How much daylight do you have right now?

[LSlycord]

So we were having a conversation in the Daily O's for Monday, 12/5 about the lack of daylight we are getting right now. I was lamenting about my 10 hours and 18 minutes...until Eva stopped by and gave me her numbers.

So tell me, how much daylight are you getting where you are?

 

[tanteva]

Today we get 5 hrs 56 min.

On Dec 21 (the Winter Solstice - shortest day of the year) we get 5 hrs 29 min.

 

[AZK]

Right now we have 9 hours and 15 minutes of daylight. On Winter Solstice it will be 9 hours even. I love how the days start getting longer so close to Christmas, it's something to look forward to after the holidays are over.

 

[LSlycord]

Right now we have 9 hours and 15 minutes of daylight. On Winter Solstice it will be 9 hours even. I love how the days start getting longer so close to Christmas, it's something to look forward to after the holidays are over.

I totally agree Angie!

 

[bcgal00]

I had to check my app...just over 8 hrs. Sunrise 7:46 am and sunset 3:57 pm

 

[LSlycord]

I had to check my app...just over 8 hrs. Sunrise 7:46 am and sunset 3:57 pm

Yikes! Better than Eva but still not enough.

 

[*gina*]

today 7 hours 58 minutes and it is snowing....

 

[tanteva]

Ask me again in June. LOL

 

[Veronika]

I live in Germany, we have 8 hours between sunrise and sunset, but at the moment it's only dark, very cloudy, damp and cold...just terrible!!!!
No sun- I have the feeling it's not getting light at all....

 

[Robloz55]

I am in Toronto, Canada - it gets light around 7 AM and is dark by 4.30 pm. So daylight lasts around 9.5 hours. This is at 50 degrees north....

I also know that the islands of Svarlbard in the northern Atlantic - above 66 Degrees north - have been in the winter night (as in 24 hours of darkness) since Mid November - thanks to a youtuber who regularly vlogs from there.

 

[LSlycord]

I am in Toronto, Canada - it gets light around 7 AM and is dark by 4.30 pm. So daylight lasts around 9.5 hours. This is at 50 degrees north....

I also know that the islands of Svarlbard in the northern Atlantic - above 66 Degrees north - have been in the winter night (as in 24 hours of darkness) since Mid November - thanks to a youtuber who regularly vlogs from there.

I have a friend in Alaska and she is in a lot of darkness right now!

 

[tanteva]

I'm on 61 degree north, same as Anchorage.

 

[Robloz55]

Toronto is actually closer to 45 Degrees North. My apologies for the incorrect information.

50 Degrees North in Ontario, is up near Timmins and Hearst (Ontario) along Highway 11, a somewhat remote area. Also my spouse's old stomping grounds. Shania Twain also grew up in Timmins as well.

When I was up there during the Xmas Holidays, from my memory, many years ago, the sunlight barely lasted from 8 AM to 4 PM.

 

[Nickel]

In The Netherlands, West of Germany we also ( like @Veronika ) 8 hours

 

[Cherylndesigns]

I just looked cuz I want to be official and all that - 9 hours and 52 minutes. It sure doesn't seem like that, but that's what it shows.

 

[Madi]

just under 8 hours

 

[LSlycord]

I feel like I’ve learned so much today!

 

[tanteva]

Took a photo today on my way home from the dentist & thought I'd share. This is taken at 3.30pm today.

 

[scrap-genie]

Eva @tanteva that is a beautiful picture which makes me wonder at my complaints that the sun sets before 5:00 pm here now (4:57 today and just over 9 hours after sunrise). But I'm sorry, I'm glad not to have snow even if it brightens the view.

 

[timounette]

Not enough !!
In France today we have had 8h10 of daylight.
I don't like december and winter, cause I leave home at night to go to work, and I also leave my work at night...

 

[zanthia]

sunrise around 7:30 and sunset around 5pm

 

[Kythe]

Not nearly enough. My poinsettia is struggling.

 

[VickiStegall]

I also know that the islands of Svarlbard in the northern Atlantic - above 66 Degrees north - have been in the winter night (as in 24 hours of darkness) since Mid November - thanks to a youtuber who regularly vlogs from there.

I watch her too!

 

[VickiStegall]

We currently get 9 hours and 52 minutes.

 

[faerywings]

Obvs-- not enough!
It doesn't help since I am surrounded by woods, the setting sun gets blocked well before 4.30 pm.

ETA: I scrolled up to see what you all said-- consensus is....... "not enough" LOL

 

[LSlycord]

LOL...I don't get as much sun as I would like in the summer. But after reading some of these comments, I'm not going to trade it in!

 

[EvelynD2]

We get around 9 hrs and 45 minutes. We live in Tennessee.