Questions tagged [sunrise]
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Daylight Time Expansion
I live in northern hemisphere around 44th latitude. Starting from Winter Solstice, December 21, 2018 the duration of daylight is naturally increasing. What I observe, however, is that the duration increase is happening more in the evening rather…

Cowboy Trader
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reason for different location of sun when rising in the morning
Observed from the same geographical location, why does the sun rises from different points on the horizon during different parts of the year?
Thank you.

Janiik N.
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Mean Sunrise Time
How did the author arrive to these numbers? How did he take the $\tan(\log(14 \deg 26 \text{ minutes}))$? I tried many times but I am not reaching to his numbers.

hamzeh musmar
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How long for the sun to traverse its diameter at the pole?
As the sun rises once per year at the north/south pole, the time taken to rise (and set) must also take significantly more time to complete to rise (and set).
How long does this take at either pole?
Interested to know if it is the same percentage…

Shhhh
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