lars@lemmy.sdf.org to MapPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoDates of the year’s earliest sunset and latest sunriseweb.archive.orgimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up127arrow-down1imageDates of the year’s earliest sunset and latest sunriseweb.archive.orglars@lemmy.sdf.org to MapPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareniktemadur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-210 months agoThat symmetry of earliest sunset and a month later the latest sunrise, is called analemma, it’s because the sun traces a slanted “8” through the sky, taking a year to complete a full loop.
That symmetry of earliest sunset and a month later the latest sunrise, is called analemma, it’s because the sun traces a slanted “8” through the sky, taking a year to complete a full loop.