Questions tagged [diurnal-cycle]

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Why does the earliest sunset time not coincide with the shortest day of the year?

I viewed sunset times in some major Eastern U.S. cities including Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Boston / D.C. and Miami. It seems that the earliest sunset time starts around the first week of December, stays the same for the next week, and starts…
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