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Comparing Cities
City | Winter Solstice Date | Earliest Sunset Date |
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New York (40°43′ North) | December 21, 2021 10:59 am EST | December 7 and 8, 2021 4:28 pm EST |
Sydney (33°8′ South) | June 21, 2021 13:32 am AEST | June 12, 2021 4:52 pm AEST |
The combination of Earth’s elliptical orbit and the tilt of its axis results in the Sun taking different paths across the sky at slightly different speeds each day. This gives us different sunrise and sunset times each day.
The best time is what’s known as “the golden hour,” which is the hour before the sun sets. That’s when the sun is starting to set but is still bright enough and high enough in the sky to create spectacular evening shadows.
Sunset, also known as sundown, is the daily disappearance of the Sun below the horizon due to Earth’s rotation. Night occurs when the Sun reaches 18 degrees below the horizon and no longer illuminates the sky.
Darkest Day of the Year: Explaining Monday’s Winter Solstice.
Los Angeles, California Earliest Sunrise: 5:41 a.m. from June 6 to 17. Latest Sunset: 8:08 p.m. from June 20 to July 6. Longest Days: June 19 to 21. Hours of Daylight on Longest Day: 14 hours and 26 minutes.
As the sun moves higher in the sky between March and June, there are two more minutes of daylight each day.
Shortest Day of The Year
Equinox March | Solstice December | |
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Year | Day | Day |
2018 | 20 | 21 |
2019 | 20 | 22 |
2020 | 20 | 21 |
The days get longer by an average of 2 minutes and 7 seconds every day after 21 December. The days will continue to get brighter until the Summer Solstice on 21 June 2021. The Spring equinox (beginning of Spring) will take place on 20 March.
The 10 Most Stunning California Beaches To Watch The Sunset Pfieffer Beach. Justin Kern on Flickr. Santa Monica Pier. Huntington Beach. El Matador State Beach. Manhattan Beach. Natural Bridges State Beach. Hermosa Beach Pier. Dillon Beach.
Blue and green light waves are shorter, which means they bounce and scatter more easily. At sunset, those colors get filtered out, leaving longer wavelengths of reds and oranges that can make your heart melt. A surfer is silhouetted against a setting sun in Hermosa Beach on Jan.
Top 10 Los Angeles Locations for Sunset Photographs Ascot Hills Park. Ascot Hills Park is located just east of Downtown L.A. El Matador State Beach. Griffith Observatory (Temporarily Closed) Hermosa Beach Pier (Temporarily Closed) High Rooftop Lounge at Hotel Erwin. Manhattan Beach Pier (Temporarily Closed) Point Dume State Beach. Santa Monica Pier (Temporarily Closed)
As with twilight, there is civil dusk, nautical dusk, and astronomical dusk, occurring at the exact moment when the center of the sun’s disk is at 6°, 12°, and 18° below the horizon, respectively. Stages of dawn occur before sunrise, in the reverse order as described for dusk.
The world’s first sunrise: New Zealand. Ever wondered where in the world is the first place to see the sun rise? Well, wonder no longer!
Tucson, United States – Position of the sun in the sky on February 28, 2021
Time: | Duration: | |
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Golden Hour | 17:49 – 18:20 | 31 min. |
Sunset | 18:20 | |
Civil twilight | 18:20 – 18:45 | 24 min. |
Nautical twilight | 18:45 – 19:13 | 28 min. |