length of day question
I looked up some sunset and sunrise times today comparing Cambridge MA
to Boca Raton FL.
I understand why the sunset is later in Boca (it's further West, sees
the sun go down later), but that's only by 7 minutes.
Why is the sunRISE so much later (more than an hour later) there than
in Cambridge MA? If the length of day is the same, shouldn't Boca's
sunrise by 7 minutes later than Cambridge's?
Look at the 8/7/09 times and you'll see what I mean. Can the tilt
of the earth at this time of year give MA quite that much more daylight
than a point (globally speaking) not that much further South?
From what I can see the time from sunrise to sunset for Cambridge is
14:12 and for Boca Raton, only (oddly enough) 13:14.
Explanation?
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