This year, the winter solstice occurs on the 22nd, not the 21st, of December.
You’ll have to wait another day for the grand stretch so.
Sam
The evenings don’t start getting longer on the solstice. That happens before the winter solstice.
The earliest sunset was on the 13th, and the sunrises continue to get later until the 30th (although it’s going to be about 3 minutes difference over the space of a week, so most people won’t notice). It’s just that since the solstice, the amount of time that one sunrise is later than the next, is less than the time that the sunset is earlier than the previous one, therefore the amount of daylight increases ever so slightly.
Today (23rd) will be 5 seconds longer than yesterday. Yesterday (22nd) was 1 second shorter than the previous day (21st). There was no stretch.
David
And there’s me thinking all days are the same length.
Sam
and you’d be wrong.
the 24 hr day is an average, and twice a year we disregard it.
If you’re using that standard then the shortest day of the year is the day the clocks go forward, which is only 23 hours long, and October has a 25 hour day.
If you go from solar noon to solar noon, then it varies a lot (see the Equation of Time)
And if you go by sidereal days, then you’ll find it out of whack by almost 4 mins per day relative to your clocks, and of course you’ll end up with the middle of one of those days, at midnight 6 months later, but at least they are the same length.
Sure listen
Would ya lookit.
Fierce mild, though, all the same.
Would ya stop, I know.
C’m here till I tell you.
this is it
Go ‘way.
‘s what you’re up against
Shuya wouldn’t know what it’ll do next.
This year, the winter solstice occurs on the 22nd, not the 21st, of December.
You’ll have to wait another day for the grand stretch so.
The evenings don’t start getting longer on the solstice. That happens before the winter solstice.
The earliest sunset was on the 13th, and the sunrises continue to get later until the 30th (although it’s going to be about 3 minutes difference over the space of a week, so most people won’t notice). It’s just that since the solstice, the amount of time that one sunrise is later than the next, is less than the time that the sunset is earlier than the previous one, therefore the amount of daylight increases ever so slightly.
As the man says
today is the solstice.
Bit of a stretch calling it a grand stretch.
Today (23rd) will be 5 seconds longer than yesterday. Yesterday (22nd) was 1 second shorter than the previous day (21st). There was no stretch.
And there’s me thinking all days are the same length.
and you’d be wrong.
the 24 hr day is an average, and twice a year we disregard it.
If you’re using that standard then the shortest day of the year is the day the clocks go forward, which is only 23 hours long, and October has a 25 hour day.
If you go from solar noon to solar noon, then it varies a lot (see the Equation of Time)
And if you go by sidereal days, then you’ll find it out of whack by almost 4 mins per day relative to your clocks, and of course you’ll end up with the middle of one of those days, at midnight 6 months later, but at least they are the same length.
Cant come quick enough :(
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq0PmDhkb4c