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Phoenix, Arizona, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2026

Daylight

7:21 am – 6:02 pm
10 hours, 41 minutes

Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 12:30:29 am
Sun Direction: 351° North
Sun Altitude: -72.5°
Sun Distance: 91.634 million mi
Next Equinox: Mar 20, 2026 7:46 am (Vernal)
Sunrise Today: 7:21 am 109° East
Sunset Today: 6:02 pm 251° West

2026 Sun Graph for Phoenix

December 2026 — Sun in Phoenix

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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 7:14 am (116°) 5:20 pm (244°) 10:05:56 −0:57 5:46 am 6:48 pm 6:16 am 6:18 pm 6:47 am 5:47 pm 12:17 pm (34.7°) 91.660
2 7:15 am (116°) 5:20 pm (244°) 10:05:01 −0:55 5:47 am 6:48 pm 6:17 am 6:18 pm 6:48 am 5:47 pm 12:17 pm (34.5°) 91.646
3 7:16 am (116°) 5:20 pm (244°) 10:04:08 −0:52 5:47 am 6:48 pm 6:18 am 6:18 pm 6:48 am 5:47 pm 12:18 pm (34.4°) 91.632
4 7:16 am (116°) 5:20 pm (244°) 10:03:17 −0:50 5:48 am 6:48 pm 6:18 am 6:18 pm 6:49 am 5:47 pm 12:18 pm (34.3°) 91.619
5 7:17 am (117°) 5:20 pm (243°) 10:02:29 −0:47 5:49 am 6:48 pm 6:19 am 6:18 pm 6:50 am 5:47 pm 12:19 pm (34.1°) 91.606
6 7:18 am (117°) 5:20 pm (243°) 10:01:44 −0:45 5:50 am 6:48 pm 6:20 am 6:18 pm 6:51 am 5:47 pm 12:19 pm (34.0°) 91.593
7 7:19 am (117°) 5:20 pm (243°) 10:01:02 −0:42 5:50 am 6:48 pm 6:21 am 6:18 pm 6:51 am 5:47 pm 12:19 pm (33.9°) 91.581
8 7:20 am (117°) 5:20 pm (243°) 10:00:22 −0:39 5:51 am 6:48 pm 6:21 am 6:18 pm 6:52 am 5:47 pm 12:20 pm (33.8°) 91.569
9 7:20 am (117°) 5:20 pm (243°) 9:59:45 −0:36 5:52 am 6:49 pm 6:22 am 6:18 pm 6:53 am 5:47 pm 12:20 pm (33.7°) 91.557
10 7:21 am (117°) 5:20 pm (243°) 9:59:11 −0:34 5:52 am 6:49 pm 6:23 am 6:19 pm 6:54 am 5:48 pm 12:21 pm (33.6°) 91.545
11 7:22 am (117°) 5:20 pm (243°) 9:58:40 −0:31 5:53 am 6:49 pm 6:23 am 6:19 pm 6:54 am 5:48 pm 12:21 pm (33.5°) 91.534
12 7:22 am (117°) 5:21 pm (243°) 9:58:12 −0:28 5:54 am 6:49 pm 6:24 am 6:19 pm 6:55 am 5:48 pm 12:22 pm (33.5°) 91.523
13 7:23 am (118°) 5:21 pm (242°) 9:57:46 −0:25 5:54 am 6:50 pm 6:25 am 6:19 pm 6:56 am 5:48 pm 12:22 pm (33.4°) 91.513
14 7:24 am (118°) 5:21 pm (242°) 9:57:24 −0:22 5:55 am 6:50 pm 6:25 am 6:20 pm 6:56 am 5:49 pm 12:23 pm (33.3°) 91.503
15 7:24 am (118°) 5:22 pm (242°) 9:57:04 −0:19 5:56 am 6:50 pm 6:26 am 6:20 pm 6:57 am 5:49 pm 12:23 pm (33.3°) 91.493
16 7:25 am (118°) 5:22 pm (242°) 9:56:47 −0:16 5:56 am 6:51 pm 6:27 am 6:21 pm 6:58 am 5:49 pm 12:24 pm (33.2°) 91.483
17 7:26 am (118°) 5:22 pm (242°) 9:56:34 −0:13 5:57 am 6:51 pm 6:27 am 6:21 pm 6:58 am 5:50 pm 12:24 pm (33.2°) 91.475
18 7:26 am (118°) 5:23 pm (242°) 9:56:23 −0:10 5:57 am 6:52 pm 6:28 am 6:21 pm 6:59 am 5:50 pm 12:25 pm (33.2°) 91.466
19 7:27 am (118°) 5:23 pm (242°) 9:56:15 −0:07 5:58 am 6:52 pm 6:28 am 6:22 pm 6:59 am 5:51 pm 12:25 pm (33.2°) 91.458
20 7:27 am (118°) 5:24 pm (242°) 9:56:10 −0:04 5:58 am 6:53 pm 6:29 am 6:22 pm 7:00 am 5:51 pm 12:26 pm (33.1°) 91.451
21 7:28 am (118°) 5:24 pm (242°) 9:56:09 −0:01 5:59 am 6:53 pm 6:29 am 6:23 pm 7:00 am 5:52 pm 12:26 pm (33.1°) 91.444
22 7:28 am (118°) 5:25 pm (242°) 9:56:10 +0:01 5:59 am 6:54 pm 6:30 am 6:23 pm 7:01 am 5:52 pm 12:27 pm (33.1°) 91.438
23 7:29 am (118°) 5:25 pm (242°) 9:56:15 +0:04 6:00 am 6:54 pm 6:30 am 6:24 pm 7:01 am 5:53 pm 12:27 pm (33.2°) 91.432
24 7:29 am (118°) 5:26 pm (242°) 9:56:22 +0:07 6:00 am 6:55 pm 6:31 am 6:24 pm 7:02 am 5:53 pm 12:28 pm (33.2°) 91.427
25 7:30 am (118°) 5:26 pm (242°) 9:56:32 +0:10 6:01 am 6:55 pm 6:31 am 6:25 pm 7:02 am 5:54 pm 12:28 pm (33.2°) 91.422
26 7:30 am (118°) 5:27 pm (242°) 9:56:46 +0:13 6:01 am 6:56 pm 6:32 am 6:25 pm 7:03 am 5:54 pm 12:28 pm (33.2°) 91.419
27 7:30 am (118°) 5:28 pm (242°) 9:57:02 +0:16 6:02 am 6:56 pm 6:32 am 6:26 pm 7:03 am 5:55 pm 12:29 pm (33.3°) 91.415
28 7:31 am (118°) 5:28 pm (242°) 9:57:22 +0:19 6:02 am 6:57 pm 6:32 am 6:27 pm 7:03 am 5:56 pm 12:29 pm (33.3°) 91.413
29 7:31 am (118°) 5:29 pm (242°) 9:57:44 +0:22 6:02 am 6:58 pm 6:33 am 6:27 pm 7:04 am 5:56 pm 12:30 pm (33.4°) 91.411
30 7:31 am (117°) 5:30 pm (243°) 9:58:09 +0:25 6:03 am 6:58 pm 6:33 am 6:28 pm 7:04 am 5:57 pm 12:30 pm (33.4°) 91.409
31 7:32 am (117°) 5:30 pm (243°) 9:58:37 +0:28 6:03 am 6:59 pm 6:33 am 6:29 pm 7:04 am 5:58 pm 12:31 pm (33.5°) 91.408
* All times are local time for Phoenix. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Phoenix is at 1:50 pm on Monday, December 21, 2026. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 26 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.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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