Nice site here, which will calculate sunrise / sunset times to the second for your precise location (as pinned on the map). It gives the times for a whole year.
https://www.sunearthtools.com/solar/sunrise-sunset-calendar.php
It seems that next year's sunset times are slightly earlier than this year's.
For example sunset occurred at 15:51:20 today at my location. A year from now the sun is due to go down at 15:51:04.
Today is the absolute nadir of sunset times: at my location, the sun goes down today at 15:50:12.
Tomorrow, a second later. Friday, another five seconds of daylight in the afternoon.
This time next week, the sun sets more than a minute later than today (at 15:51:36).
Think we get to 15.47 as the earliest ..which we are already at
Wanted to see how much difference the distance east / west makes and it turns out that if I drop the pin on the map exactly 10km to the east, today's sunset time is 15:49:36 for that location.
So 1km to the east, the sunset time is 3.6 seconds earlier at this latitude. By the same token, to make the sun set a second later or earlier, you have to travel 277 metres west or east respectively.
Doesn't make much of a practical difference I know, I just thought it was interesting. But all the same it's worth knowing that on a long bike ride in the summer I could have a few more minutes of daylight in the west, and a few fewer in the east.
That's right, I could be calling my mum in Yorkshire and she'd be saying that it had gone dark, while still light 40km to the West of Dublin. You also see that when watching live sport or live news reports in UK. The reverse is true in the morning of course.
Quote from: Fishy on December 13, 2023, 12:24:28 PMThink we get to 15.47 as the earliest ..which we are already at
So today is the last 15.47 sunset time in Ayr.. tomorrow is 15.48 and by New Year's Eve we're sitting at 15.57.. it's piss poor wet weather but still a nice feeling...
At the moment the sunset time is receding by about 14 secs a day.
(https://i.ibb.co/KW8P46f/chart.png)
Sunset times in NW Leics until the end of 2024.
The shortest day👍. Well could be tomorrow depending on where you are
That ancient wonder (built over 5200 years ago) about 20kms from me comes into its own today. The interior chamber lights up today from the light of the Winter Solstice sunrise. Incredible feat of engineering considering how nasty, brutish and short lives were back then.
https://heritageireland.ie/winter-solstice/
Broke the 16.00 hrs barrier in Ayr today..16.01 sunset to be exact.. good days ahead..
Here in NW Leics the sun will set 16 mins and 20 seconds later than it did on 13th Dec (the earliest point). At the moment the sunset time is receding by roughly 1 minute, 20 seconds each day. By the end of April it recedes by 1 minute, 44 seconds per day (then starts to slow down again).
Now broken the 16.15 barrier.. think it was yesterday actually .. today it's a 16:18 sunset👍
16:15 here yesterday, couple of weeks and it's 16:40 :)
Definitely noticing the lengthening daylight on the commute now.
Btw, Venus looked spectacular this morning.
Here in NW Leics, sunset will occur 31 minutes (and 8 seconds) later than it did on 13th December, at 16:21:20.
We break the 16.30 barrier in Ayr today.. 16.31 sunset.. pity the weather is so bad tho..
Nine seconds short of the psychologically important 16:30 barrier here in this particular location in NW Leics. Just checked Penzance (Western Cornwall) out of curiosity; the sun sets at 16:57 there this afternoon.
Ah ... today is the day we hit 16.47 sunset.. a full hour later than the earliest back in December..
Interesting! Here we've only got 54 mins of the afternoon daylight back compared to Dec 13th.
Looking at the figures we're getting it back at about 1 min, 50 secs per day at the moment.
Sunset here in NW Leics will occur 1 hr later than it did on Dec 13th on 1st Feb (actually 59 mins, 52 secs but hey).
Only 5 months until the nights start drawing in again...
Broke 17:00 sunset yesterday.. 17:02 today actually...
This graph shows the amount by which the sunset time changes, by date this year. We're at the top of the curve now (sunset 1 min, 56 seconds later than yesterday). But for example by 15th June, the sun will set only 31 seconds later than the previous day.
(https://i.ibb.co/k4jV81B/sunset-variance.png)
Nice graph.. also sunrise times are much earlier now..07.58 now.. think in mid dec it was about 8.47...
Quote from: Fishy on February 05, 2024, 09:39:21 PMBroke 17:00 sunset yesterday.. 17:02 today actually...
And 17:15 yesterday with today being 17:17
Still signs of sunlight approaching 6pm now. That's quite the stretch
Commuted both ways in daylight today. Definitely lifted the mood.
Quote from: Fishy on February 12, 2024, 01:34:34 PMQuote from: Fishy on February 05, 2024, 09:39:21 PMBroke 17:00 sunset yesterday.. 17:02 today actually...
And 17:15 yesterday with today being 17:17
17.30 today sunset..it's all going in the right direction
Here the sun will set at 17:30 on Thursday night. 18:30 on March 26th.
Really lovely sunrise this morning - at about 7.10am I was making my way to the train station on the bus; as it descended into Shibden valley the sun was sitting on the horizon, a soft pinky-orange in colour and overlooking the mist at the bottom of the valley.
On the south horizon about 12 miles away as the crow flies, Emley Moor's transmitter (the tallest free-standing structure in the U.K.) looked like a dark apparition set amongst the morning haze.
It all had the quality of an oil painting. :)
Sunset today 17:46 tomorrow it's 48 so over the next couple of nights we get 2 hrs more daylight than in december... earliest sunset @ 15.47
Walking the dogs at 6.30 am no longer feels like a nocturnal activity.
Two hours back as of today.
Dec 13th 2023 sunset - 15:50:12
Mar 4th 2024 sunset - 17:50:46
We hit 18:01 tonight
The next time sunset is before 6.00pm is in late October. :)
I'm in Pembrokeshire this weekend. The sun will set here at 1840 this evening, 13 mins later than at home in Leicestershire.
18:42 in Ayr tonight and of course this time next week clocks will be forward an hour.. rejoice...
Sun will be setting after 8pm from next week here in Navan when the clocks spring forward. 18:48 tonight
I feel more and more that this is the phase of the year I should be soaking up and making the most of. Not wasting time waiting for that heatwave and cider in the garden. I always have a weird inner feeling this time of year just before spring. Not an entirely happy sensation and difficult to describe. A kind of uneasiness which I remember used to affect my late mum too. Must be a primitive response of some kind. Must do some research.
Quote from: Slim on March 24, 2024, 09:32:10 AMI'm in Pembrokeshire this weekend. The sun will set here at 1840 this evening, 13 mins later than at home in Leicestershire.
Love Pembrokeshire
Tonight 18:53 tomorrow night 19:55😀
There is a solar eclipse happening next Monday (8th April). Will spend the day travelling through Mexico, the US and the Atlantic. It will arrive in Ireland in the evening just as the sun sets (only a partial eclipse by the time it gets here) Western parts of Britain will be able to catch it for a couple of minutes just as the sun sets (providing its not covered by cloud of course)
https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/@2962661?iso=20240408
Up until the longest day we seem to be hovering around the4.35 am sunrise 10.05 sunset times.. then it's the gradual slide downhill...
Quote from: Fishy on June 12, 2024, 11:46:16 PMUp until the longest day we seem to be hovering around the4.35 am sunrise 10.05 sunset times.. then it's the gradual slide downhill...
Uphill of downhill, with the amount of rain it looks grim all day.
Quote from: Thenop on June 13, 2024, 06:32:37 AMQuote from: Fishy on June 12, 2024, 11:46:16 PMUp until the longest day we seem to be hovering around the4.35 am sunrise 10.05 sunset times.. then it's the gradual slide downhill...
Uphill of downhill, with the amount of rain it looks grim all day.
I'm seriously thinking of ordering a firewood delivery and I can see me lighting the stove at the solstice. The central heating thermostat just need to drop half a degree tonight and the heating will kickstart in any case. Quite depressing and also a bit worrying. On the other hand, midges seem to be thriving this year. This area isn't usually terribly troubled by them but these past few nights they've been quite unbearable. Even the foxes are reacting to them. I didn't think that midges could tolerate cold weather but they're obviously managing. I hope the cold at least keeps the dengue carrying mosquitoes at bay.
Quote from: The Picnic Wasp on June 13, 2024, 11:12:37 AMQuote from: Thenop on June 13, 2024, 06:32:37 AMQuote from: Fishy on June 12, 2024, 11:46:16 PMUp until the longest day we seem to be hovering around the4.35 am sunrise 10.05 sunset times.. then it's the gradual slide downhill...
Uphill of downhill, with the amount of rain it looks grim all day.
I'm seriously thinking of ordering a firewood delivery and I can see me lighting the stove at the solstice. The central heating thermostat just need to drop half a degree tonight and the heating will kickstart in any case. Quite depressing and also a bit worrying. On the other hand, midges seem to be thriving this year. This area isn't usually terribly troubled by them but these past few nights they've been quite unbearable. Even the foxes are reacting to them. I didn't think that midges could tolerate cold weather but they're obviously managing. I hope the cold at least keeps the dengue carrying mosquitoes at bay.
I regularly overturn any container large enough to get rid of access water so the larves don't stand a chance.
Being in the east part of Holland now the severe lack of insects is scary. Some regular flies, the large red hornet that lives here (I see him every year, he is harmless unless provoked - I am just in awe), a midge or the occasional mosquito, that's it.
Today there's finally some sunshine but it's been terrible so far.
Happy solstice everyone..😀
Quote from: pdw1 on June 20, 2024, 07:23:53 PMQuote from: Nickslikk2112 on June 20, 2024, 03:09:02 PMQuote from: Fishy on June 20, 2024, 12:00:16 PMHappy solstice everyone..😀
Here comes Winter...
Did it ever leave?
It's been so cold and wet until now that I didn't suffer from my usual angst in the lead up this year. I'm not so bothered about the drawing-in process so long as the weather is a bit better and we have a long enjoyable summer. The darker nights stop my interfering neighbours sticking their noses into fox activity in any case.
Here in the East Midlands, tomorrow night is the latest sunset - two seconds later than this evening (and Tuesday evening) at 20:34:05 GMT, or 9:34pm and 5 secs BST.
Sunset here is 22.05 til Fri.. then it's 22.04 and the slow decline starts..
Here, sunset at 20:15:58 BST this evening. This time next week, just before 20:00. At the moment the afternoons are shrinking at 2 mins, 12 secs per day.
It's all very depressing really..
The sunsets last week on me jollies were about half an hour earlier than that so I haven't really had the sense this week that the nights are drawing in - but it's definitely in the post.
Today is the last day of Meteorological summer .. I'm not sure it ever started tbh...
Sunset now at 16.49 today
Quote from: Fishy on October 27, 2024, 08:44:19 AMSunset now at 16.49 today
Just slightly worse here, 16:44.
We hit 16.00 sunset this coming weekend
So going by posts from last year in Ayr we hit the earliest sunset at 15.47 by the 13th Dec..
Chesterfield gets an earliest sunset of 15:47 from the 9th to 16th of December.
Another month and the evenings start to draw out again :) The mornings keep getting darker though.
Sunset tonight was 16:04 here. A the moment we're losing about 1 min 15s of afternoon daylight per day, but that's slowing down. By 5th December, sunset gets earlier by less than 30 seconds each day.
The earliest sunset here will be on 13th December. The sun sets 4 seconds later the next day.
Thought I'd ask ChatGPT...
The earliest sunset in Ayr, Scotland, this year occurs from December 11th to December 17th, when the sunset is at 3:47 PM. This time remains consistent for these days before gradually shifting later in the month � �.
Ok today we hit 15.47 earliest sunset.. til the 18th then it's 15.48.. rejoice
15:50:22 here today. A year ago exactly, 15:50:30. Next year, 15:50:24.
Today is the last of the
15.47 sunset times.. tomorrow is 15.48. It may only be a minute but I'm having it...
As of today we've got 38 seconds back since the Dec 13th nadir. Tomorrow, 56 seconds.
After 30th December we start to get more than a minute a day back.
Ah 15.48 today ......by Christmas Day we're at 15.52 and by New Years Eve we reach the giddy heights of 15.58.....
Sunset times for the rest of the year, in terms of the number of minutes of daylight we've got back since Dec 13th (the earliest sunset).
(https://i.ibb.co/Y8MqTM8/sunset-restyear.png)
Tantalisingly close on the last day of the year to a 16:00 sunset but alas it's 15:58.. we hit 16:01 on Friday
Twenty seconds over the 1600 GMT mark here in NW Leics. 62 seconds later than yesterday.
Quote from: Fishy on December 31, 2024, 02:31:26 PMTantalisingly close on the last day of the year to a 16:00 sunset but alas it's 15:58.. we hit 16:01 on Friday
16.01 and it's still pretty light..
Sunset here tonight (Tue) is at 16:19. 29 minutes of daylight back.
16:18 sunset today so 31 mins back..
By wed 29th sunset will be 16.47.... an hour back from earliest sunset..
16:36:34 today. Updated my spreadsheet with the 2025 figures. We're getting roughly 1 min, 50 seconds of afternoon daylight back per day at the moment.
Interestingly that peaks on 18th Feb, when the afternoon will be 1 min, 55 secs longer than the previous day.
Quote from: Fishy on January 22, 2025, 11:04:44 PMBy wed 29th sunset will be 16.47.... an hour back from earliest sunset..
And today is the day.. nice feeling and January almost out the way which is an even better feeling.. by Feb 1 we're at 16.53
Sunset at 16:45:49 here, so we've got 55 mins and 37 secs of afternoon daylight back since the 13th Dec nadir.
I used to leave work at 4.30 pm so this time of year was really special as it was still quite light when I arrived home. Traffic permitting.
Quote from: The Picnic Wasp on January 29, 2025, 11:50:38 AMI used to leave work at 4.30 pm so this time of year was really special as it was still quite light when I arrived home. Traffic permitting.
Yes, I've officially entered the time of year I commute both ways in daylight. Daffs will be up before I know it. :)
Sunset occurs at 17:24 today, nearly 94 minutes later than 13th Dec 2024. Third column has the increase in afternoon daylight since that date, fourth is the increase since the previous day. As you can see it starts to slow down a bit from now. So today's sunset is 1 min, 55 secs later than yesterday's, but (for example) 11th March is only 1 min, 49 seconds later than 10th March.
(https://i.ibb.co/R4gS3Pdm/sunsetfeb25.png)
Some weirdness with time here.. we were an hour ahead of UK time getting here and they've now put the time back an hour due to Ramadan staring next weekend so we're back in alignment with Uk time.. sunset today 18.26
17.59 sunset today.. tomorrow 18.01..
Here it was 17:50 (and 20 seconds), but: as of today we've got 2 hrs (and 8 seconds) of the afternoon daylight back.
Quote from: Slim on March 04, 2025, 06:38:11 PMHere it was 17:50 (and 20 seconds), but: as of today we've got 2 hrs (and 8 seconds) of the afternoon daylight back.
Although south of you, we had the sun for one minute longer. I'm assuming that's due to longitude.
Quote from: David L on March 04, 2025, 07:22:28 PMAlthough south of you, we had the sun for one minute longer. I'm assuming that's due to longitude.
Glad you mentioned that because I've never really known quite how it works so I looked it up. The sunset line comes in at an angle and it's not straight (as you'd expect on a curved surface).
(https://i.ibb.co/0VjjfgsM/sunline.png)
I like that you appear to have taken the trouble of plotting the line through my home town showing clearly the reason for the difference. Nice one!
Really interesting. The angle at which the sunset comes over depends on the time of year. So in January it passes over like this:
(https://i.ibb.co/qYGGJjMx/sunsetlinejan.png)
.. but in May it comes over like this:
(https://i.ibb.co/27LkjJYc/sunsetlinemay.png)
https://in-the-sky.org/twilightmap.php
Looks like our sunset times align on April 1st according to this site
https://www.generalblue.com/march-2025-coalville-england-uk-sunrise-sunset-calendar
My overall mood has noticeably lifted with the lengthening days and fair weather this week.
Those maps showing the dividing line between light and dark have really surprised me - I always thought that the further West you were the later you would have sunlight but in Jan London has sunlight when Glasgow is dark
Do you have the equivalent for the mornings?
Quote from: dom on March 05, 2025, 10:51:35 AMThose maps showing the dividing line between light and dark have really surprised me - I always thought that the further West you were the later you would have sunlight but in Jan London has sunlight when Glasgow is dark
Do you have the equivalent for the mornings?
That's because London's further South. Explain this away flat Earthers.
Quote from: Matt2112 on March 05, 2025, 10:16:40 AMMy overall mood has noticeably lifted with the lengthening days and fair weather this week.
Mine has too. I had a real struggle in January but it's a distant memory now. Onwards and upwards! :)
Quote from: dom on March 05, 2025, 10:51:35 AMThose maps showing the dividing line between light and dark have really surprised me - I always thought that the further West you were the later you would have sunlight but in Jan London has sunlight when Glasgow is dark
Do you have the equivalent for the mornings?
Yes so if you go to the link: https://in-the-sky.org/twilightmap.php
Zoom into the UK or other place of interest using the buttons at the top left. Then set the date and time using the controls over the map.
For example 08:22 on 25th Dec 2024 is shown below. Confusingly the line you see passing through Middlesbrough is not the actual sunset line, it's when the sun is 1 degree below the horizon (because that's when "daylight" is considered to start). But the sunset line follows it quite closely obviously. On this map it would be passing over the tip of Cornwall and Hull, roughly. You can see where it is on the site by hovering the mouse over the map.
(https://i.ibb.co/v6gDQqtQ/sunrise6jan.png)
Quote from: Matt2112 on March 05, 2025, 10:16:40 AMMy overall mood has noticeably lifted with the lengthening days and fair weather this week.
Since the installation of Solar panels, good sunny days leave me feeling even better, but dark cloudy days worse.
Quote from: Nickslikk2112 on March 05, 2025, 10:57:49 AMQuote from: dom on March 05, 2025, 10:51:35 AMThose maps showing the dividing line between light and dark have really surprised me - I always thought that the further West you were the later you would have sunlight but in Jan London has sunlight when Glasgow is dark
Do you have the equivalent for the mornings?
That's because London's further South. Explain this away flat Earthers.
i guess that in the Summer further North is lighter and the reverse in the Winter
Quote from: dom on March 05, 2025, 12:10:02 PMQuote from: Nickslikk2112 on March 05, 2025, 10:57:49 AMQuote from: dom on March 05, 2025, 10:51:35 AMThose maps showing the dividing line between light and dark have really surprised me - I always thought that the further West you were the later you would have sunlight but in Jan London has sunlight when Glasgow is dark
Do you have the equivalent for the mornings?
That's because London's further South. Explain this away flat Earthers.
i guess that in the Summer further North is lighter and the reverse in the Winter
Correct :)
Quote from: Nickslikk2112 on March 05, 2025, 03:08:58 PMQuote from: dom on March 05, 2025, 12:10:02 PMQuote from: Nickslikk2112 on March 05, 2025, 10:57:49 AMQuote from: dom on March 05, 2025, 10:51:35 AMThose maps showing the dividing line between light and dark have really surprised me - I always thought that the further West you were the later you would have sunlight but in Jan London has sunlight when Glasgow is dark
Do you have the equivalent for the mornings?
That's because London's further South. Explain this away flat Earthers.
i guess that in the Summer further North is lighter and the reverse in the Winter
Correct :)
I am always a bit disappointed when travelling to warmer climes such as The Canary Isles etc when it gets dark quite early!
Quote from: David L on March 05, 2025, 05:36:03 PMI am always a bit disappointed when travelling to warmer climes such as The Canary Isles etc when it gets dark quite early!
That's compensated for me, in the summer at least, by the sunsets being exquisitely beautiful and that it's always warm enough through the night just for t-shirts and shorts.
Quote from: Slim on March 05, 2025, 11:38:38 AMYes so if you go to the link: https://in-the-sky.org/twilightmap.php
Zoom into the UK or other place of interest using the buttons at the top left. Then set the date and time using the controls over the map.
One some days in January, the sun has set over parts of Ireland when it's still up over quite a significant region of England, and most of Wales. Never would have thought that.
Was looking up when the Spring equinox occurs this year (20th March)and came across a new term - equilux. Equinox is an astronomical term when the Earth has no tilt towards the Sun. This means that day and night are more or less equal. Equilux is when day and night are exactly equal. This year in our neck of the woods it's the 17th or 18th, depending exactly where on the neck.
Today is a great day.. clocks forward tonight👍 18:49 sunset tonight.. tomorrow its 19:51
By tomorrow we're at 20:01👍
Quote from: Fishy on April 03, 2025, 07:31:45 PMBy tomorrow we're at 20:01👍
And cloudless skies for the next few days.
Sunset tomorrow is 21:12
Bit of a sobering* thought but the longest day is now only a month away.. this year is just racing by...
Quote from: Fishy on May 22, 2025, 11:36:33 PMBit of a sobering* thought but the longest day is now only a month away.. this year is just racing by...
Time goes quicker when you're retired. It a scientific fact.
Quote from: pxr5 on May 23, 2025, 05:58:28 PMQuote from: Fishy on May 22, 2025, 11:36:33 PMBit of a sobering* thought but the longest day is now only a month away.. this year is just racing by...
Time goes quicker when you're retired. It a scientific fact.
I would have to agree with that..😁
So sunrise tomorrow here is 04:37 with sunset at 21:59... thought I'd check all the way til the longest day... best we get is a sunrise at 04:35 and sunset at 22:05..
We lose our first minute at sunset on the 29th June.. 22:04 and sunrises by then are already later at 04:39
Enjoy the longest day people ...😀💥
Quote from: Fishy on June 21, 2025, 08:18:50 AMEnjoy the longest day people ...😀💥
Unfortunately it feels like hell today with 30+ degrees here. But we get to enjoy the light, that's true.
It's great that you can wait till things have cooled down and still take the dog down the park at 9:30pm in almost broad daylight.
Definitely a day of mixed feelings.
Quote from: The Picnic Wasp on June 21, 2025, 01:01:36 PMDefinitely a day of mixed feelings.
It's all downhill from here until somehwere late December, after which it becomes an uphill battle. Bit of a struggle this light thing isn't it?
Quote from: Thenop on June 21, 2025, 03:56:55 PMQuote from: The Picnic Wasp on June 21, 2025, 01:01:36 PMDefinitely a day of mixed feelings.
It's all downhill from here until somehwere late December, after which it becomes an uphill battle. Bit of a struggle this light thing isn't it?
It's all a bit weird. I definitely get the pit of the stomach sensation of slight dread when this date is finally reached, and yet when the dark nights eventually win I quite enjoy them. It's obviously the Watchmaker process running silently in my subconscious. I can't remember when this kicked in. At primary school I was so excited when the clocks went back and we all got to wear our hi-viz armbands and stuff. Autumn was a brilliant time as a child. Conkers (collecting and playing), the more adventurous and neighbour annoying street games, scrumping, Halloween, Guy Fawkes, crap bangers thereafter and then the Blue Peter Advent candle coat hanger thingy which meant presents very soon.
We have until late October when things get really bad. Let's enjoy it till then.
Quote from: Matt2112 on June 22, 2025, 02:45:32 AMWe have until late October when things get really bad. Let's enjoy it till then.
By mid sept it's going downhill fast for me..
This year's latest sunset, here anyway, occurs on 24th June. Tonight's sunset occurs 9 seconds later than last night's. Tomorrow night's, another 5 seconds later. Then another 3 seconds later on Tuesday, at 21:34:05.
Sunset tonight. 22:00.. tomorrow 21:59 :(
Sunset at 21:22:25 here today. We're losing about a minute of afternoon daylight per day at the moment. Lost 11 minutes since 24th June.
We hit sunset at 20:00 this Saturday..oh dear...
Autumn equinox tomorrow.
Day time and night time even.
Back to where we were on 21st/22nd March.
From now on until the Winter solstice nights become progressively longer than days.
Quote from: dom on September 21, 2025, 02:46:26 PMAutumn equinox tomorrow.
Day time and night time even.
Back to where we were on 21st/22nd March.
From now on until the Winter solstice nights become progressively longer than days.
Winter is Coming
Quote from: Thenop on September 21, 2025, 04:37:57 PMQuote from: dom on September 21, 2025, 02:46:26 PMAutumn equinox tomorrow.
Day time and night time even.
Back to where we were on 21st/22nd March.
From now on until the Winter solstice nights become progressively longer than days.
Winter is Coming
Fuck!
Quote from: Fishy on September 21, 2025, 04:45:57 PMQuote from: Thenop on September 21, 2025, 04:37:57 PMQuote from: dom on September 21, 2025, 02:46:26 PMAutumn equinox tomorrow.
Day time and night time even.
Back to where we were on 21st/22nd March.
From now on until the Winter solstice nights become progressively longer than days.
Winter is Coming
Fuck!
You'll always have Cyprus..
Quote from: Thenop on September 21, 2025, 05:52:25 PMQuote from: Fishy on September 21, 2025, 04:45:57 PMQuote from: Thenop on September 21, 2025, 04:37:57 PMQuote from: dom on September 21, 2025, 02:46:26 PMAutumn equinox tomorrow.
Day time and night time even.
Back to where we were on 21st/22nd March.
From now on until the Winter solstice nights become progressively longer than days.
Winter is Coming
Fuck!
You'll always have Cyprus..
Gets dark here quite early.. warm as hell which makes the difference
(https://i.ibb.co/prGWq9Rb/G1a-Pu-2b-MAEY2i9.jpg)
Clocks back an hour this weekend. Sunset Saturday is 17:56 on Sunday it's 16:54.. sad face.....
Quote from: Fishy on October 24, 2025, 11:44:18 AMClocks back an hour this weekend. Sunset Saturday is 17:56 on Sunday it's 16:54.. sad face.....
oh crap, I thought it was next week. Well, at least that gives Feyenoord one hour of extra rest before Sunday's game.
Aaaand this is why I have my annual pilgrimage to Athens at this time of year - because it will almost certainly be in the low-to-mid 20s Celsius and sunny all day.
Will this day ever end? Asking for a friend..
Nov 25 we break the 16:00 sunset barrier here with 15:59.. this time of year sucks..
Quote from: Fishy on November 13, 2025, 10:55:49 PMNov 25 we break the 16:00 sunset barrier here with 15:59.. this time of year sucks..
Not as much as January and February IMHO
By 1st Dec we're at 15:53 sunset so 6 mins out from the earliest in mid Dec
Quote from: David L on November 13, 2025, 11:03:45 PMQuote from: Fishy on November 13, 2025, 10:55:49 PMNov 25 we break the 16:00 sunset barrier here with 15:59.. this time of year sucks..
Not as much as January and February IMHO
I think those months feel bad because winter has been hanging around so long by then. The garden is beginning to get in a right state and because we have dogs I feel the grass will never grow again. However, it's also rapidly getting lighter by then and sometimes there's actual warmth in the air.
Quote from: Fishy on November 18, 2025, 03:42:16 PMBy 1st Dec we're at 15:53 sunset so 6 mins out from the earliest in mid Dec
Not too far away from the shortest day now though and I always enjoy the knowledge of a turning point being passed. Going back to work after the holidays used to be the worst time for me, driving there and back in the dark, but by the end of January that had started to resolve.
At the moment here in NW Leics sunset is getting earlier at a rate of about 1 min 15 secs a day. But by 5th December, that slows to about 30 seconds a day. The earliest sunset will occur on 13th December. 15:50.
Quote from: The Picnic Wasp on November 18, 2025, 04:59:08 PMQuote from: David L on November 13, 2025, 11:03:45 PMQuote from: Fishy on November 13, 2025, 10:55:49 PMNov 25 we break the 16:00 sunset barrier here with 15:59.. this time of year sucks..
Not as much as January and February IMHO
I think those months feel bad because winter has been hanging around so long by then. However, it's also rapidly getting lighter by then and sometimes there's actual warmth in the air.
Do you live in the UK?
Quote from: David L on November 18, 2025, 07:26:48 PMQuote from: The Picnic Wasp on November 18, 2025, 04:59:08 PMQuote from: David L on November 13, 2025, 11:03:45 PMQuote from: Fishy on November 13, 2025, 10:55:49 PMNov 25 we break the 16:00 sunset barrier here with 15:59.. this time of year sucks..
Not as much as January and February IMHO
I think those months feel bad because winter has been hanging around so long by then. However, it's also rapidly getting lighter by then and sometimes there's actual warmth in the air.
Do you live in the UK?
I take your point but I can recall years where there has been pleasant enough weather in February.
Yes Jan/Feb are much better.. you know you're on the up after the shortest day
Quote from: The Picnic Wasp on November 18, 2025, 08:20:07 PMQuote from: David L on November 18, 2025, 07:26:48 PMQuote from: The Picnic Wasp on November 18, 2025, 04:59:08 PMQuote from: David L on November 13, 2025, 11:03:45 PMQuote from: Fishy on November 13, 2025, 10:55:49 PMNov 25 we break the 16:00 sunset barrier here with 15:59.. this time of year sucks..
Not as much as January and February IMHO
I think those months feel bad because winter has been hanging around so long by then. However, it's also rapidly getting lighter by then and sometimes there's actual warmth in the air.
Do you live in the UK?
I take your point but I can recall years where there has been pleasant enough weather in February.
A bit like today? Here at least. Cold but clear. Lovely 7-mile walk in the sunshine :)
Here's the average year-round weather for Witney:
https://weatherspark.com/y/41605/Average-Weather-in-Witney-United-Kingdom-Year-Round
Jan/Feb as overcast as now but colder.
We hit the earliest sunset on the 11th. Dec @ 15:47
I like the morning commute in December - unlike in November, the sun doesn't get right in my eyes. And in late December I'm not commuting at all. :D
Dec19th sunset 15:48 a minute back.. we've turned the corner..
Just checked the data for Navan. Still have 15 more minutes of daylight to lose in the morning but today is as early as it gets for sunset. It stays at 16:06 until the 18th when we get a minute back
By the shortest day we've got 2 mins back at sunset 15:49
Here in the East Midlands, or at least in this specific location, sunset occurred this afternoon at 15:50 and 12 seconds. Same as yesterday. But tomorrow they start to get later - only 3 seconds but hey.
But by Christmas Day we're getting over 40 seconds of afternoon back per day.
(https://i.ibb.co/6RFh3kGf/G8-EX1-NUXo-AQHG5-X.jpg)
Quote from: Slim on December 13, 2025, 06:23:06 PMBut by Christmas Day we're getting over 40 seconds of afternoon back per day.
Mornings are still getting shorter though...
Always look on the Bright side of life :)
Quote from: Fishy on December 07, 2025, 10:30:22 PMDec19th sunset 15:48 a minute back.. we've turned the corner..
. And today is the day.. Rejoice!!
From my spreadsheet, the remaining days in 2025 following the earliest sunset.
(https://i.ibb.co/sv1M1cKf/sunset.png)
The second column is the sunset time (here), the third is the amount of time it occurs after the earliest sunset on 13th Dec, the fourth is the amount of time after the previous sunset.
So today's sunset happens 25 seconds later than last night's.
Winter solstice today.. rejoice again !
Today's sunset will occur 2 mins and 5 secs later in the day than it did on 13th Dec.
Slightly depressingly, this time next year on Dec 21st 2026, sunset occurs 1 minute and 18 seconds earlier by clock time than today.
By Jan 3rd we break the 16:00 sunset barrier with 16:01..
3:53 pm sunset today👍
By the end of the year (ie four days' time), we're pushing the sunset back by over a minute a day.
Quote from: Slim on December 27, 2025, 03:15:02 PMBy the end of the year (ie four days' time), we're pushing the sunset back by over a minute a day.
Yet sunrise times are still at their latest.
Oh doom and gloom...
Well this cheered me up, especially as I had flu over Christmas, bright day today and to the west after 5 the sky was still blue
3.54 pm this evening..😀
And sunrise times now get earlier :)
Only six months and the days get shorter again...
Full 10 mins back by tonight.. 3:57 sunset
3.58 pm sunset today
Quote from: Fishy on December 21, 2025, 09:46:18 PMBy Jan 3rd we break the 16:00 sunset barrier with 16:01..
And here we are😀
Ok a week into the new year and sunset time now 16:06
16:11 today and it's quite noticeable the extra minutes of daylight now
Updated my spreadsheet with the 2026 times. The sun sets here at 16:17:21 this afternoon, 27 minutes later than the earliest on 13th Dec. We're getting the afternoon daylight back at about 1 min 34 secs per day at the moment.
Annoyingly a year ago today the sun set at 16:17:44, 23 seconds earlier than this afternoon.
Light until nearly 5:00pm tonight
:)
This chart shows "sunset speed"; the number of minutes per day at which the sunset is receding (here in NW Leics but I think should be very similar throughout much of the UK).
Today's sunset is 1 min, 46 seconds later than yesterday's. The maximum daily sunset difference is 7th Feb (1 min, 56 seconds later than 6th Feb).
From today until early June.
(https://i.ibb.co/67XfgMqG/sunsetspeed.png)
This Thursday we get a whole hour back from the earliest sunset now at 16:47
Quote from: Fishy on January 25, 2026, 12:31:47 PMThis Thursday we get a whole hour back from the earliest sunset now at 16:47
And today's the day.. rejoice😀
New month.. today sunset is 16:50
Today's the day we've got a whole hour (and 50 seconds) of afternoon daylight back here in the East Midlands.
(https://i.ibb.co/q3sFtJnn/sunsetonehour.png)
By 5th March, we'll have two hours back. A bit less than five weeks' time.
17:04 sunset today
Today's the day the sun sets after 5pm here in the East Midlands, 17:00:35. At the moment we're getting afternoon daylight back at a rate of about 1 min 55 secs per day.
Sunset after 6pm on 10th March.
Start of March brings us here to 17:53 sunset and 18:01 by Thursday
Didn't know this before but the sun only rises exactly in the East and sets exactly to the West on 2 days, September 21st and March 21st.
It's on a constant pendulum and on June 21st it rises in the North East and sets in the North West
On December 21st it rises in South East and sets in the South West never touching the northern side of the sky
It covers much more of the sky and goes much higher in the sky in the Summer. On December 21st it sticks to the Southern horizon climbing much less than in the summer
As of today, we have two hours of afternoon daylight back here in NW Leics.
(https://i.ibb.co/xtr3C8W5/ss260305.png)
18:03 for us.. didn't realise we were already past 6pm.. great stuff
It's the spring Equilux today.. equal hours of light and dark. That's a new one on me..
Quote from: Fishy on March 17, 2026, 07:04:05 PMIt's the spring Equilux today.. equal hours of light and dark. That's a new one on me..
Sounds like a brand of windowblinds
Quote from: Fishy on March 17, 2026, 07:04:05 PMIt's the spring Equilux today.. equal hours of light and dark. That's a new one on me..
Yes the spring equinox (in 3 days) is more than 12 hours because daylight starts before the sun has fully risen and ends slightly after it has set
Here in NW Leicestershire, today is the day when we've got "more than average" afternoon daylight over the year. The average time between midday and sunset, over the whole year, is 6 hrs and 14 minutes. Today it's more than 6 hrs and 15 minutes.
Quote from: Slim on March 18, 2026, 05:19:25 PMHere in NW Leicestershire, today is the day when we've got "more than average" afternoon daylight over the year. The average time between midday and sunset, over the whole year, is 6 hrs and 14 minutes. Today it's more than 6 hrs and 15 minutes.
Come to think of it this only works if you think of midday as 1200 GMT all year round. So if you take BST into account, we're still hard done by.
Quote from: dom on March 18, 2026, 12:31:01 PMQuote from: Fishy on March 17, 2026, 07:04:05 PMIt's the spring Equilux today.. equal hours of light and dark. That's a new one on me..
Yes the spring equinox (in 3 days) is more than 12 hours because daylight starts before the sun has fully risen and ends slightly after it has set
Because of refraction you can still see the sun after it sets and of course you see it before it rises.
Clocks forward tonight.. yes! Sunset tomorrow 19:49
Sunset after 8pm (just) tomorrow night, here.
Is it me or did the dark evenings seem to pass rather quickly?
Quote from: Slim on April 12, 2026, 11:13:58 PMSunset after 8pm (just) tomorrow night, here.
Is it me or did the dark evenings seem to pass rather quickly?
Felt like it, racing towards the end then.
I think the spring forward at the end of March spoils thing a bit in terms of the gradual progression away from Winter. It's like a warp drive into Summer
We're gaining afternoon daylight at a rate of 1 min, 45 secs a day here in NW Leics at the moment. About 9 seconds per day slower than three months ago. Sunset at 8:29 BST here this evening.
So we hit the longest day .. sunset here at 22.05.. it's not until the 29th of June we lose our first minute at 22:04
Tonight is the latest sunset here, 21:24:05 BST. A second earlier tomorrow night.