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

Daylight

6:57 am – 7:16 pm
12 hours, 19 minutes

Current Time: Mar 25, 2026 at 2:47:14 am
Sun Direction: 38° Northeast
Sun Altitude: -46.5°
Sun Distance: 92.699 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 21, 2026 1:24 am (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 6:57 am 87° East
Sunset Today: 7:16 pm 273° West

2026 Sun Graph for Solvang

December 2026 — Sun in Solvang

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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 6:49 am (116°) 4:49 pm (244°) 10:00:29 −1:00 5:20 am 6:18 pm 5:50 am 5:48 pm 6:21 am 5:17 pm 11:49 am (33.5°) 91.660
2 6:50 am (116°) 4:49 pm (243°) 9:59:31 −0:58 5:20 am 6:18 pm 5:51 am 5:48 pm 6:22 am 5:17 pm 11:50 am (33.4°) 91.646
3 6:51 am (117°) 4:49 pm (243°) 9:58:36 −0:55 5:21 am 6:19 pm 5:52 am 5:48 pm 6:23 am 5:17 pm 11:50 am (33.2°) 91.632
4 6:51 am (117°) 4:49 pm (243°) 9:57:43 −0:52 5:22 am 6:19 pm 5:52 am 5:48 pm 6:24 am 5:17 pm 11:50 am (33.1°) 91.619
5 6:52 am (117°) 4:49 pm (243°) 9:56:53 −0:49 5:23 am 6:19 pm 5:53 am 5:48 pm 6:25 am 5:17 pm 11:51 am (33.0°) 91.606
6 6:53 am (117°) 4:49 pm (243°) 9:56:06 −0:47 5:23 am 6:19 pm 5:54 am 5:48 pm 6:25 am 5:17 pm 11:51 am (32.9°) 91.593
7 6:54 am (117°) 4:49 pm (243°) 9:55:21 −0:44 5:24 am 6:19 pm 5:55 am 5:48 pm 6:26 am 5:17 pm 11:52 am (32.8°) 91.581
8 6:55 am (117°) 4:49 pm (243°) 9:54:40 −0:41 5:25 am 6:19 pm 5:56 am 5:49 pm 6:27 am 5:17 pm 11:52 am (32.7°) 91.568
9 6:55 am (118°) 4:49 pm (242°) 9:54:01 −0:38 5:26 am 6:19 pm 5:56 am 5:49 pm 6:28 am 5:17 pm 11:53 am (32.6°) 91.557
10 6:56 am (118°) 4:50 pm (242°) 9:53:25 −0:35 5:26 am 6:20 pm 5:57 am 5:49 pm 6:28 am 5:17 pm 11:53 am (32.5°) 91.545
11 6:57 am (118°) 4:50 pm (242°) 9:52:53 −0:32 5:27 am 6:20 pm 5:58 am 5:49 pm 6:29 am 5:18 pm 11:53 am (32.4°) 91.534
12 6:58 am (118°) 4:50 pm (242°) 9:52:23 −0:29 5:28 am 6:20 pm 5:58 am 5:49 pm 6:30 am 5:18 pm 11:54 am (32.3°) 91.523
13 6:58 am (118°) 4:50 pm (242°) 9:51:56 −0:26 5:28 am 6:20 pm 5:59 am 5:50 pm 6:30 am 5:18 pm 11:54 am (32.2°) 91.513
14 6:59 am (118°) 4:51 pm (242°) 9:51:33 −0:23 5:29 am 6:21 pm 6:00 am 5:50 pm 6:31 am 5:19 pm 11:55 am (32.2°) 91.502
15 7:00 am (118°) 4:51 pm (242°) 9:51:12 −0:20 5:30 am 6:21 pm 6:00 am 5:50 pm 6:32 am 5:19 pm 11:55 am (32.1°) 91.493
16 7:00 am (118°) 4:51 pm (242°) 9:50:55 −0:17 5:30 am 6:21 pm 6:01 am 5:51 pm 6:32 am 5:19 pm 11:56 am (32.1°) 91.483
17 7:01 am (118°) 4:52 pm (242°) 9:50:41 −0:14 5:31 am 6:22 pm 6:01 am 5:51 pm 6:33 am 5:20 pm 11:56 am (32.1°) 91.474
18 7:02 am (118°) 4:52 pm (242°) 9:50:29 −0:11 5:31 am 6:22 pm 6:02 am 5:52 pm 6:34 am 5:20 pm 11:57 am (32.0°) 91.466
19 7:02 am (118°) 4:52 pm (242°) 9:50:21 −0:07 5:32 am 6:23 pm 6:03 am 5:52 pm 6:34 am 5:20 pm 11:57 am (32.0°) 91.458
20 7:03 am (118°) 4:53 pm (242°) 9:50:17 −0:04 5:32 am 6:23 pm 6:03 am 5:52 pm 6:35 am 5:21 pm 11:58 am (32.0°) 91.451
21 7:03 am (118°) 4:53 pm (242°) 9:50:15 −0:01 5:33 am 6:24 pm 6:04 am 5:53 pm 6:35 am 5:21 pm 11:58 am (32.0°) 91.444
22 7:04 am (118°) 4:54 pm (242°) 9:50:16 +0:01 5:33 am 6:24 pm 6:04 am 5:53 pm 6:36 am 5:22 pm 11:59 am (32.0°) 91.438
23 7:04 am (118°) 4:54 pm (242°) 9:50:21 +0:04 5:34 am 6:25 pm 6:05 am 5:54 pm 6:36 am 5:22 pm 11:59 am (32.0°) 91.432
24 7:05 am (118°) 4:55 pm (242°) 9:50:29 +0:07 5:34 am 6:25 pm 6:05 am 5:55 pm 6:37 am 5:23 pm 12:00 pm (32.0°) 91.427
25 7:05 am (118°) 4:56 pm (242°) 9:50:40 +0:10 5:35 am 6:26 pm 6:05 am 5:55 pm 6:37 am 5:24 pm 12:00 pm (32.1°) 91.422
26 7:05 am (118°) 4:56 pm (242°) 9:50:54 +0:14 5:35 am 6:26 pm 6:06 am 5:56 pm 6:37 am 5:24 pm 12:01 pm (32.1°) 91.419
27 7:06 am (118°) 4:57 pm (242°) 9:51:11 +0:17 5:36 am 6:27 pm 6:06 am 5:56 pm 6:38 am 5:25 pm 12:01 pm (32.1°) 91.415
28 7:06 am (118°) 4:58 pm (242°) 9:51:32 +0:20 5:36 am 6:28 pm 6:07 am 5:57 pm 6:38 am 5:25 pm 12:02 pm (32.2°) 91.413
29 7:06 am (118°) 4:58 pm (242°) 9:51:55 +0:23 5:36 am 6:28 pm 6:07 am 5:58 pm 6:38 am 5:26 pm 12:02 pm (32.2°) 91.410
30 7:07 am (118°) 4:59 pm (242°) 9:52:22 +0:26 5:37 am 6:29 pm 6:07 am 5:58 pm 6:39 am 5:27 pm 12:03 pm (32.3°) 91.409
31 7:07 am (118°) 5:00 pm (242°) 9:52:51 +0:29 5:37 am 6:30 pm 6:07 am 5:59 pm 6:39 am 5:28 pm 12:03 pm (32.4°) 91.408
* All times are local time for Solvang. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Solvang is at 12:50 pm on Monday, December 21, 2026. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 38 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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