The sun sets at 4 o'clock, exactly what I'm dreading ...

[tamaranth]

Sunset won't get earlier than this, and from Saturday it'll start getting later again.. Though I will still be getting up in the dark for a while ...

Comments

[drasecretcampus.livejournal.com]

Why did I think 21 December was the shortest day? Or is that the solstice? Confused...

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

The solstice (22nd Dec this year) is the shortest day ... the mornings are still drawing in.

[drasecretcampus.livejournal.com]

Ah - misread the table. And winter officially begins on the 23rd. So it's not officially cold yet.

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

The winter solstice is the shortest day overall, but 'latest sunrise' and 'earliest sunset' usually occur a few days either side of it because of the Earth's slightly elliptical orbit around the Sun. (This is the same reason that sundials run a few minutes slow or fast throughout the year.)

[pennski.livejournal.com]

Oh wow I never knew that! In fact looking at the table was the first I knew that it didn't automatically happen around the shortest day.

Ah well, we're nearly there...