The Sun Was Supposed To Set At 4:41 Central Time In Missouri, 12/18 , Still Hasn't Set At 5:01

hee hee. boing.

Ok...north east US at 3:30 the Sun was so bright it HURT to glance at it with sunglasses on!

We stopped the car and by putting 2 pair of sunglasses together and looking through tinted auto glass we could only glance at the sun for one second and it HURT!

Also the sun looked HUGE! White bright and painful!

Last Edited by PIR on 12/19/2012 04:03 PM

It's pretty difficult to discredit 20 people's eyewitness testimony.

I'm reading other reports about the sun shining really brightly. It's overcast here today.

In another thread someone mentioned getting a torching helmet (pooh, senior moment for the exact word) to look at the sun.

[to forge lead or metals with a hot iron is called ? (not smithing))

"Testimony"? Like under oath? As if there is any compelling reason to believe what people are posting here? Hardly.

Did it look like this? lol
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Welding mask.

I'm watching the sun today. I noticed yesterday that it was insanely bright when the clouds cleared up here in Virginia. And it did seem like it was still light out at around 530 when I dropped my father off at his house. So we'll see what today brings. Google has the sunset listed as 4:52PM today here. 4:35 now and it's still light out, but you can tell it will be dark within the hour.

It was a clear blue sky last night in central Cali. It was still twighlight till about 5:45p. Got another clear day. Will be reporting as well

Yes...just like that!

When did you take that pic?

Ohio 5pm. Its 430 and still light. You need to adjust for day light saving.

This morning at 9 A.m

I am at work so I can't do this but maybe a fellow GLP'er can help. The sun is suppose to set in Key West Florida at 5:43 pm. I live in Illinois and when I looked it up I don't know if that time was eastern or central.

I live in Illinois thousand miles away so I can't be there nor expecting anyone to go there but what Key West does offer is a bunch of sunset web cams. Watch the sunset online.

[link to www.fla-keys.com]

Here is one I found, maybe someone can take a look when the time is near and mark the time the sun set. This would be good cause I see post where people think it is affecting the southern states more then the north. Key West is as far south as you can get in this country.

Like I said I would do it but I am at work and don't have correct software on my computer to do this. Any help would be great if not I will do it tomorrow.

I have a perfect vantage point here on the 48th floor of an office building in Houston Texas. Sunset is at 5:25pm. Now is this when the sun is longer visible or just level with the horizon? I will post my observations

for importance, this needs to be watched

Ok here my sunset was to be right now at 4:38 and it is not dark...it is still light out. If it were not for the clouds it would be very light.

Right now it is 2 min past the listed time for sunset and I can see clearly for a mile.

Where I live sunset is supposed to be 4:44pm today. It's 1:40pm now. I will have a video camera and the cell phone (to how exact time) and determine if the sun is off. No "it's still twighlighty out" or it is still bright out.

I will record when the sun drops below the horizon and report back.

Last year at this time you would be driving with headlights on but right now there is still a hint of sun glare and plenty of light to see and drive.

Its not a matter of when the bright lil circle drops behind whatever. The sun is getting more and more intense for whatever reason. That's why people are reporting it remaining lighter longer.

Remember being 500 feet up that will certainly give the illusion that the sun is setting a little later than if you were standing ground level.

By how much...I havent got a clue. But my guess is not by much.

YEARS of images of the western sky at sunset.

[link to www.katkam.ca]

4:47 PM in MD and it is still light out

Actually, most of what people are "reporting" is that there is still light in the sky 30-60 minutes after sunset and erroneously thinking that is something new or unusual.

I'm in DE and the sun is set but yes it's still light out. Sunset isn't when it's supposed to be pitch black.

Sydney 8:50 AM here. Sun very bright already, for the first time in a long time I went out the front and everything was the old "Golden glow " we used to get in Aussie.Been white for ages

Now 4:50 still light but dusk.

Here in Tennessee, the legal shooting hours end 30 minutes after sunset.
If you shoot a deer after that, be ready for the game wardens to come a-looking.
They will want to check the deer's eyes.

4:48 is our listed sunset time...5 minutes later and its still light out but the horizon is orange and is gettig darker by the minute.

Looks like civil twilight lasts until 5:16 pm

Begin civil twilight 6:50 a.m.
Sunrise 7:20 a.m.
Sun transit 12:03 p.m.
Sunset 4:46 p.m.
End civil twilight 5:16 p.m.

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Everything seems pretty normal here in UK. Apart from the weather being slightly warmer than usual, everything is fine.

I'll have to check tomorrow evening, I'll definitely post on here if anything strange happens on this side of the planet.

OP: any updates? wheres the sun now?


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