the shortest day of the year is around december 23 i guess, and as i know when we get closer to winter the day is less bright specially on the afternoon on the sunset.
so by logic, the day shoul be less bright on december 23 than in november 23. but i am shure that it is not.
i am shure than on november gets complitly dark arround 5:50 pm oclock, but on december 23 there is still light on the sky.
and it gets complitly dark at 6:30
so i would like to know why.
becasuse the sun on winter goes to the sout, and is more far away than in fall.
2007-01-05 03:29:41 · 3 answers · asked by tilacin 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
A little known fact is that while the winter solstice marks the shortest day of the year, the earliest sunset actually occurs on another day some time before the winter solstice. Exactly how much earlier depends on where you live, but in the USA roughly a week or so earlier. Conversely, the latest sunrise doesn't occur on winter solstice, but some time after it. If one plots out the times of sunset and sunrise through the year, they're slightly out of phase with each other, even though the difference hits the minimum on winter solstice.
2007-01-05 03:48:44 · answer #1 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The winter solstice you are talking about is on Dec 21, it marks the day of the year with the least amount of sunlight, the actual brightness isn't affected, unless you are comparing different times of the day.
Not sure where you live, but sunset on Dec 21 was around 4:45 PM.
2007-01-05 03:39:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are there a lot of Christmas lights in the area? Perhaps one really big display, like one you pay to enter & view? Or a neighborhood that competes for the most lights?
2007-01-06 02:49:30 · answer #3 · answered by critter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋