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

Daylight

6:52 am – 7:08 pm
12 hours, 15 minutes

Current Time: Mar 23, 2026 at 3:41:50 am
Sun Direction: 55° Northeast
Sun Altitude: -37.7°
Sun Distance: 92.649 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 21, 2026 1:24 am (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 6:52 am 88° East
Sunset Today: 7:08 pm 272° West

2026 Sun Graph for Tehachapi

December 2026 — Sun in Tehachapi

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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 6:43 am (116°) 4:41 pm (243°) 9:57:54 −1:01 5:14 am 6:11 pm 5:44 am 5:40 pm 6:16 am 5:09 pm 11:42 am (33.0°) 91.660
2 6:44 am (117°) 4:41 pm (243°) 9:56:54 −0:59 5:14 am 6:11 pm 5:45 am 5:40 pm 6:16 am 5:09 pm 11:43 am (32.9°) 91.646
3 6:45 am (117°) 4:41 pm (243°) 9:55:58 −0:56 5:15 am 6:11 pm 5:46 am 5:40 pm 6:17 am 5:09 pm 11:43 am (32.7°) 91.632
4 6:46 am (117°) 4:41 pm (243°) 9:55:04 −0:53 5:16 am 6:11 pm 5:47 am 5:40 pm 6:18 am 5:09 pm 11:44 am (32.6°) 91.619
5 6:47 am (117°) 4:41 pm (243°) 9:54:13 −0:51 5:17 am 6:11 pm 5:47 am 5:40 pm 6:19 am 5:09 pm 11:44 am (32.5°) 91.606
6 6:48 am (117°) 4:41 pm (243°) 9:53:25 −0:48 5:17 am 6:11 pm 5:48 am 5:41 pm 6:20 am 5:09 pm 11:44 am (32.3°) 91.593
7 6:48 am (117°) 4:41 pm (243°) 9:52:39 −0:45 5:18 am 6:11 pm 5:49 am 5:41 pm 6:20 am 5:09 pm 11:45 am (32.2°) 91.581
8 6:49 am (118°) 4:41 pm (242°) 9:51:57 −0:42 5:19 am 6:12 pm 5:50 am 5:41 pm 6:21 am 5:09 pm 11:45 am (32.1°) 91.568
9 6:50 am (118°) 4:41 pm (242°) 9:51:17 −0:39 5:20 am 6:12 pm 5:50 am 5:41 pm 6:22 am 5:09 pm 11:46 am (32.0°) 91.557
10 6:51 am (118°) 4:41 pm (242°) 9:50:41 −0:36 5:20 am 6:12 pm 5:51 am 5:41 pm 6:23 am 5:10 pm 11:46 am (31.9°) 91.545
11 6:52 am (118°) 4:42 pm (242°) 9:50:07 −0:33 5:21 am 6:12 pm 5:52 am 5:41 pm 6:23 am 5:10 pm 11:47 am (31.8°) 91.534
12 6:52 am (118°) 4:42 pm (242°) 9:49:37 −0:30 5:22 am 6:13 pm 5:52 am 5:42 pm 6:24 am 5:10 pm 11:47 am (31.8°) 91.523
13 6:53 am (118°) 4:42 pm (242°) 9:49:10 −0:27 5:22 am 6:13 pm 5:53 am 5:42 pm 6:25 am 5:10 pm 11:48 am (31.7°) 91.513
14 6:54 am (118°) 4:42 pm (242°) 9:48:45 −0:24 5:23 am 6:13 pm 5:54 am 5:42 pm 6:26 am 5:11 pm 11:48 am (31.6°) 91.502
15 6:54 am (118°) 4:43 pm (242°) 9:48:24 −0:20 5:24 am 6:14 pm 5:54 am 5:43 pm 6:26 am 5:11 pm 11:49 am (31.6°) 91.493
16 6:55 am (118°) 4:43 pm (242°) 9:48:07 −0:17 5:24 am 6:14 pm 5:55 am 5:43 pm 6:27 am 5:11 pm 11:49 am (31.6°) 91.483
17 6:56 am (118°) 4:43 pm (242°) 9:47:52 −0:14 5:25 am 6:14 pm 5:56 am 5:43 pm 6:27 am 5:12 pm 11:50 am (31.5°) 91.474
18 6:56 am (118°) 4:44 pm (242°) 9:47:41 −0:11 5:25 am 6:15 pm 5:56 am 5:44 pm 6:28 am 5:12 pm 11:50 am (31.5°) 91.466
19 6:57 am (118°) 4:44 pm (242°) 9:47:32 −0:08 5:26 am 6:15 pm 5:57 am 5:44 pm 6:29 am 5:13 pm 11:51 am (31.5°) 91.458
20 6:57 am (118°) 4:45 pm (242°) 9:47:28 −0:04 5:26 am 6:16 pm 5:57 am 5:45 pm 6:29 am 5:13 pm 11:51 am (31.5°) 91.451
21 6:58 am (118°) 4:45 pm (242°) 9:47:26 −0:01 5:27 am 6:16 pm 5:58 am 5:45 pm 6:30 am 5:13 pm 11:52 am (31.5°) 91.444
22 6:58 am (118°) 4:46 pm (242°) 9:47:27 +0:01 5:27 am 6:17 pm 5:58 am 5:46 pm 6:30 am 5:14 pm 11:52 am (31.5°) 91.438
23 6:59 am (118°) 4:46 pm (242°) 9:47:32 +0:04 5:28 am 6:17 pm 5:59 am 5:46 pm 6:31 am 5:15 pm 11:53 am (31.5°) 91.432
24 6:59 am (118°) 4:47 pm (242°) 9:47:40 +0:07 5:28 am 6:18 pm 5:59 am 5:47 pm 6:31 am 5:15 pm 11:53 am (31.5°) 91.427
25 7:00 am (118°) 4:47 pm (242°) 9:47:51 +0:11 5:29 am 6:18 pm 6:00 am 5:47 pm 6:31 am 5:16 pm 11:54 am (31.5°) 91.422
26 7:00 am (118°) 4:48 pm (242°) 9:48:06 +0:14 5:29 am 6:19 pm 6:00 am 5:48 pm 6:32 am 5:16 pm 11:54 am (31.6°) 91.419
27 7:00 am (118°) 4:49 pm (242°) 9:48:23 +0:17 5:30 am 6:20 pm 6:00 am 5:49 pm 6:32 am 5:17 pm 11:54 am (31.6°) 91.415
28 7:01 am (118°) 4:49 pm (242°) 9:48:44 +0:20 5:30 am 6:20 pm 6:01 am 5:49 pm 6:32 am 5:18 pm 11:55 am (31.6°) 91.413
29 7:01 am (118°) 4:50 pm (242°) 9:49:08 +0:23 5:30 am 6:21 pm 6:01 am 5:50 pm 6:33 am 5:18 pm 11:55 am (31.7°) 91.410
30 7:01 am (118°) 4:51 pm (242°) 9:49:35 +0:27 5:31 am 6:21 pm 6:01 am 5:51 pm 6:33 am 5:19 pm 11:56 am (31.8°) 91.409
31 7:01 am (118°) 4:52 pm (242°) 9:50:05 +0:30 5:31 am 6:22 pm 6:02 am 5:51 pm 6:33 am 5:20 pm 11:56 am (31.8°) 91.408
* All times are local time for Tehachapi. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Tehachapi is at 12:50 pm on Monday, December 21, 2026. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 44 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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