Fastest Equinox September 21
at sunset – there’s a natural phenomenon you might never have imagined. That is, the sun actually sets faster around the time of an equinox. The fastest sunsets (and sunrises) occur at or near the equinoxes. And the slowest sunsets (and sunrises) occur at or near the solictices . This is true whether you live in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere. And, by the way, when we say sunset here, we’re talking about the actual number of minutes it takes for the body of the sun to sink below the western horizon. Why does the sun set so quickly around the equinoxes? At every equinox, the sun pretty much rises due east and sets due west. That means – on the day of an equinox – the setting sun hits the horizon at its steepest possible angle . Meanwhile, at a solstice, the sun is setting farthest north or farthest south of due west. The farther the sun sets from due west along the horizon, the shallower the angle of the setting sun. That me...