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Orange, California, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2026

Daylight

6:48 am – 7:06 pm
12 hours, 19 minutes

Current Time: Mar 25, 2026 at 2:45:37 am
Sun Direction: 41° Northeast
Sun Altitude: -46.2°
Sun Distance: 92.699 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 21, 2026 1:24 am (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 6:48 am 87° East
Sunset Today: 7:06 pm 273° West

2026 Sun Graph for Orange

December 2026 — Sun in Orange

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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 6:38 am (116°) 4:42 pm (244°) 10:04:20 −0:58 5:10 am 6:10 pm 5:40 am 5:40 pm 6:11 am 5:09 pm 11:40 am (34.3°) 91.660
2 6:39 am (116°) 4:42 pm (244°) 10:03:24 −0:56 5:10 am 6:10 pm 5:40 am 5:40 pm 6:11 am 5:09 pm 11:40 am (34.2°) 91.646
3 6:39 am (116°) 4:42 pm (244°) 10:02:30 −0:53 5:11 am 6:10 pm 5:41 am 5:40 pm 6:12 am 5:09 pm 11:41 am (34.1°) 91.632
4 6:40 am (117°) 4:42 pm (243°) 10:01:39 −0:51 5:12 am 6:10 pm 5:42 am 5:40 pm 6:13 am 5:09 pm 11:41 am (33.9°) 91.619
5 6:41 am (117°) 4:42 pm (243°) 10:00:51 −0:48 5:13 am 6:11 pm 5:43 am 5:40 pm 6:14 am 5:09 pm 11:42 am (33.8°) 91.606
6 6:42 am (117°) 4:42 pm (243°) 10:00:05 −0:45 5:13 am 6:11 pm 5:43 am 5:40 pm 6:14 am 5:09 pm 11:42 am (33.7°) 91.593
7 6:43 am (117°) 4:42 pm (243°) 9:59:22 −0:42 5:14 am 6:11 pm 5:44 am 5:41 pm 6:15 am 5:10 pm 11:42 am (33.6°) 91.581
8 6:43 am (117°) 4:42 pm (243°) 9:58:42 −0:40 5:15 am 6:11 pm 5:45 am 5:41 pm 6:16 am 5:10 pm 11:43 am (33.5°) 91.568
9 6:44 am (117°) 4:42 pm (243°) 9:58:04 −0:37 5:15 am 6:11 pm 5:46 am 5:41 pm 6:17 am 5:10 pm 11:43 am (33.4°) 91.557
10 6:45 am (117°) 4:43 pm (243°) 9:57:30 −0:34 5:16 am 6:12 pm 5:46 am 5:41 pm 6:17 am 5:10 pm 11:44 am (33.3°) 91.545
11 6:46 am (117°) 4:43 pm (243°) 9:56:58 −0:31 5:17 am 6:12 pm 5:47 am 5:41 pm 6:18 am 5:10 pm 11:44 am (33.2°) 91.534
12 6:46 am (118°) 4:43 pm (242°) 9:56:29 −0:28 5:17 am 6:12 pm 5:48 am 5:42 pm 6:19 am 5:11 pm 11:45 am (33.1°) 91.523
13 6:47 am (118°) 4:43 pm (242°) 9:56:04 −0:25 5:18 am 6:12 pm 5:48 am 5:42 pm 6:20 am 5:11 pm 11:45 am (33.1°) 91.513
14 6:48 am (118°) 4:44 pm (242°) 9:55:41 −0:22 5:19 am 6:13 pm 5:49 am 5:42 pm 6:20 am 5:11 pm 11:46 am (33.0°) 91.502
15 6:48 am (118°) 4:44 pm (242°) 9:55:21 −0:19 5:19 am 6:13 pm 5:50 am 5:43 pm 6:21 am 5:11 pm 11:46 am (32.9°) 91.493
16 6:49 am (118°) 4:44 pm (242°) 9:55:04 −0:16 5:20 am 6:13 pm 5:50 am 5:43 pm 6:21 am 5:12 pm 11:47 am (32.9°) 91.483
17 6:50 am (118°) 4:45 pm (242°) 9:54:50 −0:13 5:20 am 6:14 pm 5:51 am 5:43 pm 6:22 am 5:12 pm 11:47 am (32.9°) 91.474
18 6:50 am (118°) 4:45 pm (242°) 9:54:39 −0:10 5:21 am 6:14 pm 5:51 am 5:44 pm 6:23 am 5:13 pm 11:48 am (32.8°) 91.466
19 6:51 am (118°) 4:45 pm (242°) 9:54:32 −0:07 5:22 am 6:15 pm 5:52 am 5:44 pm 6:23 am 5:13 pm 11:48 am (32.8°) 91.458
20 6:51 am (118°) 4:46 pm (242°) 9:54:27 −0:04 5:22 am 6:15 pm 5:52 am 5:45 pm 6:24 am 5:14 pm 11:49 am (32.8°) 91.451
21 6:52 am (118°) 4:46 pm (242°) 9:54:25 −0:01 5:23 am 6:16 pm 5:53 am 5:45 pm 6:24 am 5:14 pm 11:49 am (32.8°) 91.444
22 6:52 am (118°) 4:47 pm (242°) 9:54:27 +0:01 5:23 am 6:16 pm 5:53 am 5:46 pm 6:25 am 5:15 pm 11:50 am (32.8°) 91.438
23 6:53 am (118°) 4:47 pm (242°) 9:54:31 +0:04 5:24 am 6:17 pm 5:54 am 5:46 pm 6:25 am 5:15 pm 11:50 am (32.8°) 91.432
24 6:53 am (118°) 4:48 pm (242°) 9:54:39 +0:07 5:24 am 6:17 pm 5:54 am 5:47 pm 6:26 am 5:16 pm 11:51 am (32.8°) 91.427
25 6:54 am (118°) 4:49 pm (242°) 9:54:49 +0:10 5:24 am 6:18 pm 5:55 am 5:47 pm 6:26 am 5:16 pm 11:51 am (32.9°) 91.422
26 6:54 am (118°) 4:49 pm (242°) 9:55:03 +0:13 5:25 am 6:18 pm 5:55 am 5:48 pm 6:26 am 5:17 pm 11:52 am (32.9°) 91.419
27 6:54 am (118°) 4:50 pm (242°) 9:55:20 +0:16 5:25 am 6:19 pm 5:56 am 5:49 pm 6:27 am 5:17 pm 11:52 am (32.9°) 91.415
28 6:55 am (118°) 4:50 pm (242°) 9:55:39 +0:19 5:26 am 6:20 pm 5:56 am 5:49 pm 6:27 am 5:18 pm 11:53 am (33.0°) 91.413
29 6:55 am (118°) 4:51 pm (242°) 9:56:02 +0:22 5:26 am 6:20 pm 5:56 am 5:50 pm 6:27 am 5:19 pm 11:53 am (33.0°) 91.410
30 6:55 am (118°) 4:52 pm (242°) 9:56:28 +0:25 5:26 am 6:21 pm 5:57 am 5:51 pm 6:28 am 5:19 pm 11:54 am (33.1°) 91.409
31 6:56 am (117°) 4:53 pm (243°) 9:56:56 +0:28 5:27 am 6:22 pm 5:57 am 5:51 pm 6:28 am 5:20 pm 11:54 am (33.2°) 91.408
* All times are local time for Orange. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Orange is at 12:50 pm on Monday, December 21, 2026. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 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 4 or December 5.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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