Today in Canada is the "longest" day of our year. Right now (at 4:30 in the morning) the dawn is starting to lighten the sky. Officially the sun rises today at 4:25 a.m. and sets at 8:05 p.m. -- 15.6 hours of illumination!
Because Nairobi is so close to the equator, the hours of daylight only vary 9 minutes from the shortest to the longest day of the year. Because Nairobi is on the other side of the equator the seasons are the opposite of ours in Canada; it is winter in Nairobi now. Today is Nairobi's shortest day of the year; the sun will rise at 6:33 a.m. and set at 6:39 p.m.(12 hours 3 minutes of illumination).
On December 21 Nairobi will be heading into summer with its longest day of the year 12 hours 12 minutes (sunrise at 6:24 a.m. and sunset at 6:36 p.m.). In Canada in December the shortest day of the year will be 8.7 hours (sunrise at 7:50 a.m. and sunset at 4:33 p.m.).
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