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On the Journey North website, they are keeping track of sunrises and sunsets around the country. This is helping to explain how your Longitude and Latitude influence your sunrise and sets. I decided it would be fun to follow sunrises and sets with some friends of ours who moved away. One is in Minnesota, and the other in Florida. This is where we are keeping track of the data, and we will post what conclusions we’ve come to. |
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Minneapolis, MN
February 8th, 2008 Sunrise: 7:25am Sunset: 5:29pm
February 15th, 2008 Sunrise: 7:15am Sunset: 5:39pm
February 22nd, 2008 Sunrise: 7:04am Sunset: 5:50pm |
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Washington, D.C.
February 8th, 2008 Sunrise: 7:08am Sunset: 5:35pm
February 15th, 2008 Sunrise: 7:00am Sunset: 5:43pm
February 22nd, 2008 Sunrise: 6:51am Sunset: 5:51pm |
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Jacksonville, FL
February 8th, 2008 Sunrise: 7:13am Sunset: 6:07pm
February 15th, 2008 Sunrise: 7:07am Sunset: 6:13pm
February 22nd, 2008 Sunrise: 7:00am Sunset: 6:19pm |
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To follow your own sunsets and sunrises click here and enter your location. For locations around the world’s local time, sunrise, and sunsets click here! To see why this is happening ask Beth...I mean David Cook Here is a nice thought/question sheet from Journey North |
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Since we are following the Iditarod this year again, we have added Anchorage to our watch list (Good idea Maureen)
Anchorage: February 15th, 2008 sunrise 8:45am sunset 5:42pm |
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Our question of the week is, why is JAX sunrise later than Washington D.C.? Jacksonville’s sunrise is later than Washington DC because if you look at a map, believe it or not, Jacksonville is quite a bit farther west than DC is!
Look at the sunrise times. What is the difference between the times and the zones? Which zones are increasing faster? Why do you think that is?? |