Longest day of the year

[Smokey]

Summer officially start on Friday, which mean tommorow thursday the 20th will be the longest day of year. And tommorow night the shortest night of year.

On friday, the days will start getting shorter :)

http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID7311/images/spring-equinox.jpg

[ForeverAutumn]

No matter how I do the math, the day is still 24 hours long. :wink5:

[regular donut]

We lose about a minute a day, right? : (

It's okay. Summer is just starting!

[Smokey]

No matter how I do the math, the day is still 24 hours long. :wink5:

Except on the day that time is moved to daylight saving time which is only 23 hours long :)


We lose about a minute a day, right? : (

Slightly under a minute to be exact.

[ForeverAutumn]

Except on the day that time is moved to daylight saving time which is only 23 hours long :).

Touché. :)

[Hyfi]

When does Day end and Night begin?

It happens to be the day with the most amount of sunlight and the night with the least amount of darkness.

[ForeverAutumn]

When does Day end and Night begin?

It happens to be the day with the most amount of sunlight and the night with the least amount of darkness.

Cue Metallica's Enter Sandman!

E-e-e-e-exit light.
E-e-e-e-enterrrrr ni-yite

:)

[Smokey]

We lose about a minute a day, right? : (Slightly under a minute to be exact.Whoops, that is not correct as I was only looking at evening hours. With added reduction in morning day light, we lose about 1.5 minute per day :)