Solstice is all well and good. There’s something spectacular about the swift plunge into the early dark of December — though of course at my latitude, this means dark by 6pm, not 4pm. And sure, after the Solstice, there’s more light in the evening. But the mornings just get darker…

Here where I live, sunrise on December 21 occurs at 6:58am. Sunrise then becomes gradually later, until in mid-January the Sun rises at 7:05am. Not a huge difference, sure, but I’m a morning person. It’s dark when I get up, and it stays dark for a long time. But according to TimeAndDate.com, at my location, January 23 is the date when the sun starts rising a little bit earlier.

Three cheers for the light!

Posted on: Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024 at 5:15 am
Categories: Maui.