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This forum answer included these cool graphs and a good explanation.

https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/12824/how-long-does-a-sunrise-or-sunset-take/13053#13053

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[-] teft@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago

And here at the equator it’s the opposite. Our days are almost always 12 hours long. They only vary by an hour or so throughout the year. Same temperature all year too.

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 year ago

And night/morning comes fast. When I've been to places near the equator, it always catches me off-guard. I'm used to daylight only beginning to dim, and thinking, "ah, I need to account for it being dark outside in a couple hours".

Not so near the equator, sunlight just turns off abruptly.

[-] nal@lib.lgbt 5 points 1 year ago

it would be interesting to see these graphs on the same y-axis scale to show the relative time differences between latitudes.

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