On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 23:17:16 +0000, Alan White wrote in


On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 21:55:34 -0000, "Joe"
wrote:

This maybe the wrong ng, but why is it that after the winter solstice, for
sometime, the evenings get lighter, while the morning continue to get
darker?


snip the good explanation
The Equation of Time is zero on or about 15th April, 14th June, 1st
September and 25th December.Only on those days will the Sun cross the
Greenwich Meridian at noon.

Phew!

Well done Alan! As you know full well, trying to use few words in that
explantion is very difficult. There is the added factor of the tilt angle
effect, but both that and the orbital speed effect work togther this month
and into the new year, as seen on the graph on this page:

http://www.analemma.com/Pages/Summat...Summation.html

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Mike Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 09/12/2003 23:41:15 UTC
My aurora images here http://www.mtullett.plus.com/29a-oct and
http://www.mtullett.plus.com/20-nov/