Today's Weather

[jeffster]

Not about the weather per se but does anyone know the when the sun sets the earliest?  Today the sun sets at 4:46 PM.  From my observations, I think the earliest sunset is 4:45 or 4:44 PM and that happens on or around December 8.  

I’m asking because I dislike short days and because I always thought it would be December 21.  Apparently that’s not so.

Interesting fact: The sun sets at 4:45 on December 8, and this is the earliest it sets until December 14, when it starts setting later in the day. The sun continues to set later in the day until June 19, and stays that way until July 3rd, when it starts setting earlier. The means the sun set later in the day for over 6 months. On the other hand, sunrise is at 7:54 December 28th, the latest it will be, and stays there until it starts rising earlier starting January 10. It continues to rise earlier for only 5 months, as June 10th is the earliest rise that it has, and it starts rise later in the day starting June 19.

There is a lot of math involved on why this is the way that it is. But sunrise and sunset are not totally related in terms of their times be consistent to each other.