Re: BC: Short Days

On 2024-12-13, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

On 12/13/2024 3:27 PM, William Hyde wrote:

Lynn McGuire wrote:

BC: Short Days
    https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2024/12/13
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I hate the short days also.
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Lynn
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As of now sunsets are getting later.
 
William Hyde

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Are you sure about that ?  Maybe for your longitude but not mine ???
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Here, tomorrow's daylight will be 19 seconds shorter than today.  This
does not change until the winter solstice on Dec 21.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_solstice
and
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox
Lynn

It's certainly true for my longitude/latitude!  Yes, the days are
absolutely getting shorter until the solstice.  However, sunsets are
getting just a little bit later already.  That's due to the tilt of the
earth and the non-circular earth orbit.

There's a couple of weeks difference between the earliest sunset and
the solstice every year.  Eg:
  https://www.weather.gov/ilx/earliest-sunset

Chris