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Louisville, Kentucky, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2026

Daylight

7:45 am – 6:09 pm
10 hours, 24 minutes

Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 10:24:54 pm
Sun Direction: 293° Northwest
Sun Altitude: -49.9°
Sun Distance: 91.646 million mi
Next Equinox: Mar 20, 2026 10:46 am (Vernal)
Sunrise Today: 7:45 am 110° Southeast
Sunset Today: 6:09 pm 250° West

2026 Sun Graph for Louisville

December 2026 — Sun in Louisville

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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 7:40 am (118°) 5:23 pm (242°) 9:42:06 −1:10 6:07 am 6:56 pm 6:39 am 6:24 pm 7:11 am 5:52 pm 12:32 pm (29.9°) 91.661
2 7:41 am (118°) 5:22 pm (242°) 9:40:58 −1:07 6:08 am 6:56 pm 6:39 am 6:24 pm 7:12 am 5:52 pm 12:32 pm (29.7°) 91.647
3 7:42 am (118°) 5:22 pm (242°) 9:39:54 −1:04 6:08 am 6:56 pm 6:40 am 6:24 pm 7:13 am 5:51 pm 12:32 pm (29.6°) 91.633
4 7:43 am (118°) 5:22 pm (242°) 9:38:52 −1:01 6:09 am 6:56 pm 6:41 am 6:24 pm 7:14 am 5:51 pm 12:33 pm (29.5°) 91.620
5 7:44 am (118°) 5:22 pm (242°) 9:37:54 −0:58 6:10 am 6:56 pm 6:42 am 6:24 pm 7:15 am 5:51 pm 12:33 pm (29.3°) 91.607
6 7:45 am (118°) 5:22 pm (241°) 9:36:59 −0:55 6:11 am 6:56 pm 6:43 am 6:24 pm 7:16 am 5:51 pm 12:34 pm (29.2°) 91.594
7 7:46 am (119°) 5:22 pm (241°) 9:36:07 −0:51 6:12 am 6:56 pm 6:44 am 6:24 pm 7:17 am 5:51 pm 12:34 pm (29.1°) 91.582
8 7:47 am (119°) 5:22 pm (241°) 9:35:19 −0:48 6:12 am 6:57 pm 6:44 am 6:24 pm 7:17 am 5:52 pm 12:35 pm (29.0°) 91.570
9 7:48 am (119°) 5:22 pm (241°) 9:34:34 −0:45 6:13 am 6:57 pm 6:45 am 6:25 pm 7:18 am 5:52 pm 12:35 pm (28.9°) 91.558
10 7:48 am (119°) 5:22 pm (241°) 9:33:52 −0:41 6:14 am 6:57 pm 6:46 am 6:25 pm 7:19 am 5:52 pm 12:35 pm (28.8°) 91.546
11 7:49 am (119°) 5:22 pm (241°) 9:33:14 −0:38 6:15 am 6:57 pm 6:47 am 6:25 pm 7:20 am 5:52 pm 12:36 pm (28.7°) 91.535
12 7:50 am (119°) 5:23 pm (241°) 9:32:39 −0:34 6:15 am 6:57 pm 6:47 am 6:25 pm 7:20 am 5:52 pm 12:36 pm (28.7°) 91.524
13 7:51 am (119°) 5:23 pm (241°) 9:32:08 −0:31 6:16 am 6:58 pm 6:48 am 6:25 pm 7:21 am 5:52 pm 12:37 pm (28.6°) 91.514
14 7:51 am (119°) 5:23 pm (241°) 9:31:40 −0:27 6:17 am 6:58 pm 6:49 am 6:26 pm 7:22 am 5:53 pm 12:37 pm (28.5°) 91.503
15 7:52 am (119°) 5:23 pm (241°) 9:31:16 −0:24 6:17 am 6:58 pm 6:49 am 6:26 pm 7:22 am 5:53 pm 12:38 pm (28.5°) 91.494
16 7:53 am (120°) 5:24 pm (240°) 9:30:55 −0:20 6:18 am 6:59 pm 6:50 am 6:26 pm 7:23 am 5:53 pm 12:38 pm (28.4°) 91.484
17 7:53 am (120°) 5:24 pm (240°) 9:30:38 −0:16 6:18 am 6:59 pm 6:51 am 6:27 pm 7:24 am 5:54 pm 12:39 pm (28.4°) 91.475
18 7:54 am (120°) 5:24 pm (240°) 9:30:25 −0:13 6:19 am 6:59 pm 6:51 am 6:27 pm 7:24 am 5:54 pm 12:39 pm (28.4°) 91.467
19 7:55 am (120°) 5:25 pm (240°) 9:30:15 −0:09 6:20 am 7:00 pm 6:52 am 6:28 pm 7:25 am 5:54 pm 12:40 pm (28.4°) 91.459
20 7:55 am (120°) 5:25 pm (240°) 9:30:09 −0:05 6:20 am 7:00 pm 6:52 am 6:28 pm 7:25 am 5:55 pm 12:40 pm (28.3°) 91.451
21 7:56 am (120°) 5:26 pm (240°) 9:30:07 −0:02 6:21 am 7:01 pm 6:53 am 6:29 pm 7:26 am 5:55 pm 12:41 pm (28.3°) 91.444
22 7:56 am (120°) 5:26 pm (240°) 9:30:08 +0:01 6:21 am 7:01 pm 6:53 am 6:29 pm 7:26 am 5:56 pm 12:41 pm (28.3°) 91.438
23 7:57 am (120°) 5:27 pm (240°) 9:30:14 +0:05 6:22 am 7:02 pm 6:54 am 6:30 pm 7:27 am 5:56 pm 12:42 pm (28.3°) 91.432
24 7:57 am (120°) 5:27 pm (240°) 9:30:22 +0:08 6:22 am 7:02 pm 6:54 am 6:30 pm 7:27 am 5:57 pm 12:42 pm (28.4°) 91.427
25 7:57 am (120°) 5:28 pm (240°) 9:30:35 +0:12 6:22 am 7:03 pm 6:55 am 6:31 pm 7:28 am 5:58 pm 12:43 pm (28.4°) 91.423
26 7:58 am (120°) 5:29 pm (240°) 9:30:51 +0:16 6:23 am 7:04 pm 6:55 am 6:31 pm 7:28 am 5:58 pm 12:43 pm (28.4°) 91.419
27 7:58 am (120°) 5:29 pm (241°) 9:31:10 +0:19 6:23 am 7:04 pm 6:55 am 6:32 pm 7:29 am 5:59 pm 12:44 pm (28.5°) 91.416
28 7:58 am (119°) 5:30 pm (241°) 9:31:34 +0:23 6:24 am 7:05 pm 6:56 am 6:33 pm 7:29 am 6:00 pm 12:44 pm (28.5°) 91.413
29 7:59 am (119°) 5:31 pm (241°) 9:32:01 +0:26 6:24 am 7:06 pm 6:56 am 6:33 pm 7:29 am 6:00 pm 12:45 pm (28.6°) 91.411
30 7:59 am (119°) 5:31 pm (241°) 9:32:31 +0:30 6:24 am 7:06 pm 6:56 am 6:34 pm 7:29 am 6:01 pm 12:45 pm (28.6°) 91.409
31 7:59 am (119°) 5:32 pm (241°) 9:33:05 +0:34 6:24 am 7:07 pm 6:57 am 6:35 pm 7:30 am 6:02 pm 12:46 pm (28.7°) 91.408
* All times are local time for Louisville. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Louisville is at 3:50 pm on Monday, December 21, 2026. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 20 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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