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From: Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com>
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Subject: Re: BC: Short Days
Date: 14 Dec 2024 01:41:11 GMT
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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
>>>
>>> I hate the short days also.
>>>
>>> Lynn
>>>
>> As of now sunsets are getting later.
>> 
>> William Hyde
>
> Are you sure about that ?  Maybe for your longitude but not mine ???
>
> 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