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Show 1 1 Difference in Days How much longer and shorter, respectively, are the longest and shortest days of the year than the days next to them, is asked. According to the U. S. Naval observatory, the difference in the length of day varies less than a minute from day to day in the weeks December 17-24, and June 17-24, in which the shortest and the longest day of the year occurs. oc-curs. Therefore, the difference in the length of day is less than a minute between, for example, December De-cember 21 and December 22. |