Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Friday, November 30th.  The sun will rise at 7:58.  It’ll be up for 9 hours and 5 minutes, setting at 5:03.   The moon, 2 days past full, will rise at 6:58 this evening.

Let’s look at the month of December which starts tomorrow.  The hours of daylight will change little except to be darker in the morning and lighter in the evenings.  In the Traverse City/Interlochen area sunset will be from 5:03 today, down to 5:02 and then advancing to 5:12 at the end of the month.  The earliest sunset will be around the 10th.  There is more movement in the sunrise times which will advance from 7:59 this morning to 8:19 on the 31st.Dec 1.    Winter will officially arrive at the winter solstice on the 21st at 6:12 a.m.  The noontime sun will dip from 23 ½ degrees to a bit less than 22 degrees above the southern horizon on that day.  Daylight hours will drop from 9 hours 3 minutes tomorrow to 8:48 on the solstice.

Times are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan.  They may be different for your location.