It's the Solstice!

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Dec 20 2011 9:43 pm

On the 21st at 10:30 PM Mountain Time, or 22:30, or 5:30 AM UTC (December 22nd, officially), it will be the solstice. Get out there and enjoy it. ;)

Just in time, too, as I'm sick and tired of winter. What? You say there are 3 more months of it? Aaawwww!

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Feb 02 2015 9:24 pm

By the 15th of the month the sun angle will be at 45 degrees in Tucson, at solar noon, and increasing rapidly!

big_load · Post by **big_load** » Feb 02 2015 9:29 pm

@Jim_H Does that make it the mid-winter seminox?

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Feb 02 2015 9:36 pm

I don't know, but there is some pagan sun related thing around this time. Celtic or something. Possible tied to the phenomenon we are about to enter, where we gain a degree of sun at solar noon ever 3 days, for the next few months, before we slow down for the next solstice.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Dec 22 2018 8:28 pm

It was yesterday! We've already gained a second, a full second over yesterday's day length. Can you feel it? 4 seconds tomorrow!

RowdyandMe · Post by **RowdyandMe** » Dec 22 2018 8:37 pm

@Jim_H
I noticed it seemed like a longer day on my hike today.

rwstorm · Post by **rwstorm** » Dec 22 2018 8:40 pm

@Jim_H
No, I can't feel it. Sunsets have been getting later since December 10th, but more importantly, Sunrises won't start getting earlier until January 16th. So, I won't "feel it" (aka fired up) until March.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Dec 23 2018 8:10 am

@rwstorm
I can't wait until late February and early March. Yeah, we need winter precip, but I am ready for Spring.

big_load · Post by **big_load** » Dec 23 2018 9:34 am

I just want to see the sun. I won't be back in AZ until the end of March.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Dec 23 2018 11:45 am

@big_load
I'll say to you what I continue to say to family that resides in that place. "Why do you choose to live in New Jersey?".

big_load · Post by **big_load** » Dec 23 2018 9:51 pm

@Jim_H
Because the weather is better than Iowa, and so are the jobs.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Dec 24 2018 7:18 am

@big_load I was thinking you would prefer to live in Arizona, but....

big_load · Post by **big_load** » Dec 24 2018 10:48 am

@Jim_H
That's getting closer every day.

chumley · Post by **chumley** » Jan 08 2024 6:36 pm

The solstice has long passed, but tomorrow is the first day in Phoenix where the sunrise occurs earlier than the previous day. (Sunset times have been later since early December, already about 18 minutes later than the earliest sunset.)

And melting hot sun is closer ahead than behind! Temperatures are already on the rise, with the average lowest temps occurring in Phoenix during the last week of December.

big_load · Post by **big_load** » Jan 08 2024 7:28 pm

Spring backpacking season is getting closer every day!

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Jun 21 2024 5:16 am

The homepage told me to post here! It was the solstice, yesterday, at 1:50 PM AZT, or 4:50 PM in the orient of the continent.

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