http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30549149
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice http://www.dlmcn.com/eqntime.html should set you in the right direction!! On Monday, 2 January 2017 01:45:42 UTC+2, WindnFog wrote: > This isn't a technical weewx question, and I apologize if I'm wasting > bandwith. But I gotta know! :-) > > > I have been watching my sunrise time (via weewx and confirmed by a Google > search of sunrise in Halifax, 12 miles away.) 21 December is supposed to be > the shortest day of the year, and it is (+- a day.) However it's just > around now, about 2 weeks past 21 December, that I see the sunrise time > stall, and I assume it will reverse and start to get earlier in the next > few days. > > > The days are getting longer since 21 December because the sunset time is > moving at a faster rate > > than the sunrise is. > > > Can anyone with some astronomical experience explain why this is? (i.e. > shouldn't the sunrise start to get earlier and the sunset later on the same > date?) > > > - Paul > > > www.ve1dx.net > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
