And We Made It To The Winter Solstice...

[MonacoMike]

After tomorrow the daylight gets longer every day. We are on our way to Spring!

Happy Solstice

MM

 

[Gofirstclass]

Amen Mike. It's been so darned cloudy we haven't seen the sun in awhile. I'll have to take the newspaper's sunrise and sunset time as the gospel.

Now, a question I've never really found an answer to:

Is the daily increase in the times between sunrise and sunset linear, or do they start slow then speed up then slow down as we reach the summer solstice?

 

[sbw1]

After tomorrow the daylight gets longer every day. We are on our way to Spring!

Happy Solstice

MM

We measure the countdown by the size of our firewood stash.

 

[sbw1]

Amen Mike. It's been so darned cloudy we haven't seen the sun in awhile. I'll have to take the newspaper's sunrise and sunset time as the gospel.

Now, a question I've never really found an answer to:

Is the daily increase in the times between sunrise and sunset linear, or do they start slow then speed up then slow down as we reach the summer solstice?

If you are looking for something to do, weather.com has the sunrise and sunset times for everyday of every month. Will you do the math and report back? Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[searay495]

I've been waiting for this day. Twofold celebration, solstice and my daughters birthday. Start counting the days!!

 

[Boatingnut]

And yet, winter is just getting started. The Lake Michigan snow machine has barely been heard from. Yet.

 

[MonacoMike]

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If you are looking for something to do, weather.com has the sunrise and sunset times for everyday of every month. Will you do the math and report back? Inquiring minds want to know.

And a quick search seems to indicate that:

"Solstice means ‘the day the Sun stood still’, so at those two times of the year we expect little change from day-to-day."

"There is more change at the time of the equinoxes – autumn and spring – in March and September respectively. At those times the changes day-to-day can be up to three minutes."

This was written from a southern hemisphere point of reference, but still applies to the northern hemisphere.

MM

 

[northshore]

Is the daily increase in the times between sunrise and sunset linear, or do they start slow then speed up then slow down as we reach the summer solstice?

Mike, if I get what you are asking....

The wobble (angle in relation to the sun) of the earth on its axis is sinusoidal, so if you can picture a sine wave....
Right now we are at the bottom going up and the change in daylight increase vs time is relatively slow.
As you get to the '0' crossing of the sine wave, thats the vernal equinox and that is as fast as the change in daylight increase vs time will get. From there the rate of increase slows till you hit the summer solstice.

 

[Ezsteps]

YEAH. What he said^^^^^^

 

[Captn TJ]

Amen Mike. It's been so darned cloudy we haven't seen the sun in awhile. I'll have to take the newspaper's sunrise and sunset time as the gospel.

Now, a question I've never really found an answer to:

Is the daily increase in the times between sunrise and sunset linear, or do they start slow then speed up then slow down as we reach the summer solstice?

I always understood it to be linear - about 2 min a day. Oooops I should have read an earlier post - I stand corrected.

 

[Great Lakes]

YEAH. What he said^^^^^^

Haha! Hurt my head after the first sentence

 

[WV 320 Dancer]

So happy for this day!!! The same is true for June 21st, John st as it seems summer is just getting started we are losing daylight. While I was stationed on Guam we were almost the same each and every day.

 

[northshore]

Haha! Hurt my head after the first sentence

It's not that bad!

 

[M Prod]

*Happy dance!*

 

[MonacoMike]

And a quick search seems to indicate that:

"Solstice means ‘the day the Sun stood still’, so at those two times of the year we expect little change from day-to-day."

"There is more change at the time of the equinoxes – autumn and spring – in March and September respectively. At those times the changes day-to-day can be up to three minutes."

This was written from a southern hemisphere point of reference, but still applies to the northern hemisphere.

MM

I had always assumed it to be linear, I shared this with the Admiral and we discussed how we always thought that the days got short fast in the fall but did not realize they actually do.

MM

 

[M Prod]

I had always assumed it to be linear, I shared this with the Admiral and we discussed how we always thought that the days got short fast in the fall but did not realize they actually do.

MM

There’s a site I often look at that gives the times for sunrise/sunsets on given dates for any location. It also lists all sorts of stuff like solar noon, angle of sun, etc ..for any astronomy nerds like myself. In any case, I always thought it interesting how the days almost seem to stall out leading up to the solstice and (like you said) change more drastically from day to day through the equinox’s. The Earth’s tilt needs time to slow down and reverse at the solstices.

If anyone is interested:

https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/

 

[JVM225]

Can’t wait for Spring.
We’ve had two kinds of weather here since mid November.
1. Freezing cold.
2. Heavy Rain

 

[sdarc]

I'm going to dance naked around the hot tub.
That's a tradition, right?

 

[MonacoMike]

Can’t wait for Spring.
We’ve had two kinds of weather here since mid November.
1. Freezing cold.
2. Heavy Rain

From a boating perspective we also have had two kinds bad and worse. LOL

MM

 

[HavnFunYet?]

After tomorrow the daylight gets longer every day. We are on our way to Spring!

Happy Solstice

MM

For those of you who might know Bill Steffen, who is a local meteorologist, he said that between today and tomorrow, we get a whole extra second of daylight! Wahooooooo!