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Post by alex992 on Oct 8, 2017 21:16:08 GMT -5
44.0° Getting pretty low now, but I have to say that with the warm temps we’ve been experiencing the sun feels higher than it actually is, if that makes any sense. The sun’s strength feels amplified by the warm temps, at least to my skin. While the strength is still there, I'm finding the sun definitely doesn't pack the punch it did even just a few weeks ago. 43 degrees here About the same as us in late November or so. Today (October 8th) the peak sun angle was 57.37 degrees. The sun angle has decreased 30 degrees since summer solstice, and 6.5 degrees (roughly) since the Equinox. |
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Post by Hiromant on Oct 9, 2017 1:44:13 GMT -5
You'll be hitting my maximum sun angle of 54° soon. It's always great looking at Americans' fall pictures and the light looks like high summer to me. Brings back the summer vibe for a second.
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Post by Ryan on Oct 9, 2017 13:42:33 GMT -5
10/9/2017
Daily Peak Sun Angle: 48.6°
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Post by boombo on Oct 9, 2017 13:49:52 GMT -5
10/9/2017 Daily Peak Sun Angle: 48.6°What time of year would you say the sun was weak/pleasant/too strong there? Our peak sun angle was 29.6° here today, which I would classify as "weak". "Non-existent" sun strength, i.e. it doesn't make you feel any warmer at all starts at around 20°, which is our peak sun angle on 6th November. |
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Post by Ryan on Oct 9, 2017 13:54:13 GMT -5
10/9/2017 Daily Peak Sun Angle: 48.6°What time of year would you say the sun was weak/pleasant/too strong there? Our peak sun angle was 29.6° here today, which I would classify as "weak". "Non-existent" sun strength, i.e. it doesn't make you feel any warmer at all starts at around 20°, which is our peak sun angle on 6th November. Probably below 45 degrees |
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Post by ilmc90 on Oct 9, 2017 14:35:13 GMT -5
10/9/17
42.3 degrees
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Post by alex992 on Oct 9, 2017 15:41:30 GMT -5
You'll be hitting my maximum sun angle of 54° soon. It's always great looking at Americans' fall pictures and the light looks like high summer to me. Brings back the summer vibe for a second. Yeah, the sun angle at latitudes below about 40 N is too high for me at this time of year tbh lol, I would love a low, golden light at this time of year. Whenever I start reaching Northern Europe/Scandinavian sun angles at their summer solstice, that's how I know I'm starting to make some progress  the winter solstice sun angle here is about equivalent to the summer solstice sun angle at 73 N. Btw today (October 9th) the peak sun angle is 57.37 degrees. I made a mistake yesterday, that's the sun angle for today. Yesterday was 57.75 degrees. |
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Post by Ryan on Oct 10, 2017 9:58:38 GMT -5
10/10/2017
Daily Peak Sun Angle: 48.2°
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Post by alex992 on Oct 10, 2017 10:16:52 GMT -5
10/9/2017 Daily Peak Sun Angle: 48.6°What time of year would you say the sun was weak/pleasant/too strong there? Our peak sun angle was 29.6° here today, which I would classify as "weak". "Non-existent" sun strength, i.e. it doesn't make you feel any warmer at all starts at around 20°, which is our peak sun angle on 6th November. I was going to create a thread about what sun angles people consider "weak", "moderate", "strong", etc. so it's interesting to me you bring this up. The sun angle here is below 45 degrees, which I'd consider 35-45 degrees "benign" or "moderately weak", only from mid-late November until mid-late January. The sun is never exactly weak here, always a noticeable presence. Kind of annoying. Today (October 10th) has a peak sun angle of 56.99 degrees, basically exactly 57 degrees. |
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Post by bizzy on Oct 10, 2017 18:51:20 GMT -5
42.41°
Sunrise: 7:00 AM
Sunset: 6:22 PM
Day length: 11h 21m
I think I’m going to *personally* observe Atlantic Standard Time when daylight savings time ends, just to see if I feel any sort of difference in day length (mentally). The sun sets far too early (4:27 at the earliest) which makes the already shorter days feel even shorter than they are. I hate the early sunsets almost as much as I hate the cold.
Some New England states have proposed an EDT/AST cycle, as opposed to the current EDT/EST cycle. Not a chance in hell it’d happen in New York, which is further west (southwest in my case). New England being further north and east means their sunsets are even earlier than mine, imo they’d benefit from making the switch.
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Post by Ryan on Oct 10, 2017 19:38:42 GMT -5
The shadows at solar noon have gotten significantly longer since Sept 22. The shadows started to reach the fence around the equinox and now its about halfway up the fence now. Oct 10th  Sept. 22nd  |
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Post by Ryan on Oct 11, 2017 10:51:22 GMT -5
10/11/2017
Daily Peak Sun Angle: 47.8°
The sun feels relatively weak now.
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Post by alex992 on Oct 11, 2017 19:17:19 GMT -5
Today (October 11th) had a peak sun angle of 56.61 degrees. Even 2/3 PM is starting to look like what late afternoon looked like in mid-summer.
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Post by Hiromant on Oct 12, 2017 4:48:15 GMT -5
23° here though I'm not sure if I'm ever gonna see the damn thing again.
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Post by Ryan on Oct 12, 2017 10:32:15 GMT -5
10/12/2017
Daily Peak Sun Angle: 47.5°
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Post by alex992 on Oct 12, 2017 13:20:13 GMT -5
Peak sun angle today (October 12th) is 56.24 degrees.
The sun angle has now dropped more since September 1st (15.7 degree drop since) than from summer solstice to Sep 1st (15.6 degree drop). Interesting.
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Post by bizzy on Oct 12, 2017 13:27:10 GMT -5
41.74°
Temp is in the 60’s today which makes it a little easier to feel the sun’s true power, with temps in the 80’s the sun feels hot at midday regardless of the angle imo.
Right now the sun feels like a heat lamp (very comfortable). In June/July it feels like you’re sitting in front of an opened oven running at 400 degrees, you can feel your skin burning, whether it’s directly exposed or not.
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Post by Ryan on Oct 12, 2017 13:33:35 GMT -5
The sun feels relatively weak. The wind helps a lot
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Post by Ryan on Oct 13, 2017 9:28:07 GMT -5
10/13/2017
Daily Peak Sun Angle: 47.1°
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Post by alex992 on Oct 13, 2017 11:18:55 GMT -5
Today (October 13th) the peak sun angle is 55.86 degrees.
That means the sun is directly overhead at 8.04 S and on the horizon at 81.96 N.
Alert, Canada has the sun below the horizon all day today.
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the winter solstice sun angle here is about equivalent to the summer solstice sun angle at 73 N.