# How long is your Solstice? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 18, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-solstice/182774 "2003-06-18T19:42:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-solstice/182774/1 "2003-06-18T19:42:07Z")
According to [this](http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/SummerSolstice.html) site, Summer Solstice is 18:59, 06-21-2003 UT. Using [this](http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.html) site (or other source you may have), caculate in hrs and mins the length of daylight for the Solstice in your location. Sure, it takes a liitle figuring, but it would be interesting to see the variations. Mine is 14hrs 35 mins. (OKC, OK) Enjoy! -NCB- ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-solstice/182774/2 "2003-06-18T21:27:11Z")
Boise, Idaho: Sunrise: 6:03 AM[sup]\*[/sup] Sunset: 9:30 PM 15 hours 27 minutes. Winter solstice: Sunrise: 8:15 AM Sunset: 5:11 PM 8 hours 56 minutes. An interesting one to look up is Barrow, Alaska because of its extreme northerly latitude. There are no sunrise/sunset times listed until January 23 and for November 18 and beyond as the sun is never seen above the horizon. From May 11 to August 2 they are in continual sunlight. [sup]\*[/sup]Times adjusted to reflect DST. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-solstice/182774/3 "2003-06-18T22:24:49Z")
Good idea, **dwc**. Sunrise: 6:15 AM (DST) Sunset: 8:49 PM (DST) 14 hrs 34 mins (yeah, my OP math sucks! 🙂 ) Then, the sunset stays the same for a long time, but sunrise is a little later each day That kind of stuff fascinates me for some reason. Winter Solstice Sunrise: 7:35 AM Sunset: 5:21 PM 9 hrs 46 mins I’m off to play with some other places across the globe. FUN! ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-solstice/182774/4 "2003-06-18T22:58:36Z")
Isn’t that a rather personal question? Oh, sorry. Peoria, AZ - 05:19 to 19:42 - 14 hours, 23 min. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-solstice/182774/5 "2003-06-18T23:17:39Z")
Edingburg Scotland; years. I don’t know the exact times off hand, but I’ve been able to read in open countryside at midnight with no lights anywhere nearby. The darkest time would have been about 1.10am. The sun is still up after 10pm. ---
**Author:** ![Sqwerticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@Sqwerticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sqwerticus)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-solstice/182774/6 "2003-06-18T23:19:13Z")
Without getting into the whole GMT/time adjustment thing, I have just used the figures given in the table according to my latitude & longitude. Sunrise: 3.45am Sunset: 8.25pm That gives me a whole 16hrs and 30mins to celebrate one of the central days in the Pagan calendar. Might even trot along to Stonehenge, as it’s just up the road. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-solstice/182774/7 "2003-06-19T09:40:38Z")
Sorry, my drunken posting wasn’t very helpful. According to the table in Edinburgh we get 17 hrs and 37 minutes of daylight at the summer solstice. That drops to a paltry 6 hours and 57 minutes in winter. When I went to bed at 1 am last night (the darkest time) there was a distinct glow in the north, which is more or less where there sun rises and sets at this time of year. It never gets properly dark. The flipside of this is that I’ve seen days in winter when the red glow never fully left the sky even at noon. I’ve experienced all-night day light in Lapland; it’s a great experience. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-solstice/182774/8 "2003-06-19T13:58:35Z")
Wow! Even though I can look on a map or a globe, it really doesn’t hit me how far north or south someone is. The lengths of Solstices, though… _that’s_ telling. **G. Od** , I understood your first post. 🙂 Found it really helpful in picturing what longer daylight would feel like. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-solstice/182774/9 "2003-06-19T14:05:25Z")
0516-1946 EST. 14 hours, 30 minutes. Simpsonville, SC. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-solstice/182774/10 "2003-06-19T14:53:24Z")
Detroit MI, 42 degrees N latitude, sunrise 4:57, sunset 10:15. 17 hours, 18 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Sofis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Sofis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofis)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-solstice/182774/11 "2003-06-19T17:30:06Z")
At 22° 10’ E 65° 35’ N: Sunset at 23.06, sunrise at 00.00. Beat that, if you can :). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-solstice/182774/12 "2003-06-19T18:43:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jenaroph \* > \*\*Detroit MI, 42 degrees N latitude, sunrise 4:57, sunset 10:15. > > 17 hours, 18 minutes. \*\* That can’t be true; you sure your sunset isn’t 2015? ---
**Author:** ![Omorka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Omorka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omorka)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-solstice/182774/13 "2003-06-19T19:09:07Z")
Sunrise 5:21 Sunset 19:25 Length of day: 14 hrs, 4 minutes Not that impressive, to be sure, but what can you expect from 29 deg 45 min N latitude? (Houston, TX metro area) ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-solstice/182774/14 "2003-06-19T23:41:39Z")
Seattle, WA 16 hours (5:11am to 9:11 that night. PDT) Plus twilight, so it’s light forever! Sucks in the winter (shortest day is 8:25 of sunlight), but summer is amazing. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-solstice/182774/15 "2003-06-20T01:57:22Z")
Well, I’m normally not one to brag, but let’s just say that my Vernal Equinox ain’t complain’! ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-solstice/182774/16 "2003-06-20T06:50:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by G. Odoreida \* > \*\*That can’t be true; you sure your sunset isn’t 2015? \*\* You’re right… brain fart. That’d be…adjusting for daylight savings…5:57 and 9:15. So, really, only 15+ hours. Sure seems like full daylight at 5 am and 10 pm though, which is why I didn’t bother to check my math. I just assumed the sun was actually up at those times. (The birds in the tree out my window in the morning think so. Damned noisy birds.) ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-solstice/182774/17 "2003-06-20T07:59:28Z")
Am I the first from the tropics? Sure it’s a short day but I’ll make it up in the winter. June 21, 2003 5:50 AM 7:16 PM – 13 hr 26 min These are my Lahaina Noons. A Lahaina Noon is when the sun passes directly overhead. May 27, 2003 5:50 AM 7:07 PM – 13 hr 17 min June 16, 2003 5:49 AM 7:15 PM – 13 hr 26 min ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-solstice/182774/18 "2003-06-20T09:43:15Z")
Houten, Netherlands: Sunrise: 5:18 AM (daylight savings time) Sunset: 10:03 PM (daylight savings time) That works out to 16 hours and 45 minutes. Winter Solstice: Sunrise: 8:45 AM Sunset: 4:29 PM That works out to 7 hours and 44 minutes. Boy I hate the winters here, when you leave for work in the dark and come home in the dark. Here is the data for my wife’s home town (Belém, Brazil): Summer solstice: Sunrise: 6:15 AM Sunset: 6:17 PM Winter Solstice: Sunrise: 6:06 AM Sunset: 6:18 PM Now that’s nice and steady. Not unusual considering the latitude of 1°28’ South. Also, at that latitude there is not really any twilight. It’s as if someone just turns off a big light switch in the sky. It can be really strange if it is bright daylight outside, you’re busy doing something, and you look out the window 15 minutes later and it’s pitch black. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-solstice/182774/19 "2003-06-20T10:28:46Z")
4.11 a.m. 10.22 p.m. which gives me 18.11 hours of rainy weather today. ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-solstice/182774/20 "2003-06-21T16:22:19Z")
05:17 - 19:33 +1hr. DST 5:17 a.m. - 8:33 p.m. = 15 hrs. 16 min. daylight hours @ 32.19 N & 95.84 W