The nights are drawing out again

[robjh]

In case you don't believe me :

9 seconds later today than yesterday. Still a couple more weeks of misery in the mornings though.

(if any solar system experts can explain why the latest sunrise and earliest sunset don't occur on the same day, please be my guest)

 

[Bromptonaut]

We've always said there was a noticeable change in evening light, quality if not duration, by Boxing Day.

 

[nappadang]

[QUOTE 2823544, member: 9609"]we dont go round the sun in a perfect circle. Sun midday (when sun is highest in sky) varies from about 11:45 in mid jan to about 12:15 GMT. in Mid Nov
I think the darkest evening is about the 14th and darkest morning about the 30th (might be other way around) shortest day about the 21st[/quote]
This explains it perfectly. Until the solstice we we will see less daylight but slightly darker mornings tend to account for this.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Also the tilt of the earth has an effect, I did used to know all this stuff.

 

[Telemark]

Here are the daily sunset & sunrise times, noon times, angle of the sun at midday, nautical vs. civil vs. astronomical twilight times & moon rise etc for Edinburgh ... you can do other places too

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[classic33]

Shorten until the 21st with the 22nd being a second longer.
http://www.sunearthtools.com/solar/sunrise-sunset-calendar.php

 

[fossyant]

It gets a bit darker in the mornings for a while though, but we are on the turn. Whoop

 

[slowmotion]

It's all here.
http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/nao/online/

 

[paul04]

I find this website very good
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?n=302

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Mind this is all very good for light ect, but the coldest day in the northern hemisphere is the 19th of Jan (on avg), after that point we start to receive more energy from the sun than we lose.

 

[Linford]

Soo dark this morning....doesn't help that we are having heavy rain and gusting winds here right now...cycling weather it isn't

 

[helston90]

Varies around the country which I never thought about either- today in Truro sunset is 16.18 according to Timeanddate.com, in Manchester it's 15.50 then way up in Edinburgh it's 15.38- 40minutes before my sun sets.
It makes sense when you think about it- but you can probably make up the OP's 9 seconds by cycling home towards the south.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

This is not the best app out there I had stuff years that was better, but i am a little busy at the moment.

http://in-the-sky.org/twilightmap.php

http://www.lizard-tail.com/isana/lab/astro_calc/terminator.html

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

Here in North Wales there has been a succession of cloudy grey days, so it barely seems to get light. I don't think I could cope with a Finnish winter.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

yeah, perma-dull in Manchester this last week or so too. I'd rather bright and crisp than grey & damp