Do the days get longer faster near the solstice or equinox?
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Look at January (closer to the winter equinox). From January 1-10, the sunrise goes from 6:59 to 7:00am. The sunset goes from 4:55 to 5:02am. January 1, the day (hours:minutes) is 9:56 long. January 10, the day is 10:02 long, a difference of 6 minutes in 10 days.
Now look at March 16-25 (with the solstice right in the middle of that range). Sunrise/sunset on the 16th is 7:02am/7:03pm. On the 25th, it's 6:50am/7:09pm. The day is 12:01 long on the 16th, and 12:19 long on the 25th, a difference of 18 minutes over those 10 days.
Doing the math, the days near the solstice get longer three times as fast as they do near the equinox. Hope that helps.
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You unfortunately got the solstices and equinoxes mixed up. The winter solstice is in Dec, the Spring equinox is in March.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice
It's the solstice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice) - days get longer in the summer and shorter in the winter for the northern hemisphere and vice versa for the southern hemisphere.
Hope this helps!
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