Shortest Day of the Year

I believe this is the first time I have every blogged twice in the same day. I have written multiple posts on the same day but never posted more than one. I would have just tacked this onto the music monday post, but I didn't think about it until later.

Today is the shortest day of the year. Sunrise was at 7:12 this morning and sunset at 4:31.  We got 9 hours 19 minutes of daylight. In six months will be the longest day of the month. Sunrise will be at 5:49 and sunset at 9:16.  They daylight will be 15 hours and 27 minutes. I got this information from a great site called gaisma.

The Earth is weird and things like this fascinate me.

• Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Length	Change	Dawn	Dusk	Length	Change
  Today	07:12	16:31	9:19		06:41	17:01	10:20
  +1 day	07:12	16:31	9:19	00:00 equal length	06:41	17:02	10:21	00:01 longer
  +1 week	07:14	16:35	9:21	00:02 longer	06:44	17:05	10:21	00:01 longer
  +2 weeks	07:15	16:40	9:25	00:06 longer	06:45	17:11	10:26	00:06 longer
  +1 month	07:11	16:57	9:46	00:27 longer	06:42	17:27	10:45	00:25 longer
  +2 months	06:41	17:33	10:52	01:33 longer	06:14	18:01	11:47	01:27 longer
  +3 months	06:56	19:06	12:10	02:51 longer	06:28	19:33	13:05	02:45 longer
  +6 months	05:24	20:26	15:02	05:43 longer	04:51	20:59	16:08	05:48 longer

Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Length	Change	Dawn	Dusk	Length	Change
Today	07:12	16:31	9:19		06:41	17:01	10:20
-1 day	07:11	16:30	9:19	00:00 equal length	06:40	17:01	10:21	00:01 longer
-1 week	07:07	16:28	9:21	00:02 longer	06:37	16:59	10:22	00:02 longer
-2 weeks	07:01	16:27	9:26	00:07 longer	06:31	16:58	10:27	00:07 longer
-1 month	06:45	16:32	9:47	00:28 longer	06:16	17:02	10:46	00:26 longer
-2 months	07:11	18:03	10:52	01:33 longer	06:43	18:31	11:48	01:28 longer
-3 months	06:40	18:50	12:10	02:51 longer	06:13	19:18	13:05	02:45 longer
-6 months	05:24	20:25	15:01	05:42 longer	04:51	20:58	16:07	05:47 longer