Try this one, Nick. It sounds like what you're saying: http://wxguys.ssec.wisc.edu/2019/12/16/solarday/
--- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Tue, Dec 29, 2020, 8:18 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Frank, > > > > Andl notice another thing. The sentence is, on its face, nonsense. The > tilting of the orbit has nothing to do with its elliptical shape. > > > > I have tried to figure out the answer to this question for years and the > only explanation that I have come up with is that during the period from > early December to early January, the days stay roughly the same length but > noon moves. It has to do with the analemma > <https://www.space.com/3304-earth-closest-sun-dead-winter.html#:~:text=The%20noontime%20position%20of%20the%20Sun%20in%20the,line%20running%20through%20the%20analemma%20is%20the%20meridian.>. > Notice that the day-to-day path of the highest sun is moving parallel to > the horizon and perpendicular to the meridian during that period. If you > think of that moment as “noon”, noon is moving. But why the analemma? > Your guess is as good as mine. > > > > Have you noticed that the rising full moon is moving rapidly up the > horizon. By march it will be rising in the NE. > > > > > > > > Nicholas Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > > Clark University > > [email protected] > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > > > *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Frank Wimberly > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 29, 2020 8:48 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* [FRIAM] Sunset and Sunrise > > > > This topic came up at a recent meeting. The word "main" makes me wonder > what the other reasons are. > > > > The main reasons for the *earliest* sunset to occur in early December and > the *latest sunrise* to occur in January are the fact that Earth's axis > is tilted (23.5°) and Earth's orbit around the sun is *not* a perfect > circle shape. > > > > -- > > Frank Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > 505 670-9918 > > > > Research: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >
- .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
