Monday, December 3, 2012

Heading towards solstice


It's that time of year when the days are shorter and the amount of daylight lost each day decreases until Winter Solstice on 12/21/12.  Last month we were losing over 5 minutes a day.  I'm very happy that it is slowing down :)

Rising and setting times for the Sun - Juneau, Alaska

   Length of daySolar noon
DateSunriseSunsetThis dayDifferenceTimeAltitudeDistance
(106 km)
Dec 1, 20128:21 AM3:13 PM6h 51m 49s− 2m 52s11:47 AM9.8° 147.486
Dec 2, 20128:23 AM3:12 PM6h 49m 03s− 2m 46s11:47 AM9.7° 147.463
Dec 3, 20128:24 AM3:11 PM6h 46m 23s− 2m 39s11:48 AM9.5° 147.442
Dec 4, 20128:26 AM3:10 PM6h 43m 51s− 2m 32s11:48 AM9.4° 147.421
Dec 5, 20128:28 AM3:09 PM6h 41m 26s− 2m 24s11:49 AM9.3° 147.401
Dec 6, 20128:29 AM3:08 PM6h 39m 09s− 2m 17s11:49 AM9.2° 147.381
Dec 7, 20128:31 AM3:08 PM6h 37m 01s− 2m 08s11:49 AM9.1° 147.362
Dec 8, 20128:32 AM3:07 PM6h 35m 00s− 2m 00s11:50 AM9.0° 147.344
Dec 9, 20128:34 AM3:07 PM6h 33m 08s− 1m 52s11:50 AM8.9° 147.326
Dec 10, 20128:35 AM3:06 PM6h 31m 24s− 1m 43s11:51 AM8.8° 147.309
Dec 11, 20128:36 AM3:06 PM6h 29m 49s− 1m 34s11:51 AM8.7° 147.293
Dec 12, 20128:37 AM3:06 PM6h 28m 23s− 1m 26s11:52 AM8.6° 147.277
Dec 13, 20128:39 AM3:06 PM6h 27m 06s− 1m 16s11:52 AM8.6° 147.261
Dec 14, 20128:40 AM3:06 PM6h 25m 58s− 1m 07s11:53 AM8.5° 147.246
Dec 15, 20128:41 AM3:06 PM6h 25m 00s− 58s11:53 AM8.5° 147.231
Dec 16, 20128:42 AM3:06 PM6h 24m 11s− 49s11:54 AM8.4° 147.217
Dec 17, 20128:42 AM3:06 PM6h 23m 31s− 39s11:54 AM8.4° 147.204
Dec 18, 20128:43 AM3:06 PM6h 23m 01s− 29s11:55 AM8.4° 147.191
Dec 19, 20128:44 AM3:06 PM6h 22m 41s− 20s11:55 AM8.4° 147.179
Dec 20, 20128:44 AM3:07 PM6h 22m 30s− 10s11:56 AM8.4° 147.167
Dec 21, 20128:45 AM3:07 PM6h 22m 30s< 1s11:56 AM8.4° 147.157
Dec 22, 20128:45 AM3:08 PM6h 22m 38s+ 08s11:57 AM8.4° 147.147
Dec 23, 20128:46 AM3:09 PM6h 22m 57s+ 18s11:57 AM8.4° 147.138
Dec 24, 20128:46 AM3:09 PM6h 23m 25s+ 28s11:58 AM8.4° 147.129
Dec 25, 20128:46 AM3:10 PM6h 24m 03s+ 38s11:58 AM8.4° 147.122
Dec 26, 20128:46 AM3:11 PM6h 24m 50s+ 46s11:59 AM8.5° 147.116
Dec 27, 20128:46 AM3:12 PM6h 25m 46s+ 56s11:59 AM8.5° 147.110
Dec 28, 20128:46 AM3:13 PM6h 26m 53s+ 1m 06s12:00 Noon8.6° 147.106
Dec 29, 20128:46 AM3:14 PM6h 28m 09s+ 1m 15s12:00 Noon8.6° 147.102
Dec 30, 20128:46 AM3:15 PM6h 29m 33s+ 1m 24s12:01 PM8.7° 147.100
Dec 31, 20128:46 AM3:17 PM6h 31m 07s+ 1m 33s12:01 PM8.8° 147.098

All times are in local time for Juneau
December Solstice (Winter Solstice) is on Friday, December 21, 2012 at 2:12 AM in Juneau. In most locations north of Equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date
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