Earliest sunset of the year

Saturday 8 December 2007 11:03 CST   David Braverman
AstronomyChicagoWeather

This is one of my favorite milestones. Thanks to the analemma, tonight's sunset (4:20 pm) is the earliest of the year in Chicago. Of course, the sunrise still gets later every day until January 4th. At least tomorrow we'll have just a smidge more evening light than we'll have today.

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