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New Sat 21 Dec 13 06:02 
 shortest equinox - zookeeper
according to the BBC today is the winter equinox?

www.bbc.co.uk/nature/25464563
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New Sat 21 Dec 13 06:57 
 shortest equinox - Duncan
Are you disputing that it is the shortest day and longest night? Is that the definition?

We had the shortest afternoon a few days ago and the shortest morning is still a few days off, but the shortest day?
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New Sat 21 Dec 13 07:04 
 shortest equinox - Duncan
Missed the edit.

Link thing to time and date site:-

tinyurl.com/aevdzg5
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New Sat 21 Dec 13 07:43 
 shortest equinox - Dog
Compare that to the Canaries, where the day is longer, so you'll live longer living there:

www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?n=684&month=1&year=2014&obj=sun&afl=-11&day=1

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New Sat 21 Dec 13 08:13 
 shortest equinox - R.P.
As alluded to above the earliest sunset was a week or more ago now at around 1535 - the evening has been getting noticeably lighter on fine days. Sunrises still getting later, it will get progressively lighter in the mornings. I get up at 0645 these days. It will be most welcome.
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New Sat 21 Dec 13 09:01 
 shortest equinox - bathtub tom
>>winter equinox?

Is there such a thing?

Autumn equinox or Winter solstice?
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New Sat 21 Dec 13 09:34 
 shortest equinox - CGNorwich
Today is the winter solstice. The shortest day length of the year

In London Sunrise was at 8.04 AM
Sunset is at 3.53 PM

Day Length 7h 49m 44s

Solar Noon is at 11.59am

the sun is at 15.1 degrees above the horizon

the sun is 91.448 million miles form the earth


Tomorrow the day will be one second longer
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New Sat 21 Dec 13 20:10 
 shortest equinox - Stuartli
See this link:

wwp.greenwichmeantime.co.uk/longest-day/equinox-solstice-2010-2019.htm
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