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ChrisHB Dec 2024 12:57pm, 15 Dec 2024 23,306 posts	0 ChrisHB Evenings are getting lighter.
A Rae in a manger Dec 2024 2:11pm, 15 Dec 2024 12,336 posts	0 A Rae in a manger Really? I know the changes don't happen evenly around midday, but we haven't got to the solstice yet, so the total hours of darkness per day should still be very slightly increasing...
ChrisHB Dec 2024 4:22pm, 15 Dec 2024 23,307 posts	0 ChrisHB Yes, really. Look at sunrise/sunset times. For London there are nine days with sunset at 15:51 before we creep to 15:52. We are more than half-way through those nine days. timeanddate.com Somebody more knowledgable and cleverer than me will probably come along to explain it.
Nord Rundeer 🦌 Dec 2024 4:39pm, 15 Dec 2024 4,799 posts	0 Nord Rundeer 🦌 Considering the benefits of having proper snow an' all, I'm happy with only giving up to 15:15 cf London 15:51.
Shark the Herald Angel Dec 2024 4:43pm, 15 Dec 2024 23,032 posts	0 Shark the Herald Angel Meeting Beans and her fabulous daughter quite by chance in the Old Town today.
um Dec 2024 5:38pm, 15 Dec 2024 9,116 posts	0 um For @ChrisHB and @Raetomic Kitten and anyone else interested is sunrise, sunset and day length. This is for London, but you can choose other places timeanddate.com
3FrenchMs Dec 2024 10:09pm, 15 Dec 2024 25,383 posts	0 3FrenchMs Something to do with the tilt of the Earth's axis, combined with the actual orbit, from memory. Probably wrong!
TeeBee Dec 2024 1:44pm, 16 Dec 2024 10,562 posts	0 TeeBee I love that table um. Thanks for sharing
ThorntonRunner Dec 2024 4:00pm, 16 Dec 2024 7,997 posts	0 ThorntonRunner 3M wrote:Something to do with the tilt of the Earth's axis, combined with the actual orbit, from memory. Probably wrong! Yeo - allied to the fact that one rotation of the Earth about its axis is just less than 24 hours (sidereal day 12h46m4s), with the remaining time in our 24h day made up by the Earth moving round the Sun
ThorntonRunner Dec 2024 4:01pm, 16 Dec 2024 7,998 posts	0 ThorntonRunner 23h56m4s - typing on small phone keyboard!