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Sacramento, California, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2025

Daylight

6:43 am – 7:21 pm
12 hours, 38 minutes

Current Time: Sep 10, 2025 at 8:01:30 am
Sun Direction: 96° East
Sun Altitude: 14.4°
Sun Distance: 93.593 million mi
Next Equinox: Sep 22, 2025 11:19 am (Autumnal)
Sunrise Today: 6:43 am 83° East
Sunset Today: 7:21 pm 276° West

2025 Sun Graph for Sacramento

December 2025 — Sun in Sacramento

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2025 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 7:05 am (118°) 4:45 pm (242°) 9:39:57 −1:10 5:30 am 6:19 pm 6:02 am 5:47 pm 6:35 am 5:14 pm 11:55 am (29.5°) 91.654
2 7:06 am (118°) 4:44 pm (242°) 9:38:49 −1:07 5:31 am 6:19 pm 6:03 am 5:47 pm 6:36 am 5:14 pm 11:55 am (29.4°) 91.639
3 7:07 am (118°) 4:44 pm (242°) 9:37:45 −1:04 5:32 am 6:19 pm 6:04 am 5:47 pm 6:37 am 5:14 pm 11:55 am (29.2°) 91.625
4 7:07 am (118°) 4:44 pm (242°) 9:36:44 −1:01 5:33 am 6:19 pm 6:05 am 5:47 pm 6:38 am 5:14 pm 11:56 am (29.1°) 91.611
5 7:08 am (118°) 4:44 pm (241°) 9:35:46 −0:57 5:34 am 6:19 pm 6:06 am 5:47 pm 6:39 am 5:14 pm 11:56 am (29.0°) 91.598
6 7:09 am (119°) 4:44 pm (241°) 9:34:52 −0:54 5:34 am 6:19 pm 6:07 am 5:47 pm 6:40 am 5:14 pm 11:57 am (28.9°) 91.585
7 7:10 am (119°) 4:44 pm (241°) 9:34:00 −0:51 5:35 am 6:19 pm 6:07 am 5:47 pm 6:41 am 5:14 pm 11:57 am (28.7°) 91.573
8 7:11 am (119°) 4:44 pm (241°) 9:33:12 −0:47 5:36 am 6:19 pm 6:08 am 5:47 pm 6:41 am 5:14 pm 11:58 am (28.6°) 91.561
9 7:12 am (119°) 4:44 pm (241°) 9:32:28 −0:44 5:37 am 6:19 pm 6:09 am 5:47 pm 6:42 am 5:14 pm 11:58 am (28.5°) 91.550
10 7:13 am (119°) 4:44 pm (241°) 9:31:47 −0:41 5:37 am 6:19 pm 6:10 am 5:47 pm 6:43 am 5:14 pm 11:59 am (28.5°) 91.540
11 7:13 am (119°) 4:44 pm (241°) 9:31:09 −0:37 5:38 am 6:20 pm 6:10 am 5:47 pm 6:44 am 5:14 pm 11:59 am (28.4°) 91.529
12 7:14 am (119°) 4:45 pm (241°) 9:30:35 −0:34 5:39 am 6:20 pm 6:11 am 5:48 pm 6:44 am 5:14 pm 11:59 am (28.3°) 91.520
13 7:15 am (119°) 4:45 pm (240°) 9:30:04 −0:30 5:40 am 6:20 pm 6:12 am 5:48 pm 6:45 am 5:15 pm 12:00 pm (28.2°) 91.510
14 7:16 am (120°) 4:45 pm (240°) 9:29:38 −0:26 5:40 am 6:21 pm 6:12 am 5:48 pm 6:46 am 5:15 pm 12:00 pm (28.2°) 91.501
15 7:16 am (120°) 4:45 pm (240°) 9:29:14 −0:23 5:41 am 6:21 pm 6:13 am 5:49 pm 6:46 am 5:15 pm 12:01 pm (28.1°) 91.493
16 7:17 am (120°) 4:46 pm (240°) 9:28:55 −0:19 5:41 am 6:21 pm 6:14 am 5:49 pm 6:47 am 5:16 pm 12:01 pm (28.1°) 91.485
17 7:17 am (120°) 4:46 pm (240°) 9:28:39 −0:15 5:42 am 6:22 pm 6:14 am 5:49 pm 6:48 am 5:16 pm 12:02 pm (28.1°) 91.477
18 7:18 am (120°) 4:47 pm (240°) 9:28:27 −0:12 5:43 am 6:22 pm 6:15 am 5:50 pm 6:48 am 5:16 pm 12:02 pm (28.0°) 91.469
19 7:19 am (120°) 4:47 pm (240°) 9:28:18 −0:08 5:43 am 6:22 pm 6:16 am 5:50 pm 6:49 am 5:17 pm 12:03 pm (28.0°) 91.462
20 7:19 am (120°) 4:47 pm (240°) 9:28:13 −0:04 5:44 am 6:23 pm 6:16 am 5:51 pm 6:49 am 5:17 pm 12:03 pm (28.0°) 91.455
21 7:20 am (120°) 4:48 pm (240°) 9:28:12 −0:01 5:44 am 6:23 pm 6:17 am 5:51 pm 6:50 am 5:18 pm 12:04 pm (28.0°) 91.449
22 7:20 am (120°) 4:48 pm (240°) 9:28:15 +0:02 5:45 am 6:24 pm 6:17 am 5:52 pm 6:50 am 5:18 pm 12:04 pm (28.0°) 91.443
23 7:21 am (120°) 4:49 pm (240°) 9:28:21 +0:06 5:45 am 6:25 pm 6:18 am 5:52 pm 6:51 am 5:19 pm 12:05 pm (28.0°) 91.437
24 7:21 am (120°) 4:50 pm (240°) 9:28:31 +0:10 5:46 am 6:25 pm 6:18 am 5:53 pm 6:51 am 5:19 pm 12:05 pm (28.0°) 91.431
25 7:21 am (120°) 4:50 pm (240°) 9:28:45 +0:13 5:46 am 6:26 pm 6:18 am 5:53 pm 6:52 am 5:20 pm 12:06 pm (28.1°) 91.426
26 7:22 am (120°) 4:51 pm (240°) 9:29:03 +0:17 5:46 am 6:26 pm 6:19 am 5:54 pm 6:52 am 5:21 pm 12:06 pm (28.1°) 91.422
27 7:22 am (120°) 4:52 pm (240°) 9:29:24 +0:21 5:47 am 6:27 pm 6:19 am 5:55 pm 6:52 am 5:21 pm 12:07 pm (28.2°) 91.418
28 7:22 am (120°) 4:52 pm (240°) 9:29:49 +0:24 5:47 am 6:28 pm 6:19 am 5:55 pm 6:53 am 5:22 pm 12:07 pm (28.2°) 91.414
29 7:23 am (119°) 4:53 pm (241°) 9:30:18 +0:28 5:47 am 6:28 pm 6:20 am 5:56 pm 6:53 am 5:23 pm 12:08 pm (28.3°) 91.411
30 7:23 am (119°) 4:54 pm (241°) 9:30:50 +0:32 5:48 am 6:29 pm 6:20 am 5:57 pm 6:53 am 5:23 pm 12:08 pm (28.3°) 91.408
31 7:23 am (119°) 4:55 pm (241°) 9:31:25 +0:35 5:48 am 6:30 pm 6:20 am 5:57 pm 6:53 am 5:24 pm 12:09 pm (28.4°) 91.406
* All times are local time for Sacramento. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Sacramento is at 7:03 am on Sunday, December 21, 2025. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 24 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.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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