Earlier sunsets…a sign of the times that summer is coming to an end! The sun set at 9 p.m. for the last time today (Sunday), August 3 in Grand Rapids.
Our longest day of the year is the summer solstice, which happened on Friday, June 29. The sun rose at 6:03 a.m. and set at 9:25 p.m. that day, for a total of 15 hours, 21 minutes and 27 seconds of daylight. Since then, the days have slowly been getting shorter little by little each day.
Today, the sun rose at 6:36 a.m. and set at 9:00 p.m. During the month of August, we lose around 2 minutes and 20 seconds of daylight every day. That accounts for both the earlier sunsets and later sunrises…