Sunday June 27 will be the day that seems longest. That is, sunset will be latest (for latitude 40° north).
Why does latest sunset Continue reading “An international day, and then the longest day?”
Category: calendar, seasons, time
Shortshadow
Tomorrow is the June solstice, one of the points that divide the natural year into four quarters.
Easter morning eastern sky
Clock clatter
Clock-clipping time comes on Sunday, March 28, for Europe. Clap the clock’s hand forward an hour and (as for the American date two weeks earlier) clap your eye on our page in which we cluck about this whole clumsy clutter of clock cacophony.
Clicking on the topic of clocks reminds me of Click and Clack the Tappet brothers and their clever Car Talk show on National Public Radio, which even I, clueless as to cars, used to get fun out of every week. And of clichés, about which I shall send you a clot, cloud, or clamor of claims immediately after this.
Red gateway, doubled daytime, troubled clocktime
Red Mars is passing red Aldebaran, and the Moon will sweep between the two on Friday March 19.
Continue reading “Red gateway, doubled daytime, troubled clocktime”
Mad as a March Hare
Sunday March 14 is the second Sunday in March, so Americans are directed to twist their clocks forward by an hour, into a long summer of Daylight-Shifted Time. Continue reading “Mad as a March Hare”
Forty days
It’s Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Crosses are painted with ash on foreheads. Continue reading “Forty days”
The Christmas sky
With Jupiter and Saturn still close enough to pose as a joint “Star of Bethlehem.”
Luck and unluck
Last Saturday, when the US election was decided, was a lucky and unlucky day, depending on what you think. This coming Friday Continue reading “Luck and unluck”
A Month of No
Today, November 5, started with a fog over the River Thames. The day may be Continue reading “A Month of No”