Why is it getting dark so early?
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Courtesy of Wikipedia:
The closer a location is to the North or South Pole, the larger the range of variation in the night's length. Although equinoxes occur with a day and night close to equal length, before and after an equinox the ratio of night to day changes more rapidly in locations near the poles than in locations between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. In the Northern Hemisphere, Denmark has shorter nights in June than India has. In the Southern Hemisphere, Antarctica has longer nights in June than Chile has. The Northern and Southern Hemispheres of the world experience the same patterns of night length at the same latitudes, but the cycles are 6 months apart so that one hemisphere experiences long nights (winter) while the other is experiencing short nights (summer).
Near the two poles, extreme variations in daylight hours result in a continuous day for a portion of the summer, followed by continuous night during the depths of winter.
The closer a location is to the North or South Pole, the larger the range of variation in the night's length. Although equinoxes occur with a day and night close to equal length, before and after an equinox the ratio of night to day changes more rapidly in locations near the poles than in locations between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. In the Northern Hemisphere, Denmark has shorter nights in June than India has. In the Southern Hemisphere, Antarctica has longer nights in June than Chile has. The Northern and Southern Hemispheres of the world experience the same patterns of night length at the same latitudes, but the cycles are 6 months apart so that one hemisphere experiences long nights (winter) while the other is experiencing short nights (summer).
Near the two poles, extreme variations in daylight hours result in a continuous day for a portion of the summer, followed by continuous night during the depths of winter.
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It also depends on where in your time zone you are: closer to the Eastern edge of the time zone sunrise and sunset are earlier; closer to the Western edge sunrise and sunset are later.
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Originally Posted by kumainu,Nov 16 2006, 04:35 PM
This Wikipedia site, it's probably going to sell for like a gazillion dollars, like other popular websites.
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Next year daylight savings will start later and begine earlier so it stays lighter for longer in hopes to save some energy costs.
So next year you won't have to be annoyed about it getting dark earlier till later on in the year
So next year you won't have to be annoyed about it getting dark earlier till later on in the year