Shortest
Posted: Sat 21 December, 2013 Filed under: Depression, Domestic, SAD, Time, Weather 2 Comments »Today, December 21st, is this year’s Winter Equinox – the shortest day of the year. And about damn time too.
Today, the sun will be around for 7h 44m 14s , even if it doesn’t feel like it’s that long. Tomorrow’s only one second longer, but by the end of the year the sun will be setting after 4pm, and the day will already be five minutes longer, at 7h 49m 32s. It’s not much, but it’s an improvement.
In six months time, the day will be 16h 44m 24s, a full nine hours longer. I know that’s nothing in comparison to Tromsø (for example) where December is truly dark and June is completely lit.
All the same, knowing that today is the shortest day is a reason for celebration, and keck-all to do with the oncoming Festering Season.
Erm it’s the 18th today. For a while there you had me thinking I had lost some days somewhere.
Sorry – screwed up the publishing date for it. It’s been reset now, so it’ll appear with these comments already. Doh!