NEW YORK (PIX11) — Autumn does not officially begin until next week, but the days are noticeably getting shorter quickly.
Thursday will be the last day of the year with the sunset before 7 p.m., according to the U.S. Naval Observatory.
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From roughly mid-September to early October, New York City loses about two minutes and forty seconds of daylight each day.
Officially, autumn begins on Sept. 22, at 8:05 p.m. The autumnal equinox happens when the sun’s most direct rays cross the equator, bringing us roughly equal hours of day and night…