The Sun in Toronto

Not to be confused with the Toronto Sun. Updates December to March. All data from timeanddate.com. Inspired by but unaffiliated with a similar twitter account.

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July 21st

It is one month after the summer solstice, and the day is exactly half an hour shorter.

Today is 14 hours and 56 minutes long.

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Summer Solstice

Today is 15 hours and 26 minutes long.

June 21st is the summer solstice and the longest day of the year. The days will get shorter from now on!

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Spring Equinox

The sun is in the northern half of the sky again, and this blog is done for the season.

The day is 12 hours and 9 minutes long. (It's not exactly 12 hours because of atmospheric refraction and the astronomical definitions of sunrise and sunset.)

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March 17th

Today is 12 hours long! The day and night are equal lengths!

(This happens before the equinox because of atmospheric refraction and the astronomical definitions of sunrise and sunset.)

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March 15th

Today is 21 minutes longer than it was a week ago (when DST started), and sunrise is before 7:30 am again!

The day is currently 11 hours and 54 minutes long.

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March 12th

Today is 11 hours and 45 minutes long! That's 2 hours and 50 minutes gained since the solstice.

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March 10th

Today is 3 full minutes longer than yesterday was!

The day is 11 hours and 39 minutes long.

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March 8th

Daylight Saving Time starts at 2 am today. However, sunrise is still 10 minutes earlier (by the clock) than it was in early January.

The day is currently 11 hours and 33 minutes long.

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March 5th

Sunrise is now at 6:47 am, exactly an hour earlier than it was on the solstice!

The day is 11 hours and 24 minutes long.

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March 3rd

Sunrise today is over an hour earlier than it was two months ago!

The day is currently 11 hours and 18 minutes long.

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February 28th

It is the end of February, and the day is over an hour longer than it was at the beginning of the month!

The day is currently 11 hours and 9 minutes long.

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February 25th

Today, sunrise is at 7 am and sunset is after 6 pm!

The day is 11 hours long.

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February 24th

The day is now 2 hours and 2 minutes longer than the winter solstice!

Today is 10 hours and 57 minutes long.

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February 21st

Sunrise is now at 7:06 am, 45 minutes earlier than the latest sunrise this year.

The day is currently 10 hours and 49 minutes long.

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February 18th

The day is 10 hours and 40 minutes long, over 45 minutes longer than at the beginning of the month!

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February 16th

The day is now almost twenty minutes longer than it was just a week ago!

Today is 10 hours and 34 minutes long.

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February 14th

Sunrise today is at 7:17 am, exactly half an hour earlier than it was on the winter solstice!

The day is currently 10 hours and 29 minutes long.