Declination
Yesterday:
June 20, 2007
Sun Rise: 5:15 AM
Sun Set: 8:28 PM
Length Of Visible Light: 16h 22m
Length of Day 15h 13m
Tomorrow will be 0m 1s longer.
Today:
June 21, 2007
Sun Rise: 5:15 AM
Sun Set: 8:29 PM
Length Of Visible Light: 16h 22m
Length of Day: 15h 13m
Tomorrow will be 0m 1s shorter
(stats from wunderground.com)
The sun has reached its northern most point today. The solstice marks the beginning of summer and the somewhat ironic increasingly rapid decline in the length of our days. I say somewhat ironic because, in my mind, summer is marked by impossibly long evenings. Evenings where games of ghost in the graveyard seemed to last for hours and hours. Evenings where we roamed on our BMX bikes for what seemed like forever.
But today is the tipping point. Today the sun begins its move back to the south. Shadows at noon will slowly start to lengthen and the days will slowly shorten.
Take a minute, regardless of your hemisphere and regardless of which season you're entering, and celebrate today.