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

Daylight

6:45 am – 7:03 pm
12 hours, 18 minutes

Current Time: Mar 25, 2026 at 2:17:42 am
Sun Direction: 34° Northeast
Sun Altitude: -50.0°
Sun Distance: 92.699 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 21, 2026 1:24 am (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 6:45 am 87° East
Sunset Today: 7:03 pm 273° West

2026 Sun Graph for Poway

December 2026 — Sun in Poway

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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 6:33 am (116°) 4:41 pm (244°) 10:08:10 −0:56 5:05 am 6:08 pm 5:35 am 5:38 pm 6:06 am 5:08 pm 11:37 am (35.2°) 91.660
2 6:33 am (116°) 4:41 pm (244°) 10:07:16 −0:54 5:06 am 6:08 pm 5:36 am 5:38 pm 6:06 am 5:08 pm 11:37 am (35.0°) 91.646
3 6:34 am (116°) 4:41 pm (244°) 10:06:24 −0:51 5:07 am 6:08 pm 5:37 am 5:38 pm 6:07 am 5:08 pm 11:38 am (34.9°) 91.632
4 6:35 am (116°) 4:41 pm (244°) 10:05:35 −0:49 5:07 am 6:08 pm 5:37 am 5:38 pm 6:08 am 5:08 pm 11:38 am (34.7°) 91.619
5 6:36 am (116°) 4:41 pm (244°) 10:04:48 −0:46 5:08 am 6:08 pm 5:38 am 5:38 pm 6:09 am 5:08 pm 11:38 am (34.6°) 91.606
6 6:37 am (117°) 4:41 pm (243°) 10:04:04 −0:44 5:09 am 6:09 pm 5:39 am 5:39 pm 6:10 am 5:08 pm 11:39 am (34.5°) 91.593
7 6:37 am (117°) 4:41 pm (243°) 10:03:22 −0:41 5:10 am 6:09 pm 5:40 am 5:39 pm 6:10 am 5:08 pm 11:39 am (34.4°) 91.581
8 6:38 am (117°) 4:41 pm (243°) 10:02:43 −0:38 5:10 am 6:09 pm 5:40 am 5:39 pm 6:11 am 5:08 pm 11:40 am (34.3°) 91.569
9 6:39 am (117°) 4:41 pm (243°) 10:02:07 −0:36 5:11 am 6:09 pm 5:41 am 5:39 pm 6:12 am 5:08 pm 11:40 am (34.2°) 91.557
10 6:40 am (117°) 4:41 pm (243°) 10:01:34 −0:33 5:12 am 6:09 pm 5:42 am 5:39 pm 6:12 am 5:09 pm 11:41 am (34.1°) 91.545
11 6:40 am (117°) 4:42 pm (243°) 10:01:03 −0:30 5:12 am 6:10 pm 5:42 am 5:40 pm 6:13 am 5:09 pm 11:41 am (34.0°) 91.534
12 6:41 am (117°) 4:42 pm (243°) 10:00:35 −0:27 5:13 am 6:10 pm 5:43 am 5:40 pm 6:14 am 5:09 pm 11:41 am (33.9°) 91.523
13 6:42 am (117°) 4:42 pm (243°) 10:00:11 −0:24 5:14 am 6:10 pm 5:44 am 5:40 pm 6:15 am 5:09 pm 11:42 am (33.9°) 91.513
14 6:42 am (117°) 4:42 pm (243°) 9:59:48 −0:22 5:14 am 6:11 pm 5:44 am 5:40 pm 6:15 am 5:10 pm 11:42 am (33.8°) 91.502
15 6:43 am (117°) 4:43 pm (242°) 9:59:29 −0:19 5:15 am 6:11 pm 5:45 am 5:41 pm 6:16 am 5:10 pm 11:43 am (33.8°) 91.493
16 6:44 am (118°) 4:43 pm (242°) 9:59:13 −0:16 5:15 am 6:11 pm 5:46 am 5:41 pm 6:16 am 5:10 pm 11:43 am (33.7°) 91.483
17 6:44 am (118°) 4:43 pm (242°) 9:59:00 −0:13 5:16 am 6:12 pm 5:46 am 5:42 pm 6:17 am 5:11 pm 11:44 am (33.7°) 91.474
18 6:45 am (118°) 4:44 pm (242°) 9:58:49 −0:10 5:17 am 6:12 pm 5:47 am 5:42 pm 6:18 am 5:11 pm 11:44 am (33.7°) 91.466
19 6:46 am (118°) 4:44 pm (242°) 9:58:42 −0:07 5:17 am 6:13 pm 5:47 am 5:42 pm 6:18 am 5:12 pm 11:45 am (33.6°) 91.458
20 6:46 am (118°) 4:45 pm (242°) 9:58:37 −0:04 5:18 am 6:13 pm 5:48 am 5:43 pm 6:19 am 5:12 pm 11:45 am (33.6°) 91.451
21 6:47 am (118°) 4:45 pm (242°) 9:58:36 −0:01 5:18 am 6:14 pm 5:48 am 5:43 pm 6:19 am 5:13 pm 11:46 am (33.6°) 91.444
22 6:47 am (118°) 4:46 pm (242°) 9:58:37 +0:01 5:19 am 6:14 pm 5:49 am 5:44 pm 6:20 am 5:13 pm 11:46 am (33.6°) 91.438
23 6:48 am (118°) 4:46 pm (242°) 9:58:41 +0:04 5:19 am 6:15 pm 5:49 am 5:44 pm 6:20 am 5:14 pm 11:47 am (33.6°) 91.432
24 6:48 am (118°) 4:47 pm (242°) 9:58:49 +0:07 5:20 am 6:15 pm 5:50 am 5:45 pm 6:21 am 5:14 pm 11:47 am (33.7°) 91.427
25 6:48 am (118°) 4:47 pm (242°) 9:58:59 +0:10 5:20 am 6:16 pm 5:50 am 5:46 pm 6:21 am 5:15 pm 11:48 am (33.7°) 91.422
26 6:49 am (118°) 4:48 pm (242°) 9:59:12 +0:13 5:20 am 6:16 pm 5:51 am 5:46 pm 6:21 am 5:15 pm 11:48 am (33.7°) 91.419
27 6:49 am (118°) 4:49 pm (242°) 9:59:28 +0:16 5:21 am 6:17 pm 5:51 am 5:47 pm 6:22 am 5:16 pm 11:49 am (33.8°) 91.415
28 6:49 am (117°) 4:49 pm (243°) 9:59:47 +0:19 5:21 am 6:18 pm 5:51 am 5:47 pm 6:22 am 5:17 pm 11:49 am (33.8°) 91.413
29 6:50 am (117°) 4:50 pm (243°) 10:00:09 +0:21 5:21 am 6:18 pm 5:52 am 5:48 pm 6:22 am 5:17 pm 11:50 am (33.9°) 91.410
30 6:50 am (117°) 4:51 pm (243°) 10:00:34 +0:24 5:22 am 6:19 pm 5:52 am 5:49 pm 6:23 am 5:18 pm 11:50 am (33.9°) 91.409
31 6:50 am (117°) 4:51 pm (243°) 10:01:02 +0:27 5:22 am 6:19 pm 5:52 am 5:49 pm 6:23 am 5:19 pm 11:51 am (34.0°) 91.408
* All times are local time for Poway. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Poway is at 12:50 pm on Monday, December 21, 2026. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 21 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 3 or December 4.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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