The sun is rising somewhere on Earth every minute of the day.
22 Dec 2009 London sunrise: 8:04 AM GMT
at 7:36 AM CST
Some time around December 22.
It depends where on Earth you are.-- Between the equator and 66.5° south latitude . . . June 22-- Between the equator and 66.5° north latitude . . . December 23-- Between 66.5° south latitude and the south pole . . .The sun doesn't rise at all from sometime before June 22 until the same length of timeafter June 22.-- Between 66.5° north latitude and the north pole . . .The sun doesn't rise at all from sometime before December 23 until the same length of timeafter December 23.-- At the south pole . . .The sun doesn't rise at all from March 21 until September 22.-- At the north pole . . .The sun doesn't rise at all from September 22 until March 21.-- On the equator . . .There are two shortest days every year: March 21 and September 22.
On October 22, 2009, the sun rose in Miami, FL at around 7:25 AM Eastern Standard Time.
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Sunrise at Bend OR on 20 Jun 2009 was at 5:22 AM PDT (12:22 UTC).
December 22 is close to the northern hemisphere's winter solstice (December 21), when the Sun is furthest south. At that date the Sun does not rise above the horizon at all latitudes north of the Arctic Circle (approximately 66.5 degrees north). They therefore have zero hours of daylight.
Sunrise at Springfield VA on 19 Oct 2009 was at 7:22 AM EDT (11:22 UTC).
On the 8th of October 2008, the sun will rise at 07:13, it will set at 8:22, which gives 11h 08m of daylight.
Sunset at Grand Rapids MI on 22 Dec 2008 was at 5:12 PM EST (22:12 UTC).
The sun shines directly over the Tropic of Capricorn during the December solstice, which occurs around December 21st every year. This is when the Southern Hemisphere experiences its longest day of the year and the Northern Hemisphere experiences its shortest day of the year.