It offers the shortest period of daylight. The winter solstice doesn’t coincide with the latest sunrise or the earliest sunset. In Tucson, our earliest sunset occurs on December 7th at 5:18 pm. Those actually occur about two weeks before and two weeks after the winter solstice. This page provides date and local time for Winter Solstice in the year 2020 for San Diego, California, United States. It seems reasonable that the latest sunrise and earliest sunset would both occur on the shortest day. The shortest day of the year is the day of the winter solstice, which in 2020 is December 20 or 21 depending on time zone. At the winter solstice, the earliest sunset (or shortest afternoon), happens first, then the solstice (shortest day), followed by the latest sunrise (or shortest morning). This page gives the day length in hours, minutes and seconds on Solstice day, including previous and next day. The earliest sunset of the year, 4:35 p.m., runs from Nov. 30 to Dec. 13, 2020. And with our sunset at 4:41 p.m. on Dec. 31 we gain a full 10 minutes of evening daylight by the end of the year. The winter solstice is the shortest day. Why aren't the earliest sunset and latest sunrise on the same day as the winter solstice? Here's the breakdown of the sunrise and sunset times over the next 10 days. Sunset times at Atlantic City International Airport. Our 4:34 sunset time is actually 3 minutes later by the December solstice on Dec. 21. This year's winter solstice will bring a rare sight to our night skies – just in time for the holidays. It also lists astronomical sunrise and sunset timings on Winter Solstice day. The winter solstice is the day of the year with the fewest hours of daylight, and it marks the start of astronomical winter. For the first time in nearly 800 years, Jupiter and Saturn will align in the winter solstice sky to become what is known as the "Christmas Star" on Dec. 21. 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