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

Daylight

7:08 am – 5:31 pm
10 hours, 23 minutes

Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 4:55:46 pm
Sun Direction: 244° Southwest
Sun Altitude: 5.8°
Sun Distance: 91.644 million mi
Next Equinox: Mar 20, 2026 7:46 am (Vernal)
Sunrise Today: 7:08 am 110° Southeast
Sunset Today: 5:31 pm 250° West

2026 Sun Graph for Sacramento

December 2026 — Sun in Sacramento

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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 7:04 am (118°) 4:45 pm (242°) 9:40:14 −1:11 5:30 am 6:19 pm 6:02 am 5:47 pm 6:35 am 5:14 pm 11:55 am (29.6°) 91.660
2 7:05 am (118°) 4:44 pm (242°) 9:39:06 −1:08 5:31 am 6:19 pm 6:03 am 5:47 pm 6:36 am 5:14 pm 11:55 am (29.4°) 91.646
3 7:06 am (118°) 4:44 pm (242°) 9:38:01 −1:05 5:32 am 6:19 pm 6:04 am 5:47 pm 6:37 am 5:14 pm 11:55 am (29.3°) 91.632
4 7:07 am (118°) 4:44 pm (242°) 9:36:59 −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°) 91.619
5 7:08 am (118°) 4:44 pm (241°) 9:36:00 −0:58 5:33 am 6:19 pm 6:06 am 5:47 pm 6:39 am 5:14 pm 11:56 am (29.0°) 91.606
6 7:09 am (119°) 4:44 pm (241°) 9:35:05 −0:55 5:34 am 6:19 pm 6:06 am 5:47 pm 6:39 am 5:14 pm 11:57 am (28.9°) 91.593
7 7:10 am (119°) 4:44 pm (241°) 9:34:12 −0:52 5:35 am 6:19 pm 6:07 am 5:47 pm 6:40 am 5:14 pm 11:57 am (28.8°) 91.580
8 7:11 am (119°) 4:44 pm (241°) 9:33:24 −0:48 5:36 am 6:19 pm 6:08 am 5:47 pm 6:41 am 5:14 pm 11:58 am (28.7°) 91.568
9 7:12 am (119°) 4:44 pm (241°) 9:32:38 −0:45 5:37 am 6:19 pm 6:09 am 5:47 pm 6:42 am 5:14 pm 11:58 am (28.6°) 91.557
10 7:12 am (119°) 4:44 pm (241°) 9:31:56 −0:41 5:37 am 6:19 pm 6:10 am 5:47 pm 6:43 am 5:14 pm 11:58 am (28.5°) 91.545
11 7:13 am (119°) 4:44 pm (241°) 9:31:18 −0:38 5:38 am 6:20 pm 6:10 am 5:47 pm 6:43 am 5:14 pm 11:59 am (28.4°) 91.534
12 7:14 am (119°) 4:45 pm (241°) 9:30:43 −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°) 91.523
13 7:15 am (119°) 4:45 pm (241°) 9:30:12 −0:31 5:39 am 6:20 pm 6:12 am 5:48 pm 6:45 am 5:15 pm 12:00 pm (28.3°) 91.512
14 7:15 am (120°) 4:45 pm (240°) 9:29:44 −0:27 5:40 am 6:20 pm 6:12 am 5:48 pm 6:46 am 5:15 pm 12:00 pm (28.2°) 91.502
15 7:16 am (120°) 4:45 pm (240°) 9:29:20 −0:24 5:41 am 6:21 pm 6:13 am 5:48 pm 6:46 am 5:15 pm 12:01 pm (28.2°) 91.493
16 7:17 am (120°) 4:46 pm (240°) 9:28:59 −0:20 5:41 am 6:21 pm 6:14 am 5:49 pm 6:47 am 5:15 pm 12:01 pm (28.1°) 91.483
17 7:17 am (120°) 4:46 pm (240°) 9:28:43 −0:16 5:42 am 6:22 pm 6:14 am 5:49 pm 6:48 am 5:16 pm 12:02 pm (28.1°) 91.474
18 7:18 am (120°) 4:46 pm (240°) 9:28:30 −0:13 5:42 am 6:22 pm 6:15 am 5:50 pm 6:48 am 5:16 pm 12:02 pm (28.0°) 91.466
19 7:19 am (120°) 4:47 pm (240°) 9:28:20 −0:09 5:43 am 6:22 pm 6:15 am 5:50 pm 6:49 am 5:17 pm 12:03 pm (28.0°) 91.458
20 7:19 am (120°) 4:47 pm (240°) 9:28:14 −0:05 5:44 am 6:23 pm 6:16 am 5:50 pm 6:49 am 5:17 pm 12:03 pm (28.0°) 91.451
21 7:20 am (120°) 4:48 pm (240°) 9:28:12 −0:01 5:44 am 6:23 pm 6:16 am 5:51 pm 6:50 am 5:18 pm 12:04 pm (28.0°) 91.444
22 7:20 am (120°) 4:48 pm (240°) 9:28:14 +0:01 5:45 am 6:24 pm 6:17 am 5:51 pm 6:50 am 5:18 pm 12:04 pm (28.0°) 91.437
23 7:21 am (120°) 4:49 pm (240°) 9:28:20 +0:05 5:45 am 6:24 pm 6:17 am 5:52 pm 6:51 am 5:19 pm 12:05 pm (28.0°) 91.432
24 7:21 am (120°) 4:49 pm (240°) 9:28:29 +0:09 5:45 am 6:25 pm 6:18 am 5:53 pm 6:51 am 5:19 pm 12:05 pm (28.0°) 91.427
25 7:21 am (120°) 4:50 pm (240°) 9:28:42 +0:12 5:46 am 6:26 pm 6:18 am 5:53 pm 6:52 am 5:20 pm 12:06 pm (28.1°) 91.422
26 7:22 am (120°) 4:51 pm (240°) 9:28:58 +0:16 5:46 am 6:26 pm 6:19 am 5:54 pm 6:52 am 5:20 pm 12:06 pm (28.1°) 91.419
27 7:22 am (120°) 4:51 pm (240°) 9:29:19 +0:20 5:47 am 6:27 pm 6:19 am 5:54 pm 6:52 am 5:21 pm 12:07 pm (28.1°) 91.415
28 7:22 am (120°) 4:52 pm (240°) 9:29:43 +0:23 5:47 am 6:27 pm 6:19 am 5:55 pm 6:53 am 5:22 pm 12:07 pm (28.2°) 91.413
29 7:23 am (119°) 4:53 pm (241°) 9:30:10 +0:27 5:47 am 6:28 pm 6:20 am 5:56 pm 6:53 am 5:23 pm 12:08 pm (28.3°) 91.410
30 7:23 am (119°) 4:54 pm (241°) 9:30:42 +0:31 5:48 am 6:29 pm 6:20 am 5:56 pm 6:53 am 5:23 pm 12:08 pm (28.3°) 91.409
31 7:23 am (119°) 4:54 pm (241°) 9:31:17 +0:34 5:48 am 6:29 pm 6:20 am 5:57 pm 6:53 am 5:24 pm 12:09 pm (28.4°) 91.408
* 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 12:50 pm on Monday, December 21, 2026. 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 or December 7.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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