33 am – 6:05 pm
10 hours, 32 minutes

Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 10:44:04 pm
Sun Direction: 297° Northwest
Sun Altitude: -55.7°
Sun Distance: 91.646 million mi
Next Equinox: Mar 20, 2026 10:46 am (Vernal)
Sunrise Today: 7:33 am 109° East
Sunset Today: 6:05 pm 251° West

2026 Sun Graph for Knoxville

December 2026 — Sun in Knoxville

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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 7:27 am (117°) 5:21 pm (243°) 9:53:55 −1:04 5:56 am 6:52 pm 6:27 am 6:21 pm 6:59 am 5:49 pm 12:24 pm (32.2°) 91.661
2 7:28 am (117°) 5:21 pm (243°) 9:52:53 −1:01 5:57 am 6:52 pm 6:28 am 6:21 pm 7:00 am 5:49 pm 12:25 pm (32.0°) 91.647
3 7:29 am (117°) 5:21 pm (243°) 9:51:54 −0:58 5:58 am 6:52 pm 6:29 am 6:21 pm 7:01 am 5:49 pm 12:25 pm (31.9°) 91.634
4 7:30 am (117°) 5:21 pm (243°) 9:50:58 −0:56 5:59 am 6:52 pm 6:30 am 6:21 pm 7:02 am 5:49 pm 12:25 pm (31.8°) 91.620
5 7:31 am (117°) 5:21 pm (243°) 9:50:05 −0:53 6:00 am 6:52 pm 6:31 am 6:21 pm 7:02 am 5:49 pm 12:26 pm (31.6°) 91.607
6 7:32 am (118°) 5:21 pm (242°) 9:49:15 −0:50 6:00 am 6:52 pm 6:31 am 6:21 pm 7:03 am 5:49 pm 12:26 pm (31.5°) 91.594
7 7:32 am (118°) 5:21 pm (242°) 9:48:28 −0:47 6:01 am 6:52 pm 6:32 am 6:21 pm 7:04 am 5:49 pm 12:27 pm (31.4°) 91.582
8 7:33 am (118°) 5:21 pm (242°) 9:47:43 −0:44 6:02 am 6:52 pm 6:33 am 6:21 pm 7:05 am 5:49 pm 12:27 pm (31.3°) 91.570
9 7:34 am (118°) 5:21 pm (242°) 9:47:02 −0:41 6:03 am 6:53 pm 6:34 am 6:21 pm 7:06 am 5:49 pm 12:28 pm (31.2°) 91.558
10 7:35 am (118°) 5:21 pm (242°) 9:46:24 −0:38 6:03 am 6:53 pm 6:34 am 6:22 pm 7:06 am 5:50 pm 12:28 pm (31.1°) 91.546
11 7:36 am (118°) 5:21 pm (242°) 9:45:49 −0:34 6:04 am 6:53 pm 6:35 am 6:22 pm 7:07 am 5:50 pm 12:29 pm (31.0°) 91.535
12 7:36 am (118°) 5:22 pm (242°) 9:45:18 −0:31 6:05 am 6:53 pm 6:36 am 6:22 pm 7:08 am 5:50 pm 12:29 pm (31.0°) 91.524
13 7:37 am (118°) 5:22 pm (242°) 9:44:49 −0:28 6:05 am 6:54 pm 6:36 am 6:22 pm 7:09 am 5:50 pm 12:29 pm (30.9°) 91.514
14 7:38 am (118°) 5:22 pm (241°) 9:44:24 −0:25 6:06 am 6:54 pm 6:37 am 6:23 pm 7:09 am 5:51 pm 12:30 pm (30.8°) 91.503
15 7:38 am (119°) 5:22 pm (241°) 9:44:02 −0:22 6:07 am 6:54 pm 6:38 am 6:23 pm 7:10 am 5:51 pm 12:30 pm (30.8°) 91.494
16 7:39 am (119°) 5:23 pm (241°) 9:43:43 −0:18 6:07 am 6:55 pm 6:38 am 6:23 pm 7:10 am 5:51 pm 12:31 pm (30.7°) 91.484
17 7:40 am (119°) 5:23 pm (241°) 9:43:28 −0:15 6:08 am 6:55 pm 6:39 am 6:24 pm 7:11 am 5:52 pm 12:31 pm (30.7°) 91.475
18 7:40 am (119°) 5:23 pm (241°) 9:43:15 −0:12 6:08 am 6:55 pm 6:40 am 6:24 pm 7:12 am 5:52 pm 12:32 pm (30.7°) 91.467
19 7:41 am (119°) 5:24 pm (241°) 9:43:07 −0:08 6:09 am 6:56 pm 6:40 am 6:25 pm 7:12 am 5:52 pm 12:32 pm (30.6°) 91.459
20 7:41 am (119°) 5:24 pm (241°) 9:43:01 −0:05 6:09 am 6:56 pm 6:41 am 6:25 pm 7:13 am 5:53 pm 12:33 pm (30.6°) 91.451
21 7:42 am (119°) 5:25 pm (241°) 9:42:59 −0:02 6:10 am 6:57 pm 6:41 am 6:26 pm 7:13 am 5:53 pm 12:33 pm (30.6°) 91.444
22 7:42 am (119°) 5:25 pm (241°) 9:43:00 +0:01 6:10 am 6:57 pm 6:42 am 6:26 pm 7:14 am 5:54 pm 12:34 pm (30.6°) 91.438
23 7:43 am (119°) 5:26 pm (241°) 9:43:05 +0:04 6:11 am 6:58 pm 6:42 am 6:27 pm 7:14 am 5:54 pm 12:34 pm (30.6°) 91.432
24 7:43 am (119°) 5:26 pm (241°) 9:43:13 +0:07 6:11 am 6:58 pm 6:43 am 6:27 pm 7:15 am 5:55 pm 12:35 pm (30.7°) 91.427
25 7:44 am (119°) 5:27 pm (241°) 9:43:24 +0:11 6:12 am 6:59 pm 6:43 am 6:28 pm 7:15 am 5:56 pm 12:35 pm (30.7°) 91.423
26 7:44 am (119°) 5:28 pm (241°) 9:43:39 +0:14 6:12 am 7:00 pm 6:43 am 6:28 pm 7:15 am 5:56 pm 12:36 pm (30.7°) 91.419
27 7:44 am (119°) 5:28 pm (241°) 9:43:57 +0:17 6:13 am 7:00 pm 6:44 am 6:29 pm 7:16 am 5:57 pm 12:36 pm (30.8°) 91.416
28 7:45 am (119°) 5:29 pm (242°) 9:44:18 +0:21 6:13 am 7:01 pm 6:44 am 6:30 pm 7:16 am 5:58 pm 12:37 pm (30.8°) 91.413
29 7:45 am (118°) 5:30 pm (242°) 9:44:42 +0:24 6:13 am 7:01 pm 6:44 am 6:30 pm 7:16 am 5:58 pm 12:37 pm (30.9°) 91.411
30 7:45 am (118°) 5:30 pm (242°) 9:45:10 +0:27 6:14 am 7:02 pm 6:45 am 6:31 pm 7:17 am 5:59 pm 12:38 pm (30.9°) 91.409
31 7:45 am (118°) 5:31 pm (242°) 9:45:41 +0:31 6:14 am 7:03 pm 6:45 am 6:32 pm 7:17 am 6:00 pm 12:38 pm (31.0°) 91.408
* All times are local time for Knoxville. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Knoxville is at 3:50 pm on Monday, December 21, 2026. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 53 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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