The longest day in the UK is June 21st.
Yes, the sunset time is latest about June 21st, which is the first day of summer and has the most daylight hours of the year, and earliest about December 21st, which is the first day of winter and has the least daylight hours of the year.
In summer, the sun sets the latest in the day because the Earth's tilt causes longer daylight hours. This typically occurs around the summer solstice, which is around June 21st in the Northern Hemisphere.
I started wondering the same thing recently; it's not just Seattle. In Seattle, the latest sunset is around the 25th, and the earliest sunrise is around the 15th. Where I live, the latest sunset is around the 30th, and the earliest sunrise is around the 10th (of June). The difference is even greater in December; Seattle's earliest sunset is Dec. 10, and the latest sunrise is on New Year's. It has to do with the variables that affect the length of the day, such as the varying speed of the earth in its orbit. The different variables are calculated together in what they call the "equation of time", which, when graphed, shows you for each day the difference between usual local noon and the actual middle of the day. It's the same offset you see illustrated on an analemma on a globe. So, bottom line, it's because we measure time as if every day were exactly 24 hours long, which is the average length of a day, while in reality the day ranges from 23:45 to 24:15 in length.
They depends which location you're observing the sunset. For example it usually sets at 7:30pm here in Britain, and it never sets at the equator.
The day ends at sunset
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The latest sunset varies depending on your location and time of year. It typically occurs around the summer solstice (June 20-22) in the northern hemisphere and around the winter solstice (December 20-23) in the southern hemisphere.
I believe that is called: 'Evening' If morning is the start of the day, the opposite would be the end of the day, therefore evening.
The Sabbath for Seventh-day Adventists starts at sunset on Friday and ends at sunset on Saturday.
The latest sunset in the Eastern Time Zone typically occurs around late June, close to the summer solstice. At this time, the sun sets around 8:30-8:45 PM Eastern Time.
Sunset is occurring somewhere every minute of every day.
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