Comments on: Why aren’t the earliest sunsets on the shortest day? http://earthsky.org/earth/winter-solstice-and-late-sunrise A Clear Voice for Science Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:25:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bruce McClure http://earthsky.org/earth/winter-solstice-and-late-sunrise/comment-page-1#comment-275190 Bruce McClure Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:24:24 +0000 http://208.96.63.114/?p=337#comment-275190 Gerre, The sun sets at its southernmost point for the year on the December solstice. Bruce Gerre,

The sun sets at its southernmost point for the year on the December solstice.

Bruce

]]> By: Gerre Wescott http://earthsky.org/earth/winter-solstice-and-late-sunrise/comment-page-1#comment-275161 Gerre Wescott Sun, 05 Dec 2010 20:58:50 +0000 http://208.96.63.114/?p=337#comment-275161 I get it about the earliest sunset coming before the solstice but is the sun at its southernmost azimuth sunset now or at the solstice? I get it about the earliest sunset coming before the solstice but is the sun at its southernmost azimuth sunset now or at the solstice?

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