Eli ([personal profile] eub) wrote2002-10-22 06:25 pm

memo to self

The sun sets these days at about ten 'til six, and it takes at least twenty minutes to walk around the lake to the east beach, and thirty to amble.

[identity profile] mh75.livejournal.com 2002-10-23 12:35 pm (UTC)(link)
This morning was a glorious time for a walk, too. The fog was like pea soup. wheeee. if only i hadn't had to come to work. It was good running weather.

[identity profile] eub.livejournal.com 2002-10-23 01:01 pm (UTC)(link)
This morning a friend in Kirkland (Jonathan Hardwick) took a cool picture across the lake of the fog rolling in from us.
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[personal profile] cellio 2002-10-23 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Sunset @5:50? You're farther east in the time zone than I thought you were.

[identity profile] eub.livejournal.com 2002-10-23 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
The real time is 6:07 today, but there's a ridge to the west and trees on it.

[identity profile] mh75.livejournal.com 2002-10-24 09:37 am (UTC)(link)
I think you mean further North. I was surprised to see what a difference our latitude makes on the length of the days. It is noticeable when compared to CT or PA.
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[personal profile] cellio 2002-10-24 09:57 am (UTC)(link)
Good point. That makes more of a difference than I give it credit for sometimes. (Can you tell I don't travel much? :-) )

By definition, the east-west span for sunrise/sunset times is just a hair under 60 minutes, depending on where along that span you are. I wonder what the north-south span is, ignoring places that don't have daily sunrise/sunset.

[identity profile] eub.livejournal.com 2002-10-24 12:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I have no working intuition on this, so I asked the Army again. Makes several hours difference (this time of year) as you go north from Seattle, about an hour as you go south:

arctic (W 122, N 78): 2:22 p.m. (all times PDT)
Seattle (W 122.4, N 47.6): 6:05 p.m.
San Francisco (W 122.4, N 37.8 (3 degrees south of Pgh)): 6:21 p.m.
equator (W 122, N 0): 6:56 p.m.