Contrary to popular belief, the equinox doesn’t usher in 12-plus hours of daylight. That happened last week. That’s because of the way we define sunrise and sunset. A sunrise is defined as the exact moment the upper arc of the sun touches the eastern horizon. A sunset is the exact moment the…
Contrary to popular belief, the equinox doesn’t usher in 12-plus hours of daylight. That happened last week. That’s because of the way we define sunrise and sunset.
A sunrise is defined as the exact moment the upper arc of the sun touches the eastern horizon. A sunset is the exact moment the upper arc touches the western horizon. So we’ll have around 12 hours and 5 minutes of daylight Tuesday.
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Contrary to popular belief, the equinox doesn’t usher in 12-plus hours of daylight. That happened last week. That’s because of the way we defi…
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