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Sunset

 

This year’s calendar autumn ends with black ground and not even the moon is to be seen in the sky. On December 22nd calendar winter begins; the hope of a white Christmas remains.

 

The sun has reached the southernmost point of its journey. Day length is just a few minutes over 6 hours. Outside, an hour of morning and evening dusk are added – so the length of night is 16 hours.

 

In southern Estonia daylight lasts almost a quarter of an hour longer than on the coast of the Gulf of Finland and on the western islands too the day is just a little longer than on the shore of Lake Peipsi.