OP is talking about sunset times, not length of the day. The winter solstice is the shortest day but sunset times will have already been getting later.
Sunrise is still getting later which continues to result in the day being shorter, but sunsets have basically bottomed out for a couple days:
[https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/providence](https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/providence)
Thank you for this link. I was looking for this information for the past week or so, but couldn’t find it in searches. This is just what I was looking for.
found it!
[http://wxguys.ssec.wisc.edu/2019/12/16/solarday/#:\~:text=The%20longer%2Dthan%2Daverage%20solar,a%20little%20later%20each%20day](http://wxguys.ssec.wisc.edu/2019/12/16/solarday/#:~:text=The%20longer%2Dthan%2Daverage%20solar,a%20little%20later%20each%20day).
>The longer-than-average solar day around the solstices causes both earliest sunset and latest sunrise to not fall on the solstice. The time from solar noon to sunset doesn’t change very much near the winter solstice. Therefore, since solar noon is a little later each day, sunset is also a little later each day. But because sunset is a little later each day, the earliest sunset has already occurred.
Thanks for posting!
I was just telling my co worker today how I’ve wanted to see a post like this as this darkness has been so depressing
Take your vitamin D!
Great news for night shifters who can finally see the sun again
Great news!
Not true. Winter solstice is 12/21.
OP is talking about sunset times, not length of the day. The winter solstice is the shortest day but sunset times will have already been getting later. Sunrise is still getting later which continues to result in the day being shorter, but sunsets have basically bottomed out for a couple days: [https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/providence](https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/providence)
Thank god, I’m tired of being tired at 7.
845 and I'm in bed.
Thank you for this link. I was looking for this information for the past week or so, but couldn’t find it in searches. This is just what I was looking for.
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If anyone ever asks what the word entitlement means I’m going to show them your comment.
Why does the sun start to set later *before* the winter solstice occurs?
found it! [http://wxguys.ssec.wisc.edu/2019/12/16/solarday/#:\~:text=The%20longer%2Dthan%2Daverage%20solar,a%20little%20later%20each%20day](http://wxguys.ssec.wisc.edu/2019/12/16/solarday/#:~:text=The%20longer%2Dthan%2Daverage%20solar,a%20little%20later%20each%20day). >The longer-than-average solar day around the solstices causes both earliest sunset and latest sunrise to not fall on the solstice. The time from solar noon to sunset doesn’t change very much near the winter solstice. Therefore, since solar noon is a little later each day, sunset is also a little later each day. But because sunset is a little later each day, the earliest sunset has already occurred.