[BC] Solstice Today

[Mark Humphrey]

On 12/21/06, WFIFeng at aol.com <WFIFeng at aol.com> wrote:
> The sunSET will start getting later almost immediately, starting tomorrow...
> but the sunRISE will not. It will stay pretty much unchanged for almost 2
> weeks... in fact, it will still get about a minute or two *later* over the next
> 10-14 days. By the middle-end of the first week of January, sunrise will finally
> start to get earlier. By then, the sunSET will have moved back a good 10-15
> minutes later.

That's correct, in fact sunSET has occured slightly later each
afternoon since December 8, but the lateness of sunRISE changed more,
such that this is the "shortest day."

For anyone who wants to study this in detail, there are sunrise/set
tables for major cities at:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

Now, there is a "sunset" that ALWAYS gets later -- and later -- and
that's the sunset of analog TV.

Mark