[NatureNS] Some totally pointless calculations

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Winter 1/3 over--- I'll happily accept that.

On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 10:12 AM Peter Payzant <peter@payzant.net> wrote:

> If we take the time of the autumn solstice as marking the start of
> Winter, and the time of the spring equinox as marking the end of Winter,
> a few minutes on a spreadsheet can yield some pointless but cheering dates.
>
> The autumn solstice last year was December the 22nd at 04:19 (UTC).
> The spring equinox this year will be on March 20 at 03:50 (UTC).
>
>  From these we can calculate that winter (defined this way) will be
> almost exactly 89 days long this year. We also get
>
> Winter 1/3 over: January 20 at 2009 UTC, or 4:09 pm AST.
>
> Winter 1/2 over: February 4 at 1604 UTC, or 12:04 pm AST
>
> Winter 2/3 over: February 19 at 1034 UTC, 6:34 am AST
>
> Anyway, some time this afternoon, winter will be 1/3 over.
>
> --- Peter Payzant
>
>
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Winter 1/3 over--- I&#39;ll happily accept that.</div><br>=
<div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Ja=
n 20, 2020 at 10:12 AM Peter Payzant &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:peter@payzant.ne=
t">peter@payzant.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quo=
te" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204=
);padding-left:1ex">If we take the time of the autumn solstice as marking t=
he start of <br>
Winter, and the time of the spring equinox as marking the end of Winter, <b=
r>
a few minutes on a spreadsheet can yield some pointless but cheering dates.=
<br>
<br>
The autumn solstice last year was December the 22nd at 04:19 (UTC).<br>
The spring equinox this year will be on March 20 at 03:50 (UTC).<br>
<br>
=C2=A0From these we can calculate that winter (defined this way) will be <b=
r>
almost exactly 89 days long this year. We also get<br>
<br>
Winter 1/3 over: January 20 at 2009 UTC, or 4:09 pm AST.<br>
<br>
Winter 1/2 over: February 4 at 1604 UTC, or 12:04 pm AST<br>
<br>
Winter 2/3 over: February 19 at 1034 UTC, 6:34 am AST<br>
<br>
Anyway, some time this afternoon, winter will be 1/3 over.<br>
<br>
--- Peter Payzant<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>

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