Solstice Daylight Applet
Compare: Night Hours Applet
The
applet
is
computing
the
longest
and
shortest
day
of
the
year, the day of
earliest
and latest sunrise,
and the day of earliest and latest sunset.
The time range of the graph is November 15 to January 31 for winter
solstice,
and May 15 to July 31 for summer solstice.
The
longest
day
(sommer
solstice)
is
not
the day of
earliest surise and/or latest sunset,
the shortest
day (winter
solstice) is not the day of latest
surise and/or earliest
sunset !
For
low
latitudes
(near
the
equator)
the
day
of
ealiest
sunrise
occurs long before
the
date of solstice:
For low latitudes (near the equator) the day of latest sunrise occurs after the date of solstice:
For low latitudes (near the equator) the day of earliest sunset occurs in November, long before the date of winter solstice:
For low latitudes (near the equator) the day of latest sunset occurs in July, long after the date of summer solstice:
