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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: BC: Short Days
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:51:43 -0600
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On 12/14/2024 1:16 PM, William Hyde wrote:
> Lynn McGuire 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. 
> 
> True, but sunsets will come later.
> 
> 
> Sunset in Houston (https://sunrise-sunset.org/us/houston-tx)
> 
> Dec 14 5:25:15 pm
> 
> Dec 15 5:25:36 pm
> 
> Rejoice in your extra 21 seconds in  the afternoon (who cares about 
> morning?).
> 
> 
>   This
>> does not change until the winter solstice on Dec 21.
>>     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_solstice
> 
> In the run-up to winter solstice in our hemisphere sunsets start to get 
> later in early december.  The days still get shorter because dawn comes 
> later.
> 
> Dawn will not start coming earlier until circa Jan 11 for Houston.
> 
> If the earth's orbit was circular we wouldn't have these issues.
> 
> William Hyde

Gotcha on the dawn and sunset both getting later in the day right now. 
If I knew that, I had forgotten it.

I blame the Moon for the Earth's non-circular orbit.

Lynn