Measurement and Uncertainty. In the Parallax lab, you were asked to estimate the uncertainty in your results, from your guesses about the sources of error in the measurement. This lab explores, in a little more detail, how one can express the level of confidence associated with a scientific measurement.
Sunrise: 07:08AM. Sunset: 08:05PM. Day length: 12h 57m. Solar noon: 01:37PM. The current local time in Florida is 97 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.
*Even though Dec. 21 was the shortest day of the year, it's not the earliest sunset. Most places in the U.S. have their earliest sunset a week or two before the solstice and their latest sunrise sometime in January. For Birmingham, the earliest sunsets were at 4:39 p.m. on Dec. 2-6.