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• As you might have guessed, the latest sunrises and sunsets aren't on the day of the solstice either. For middlelatitudes in the Northern Hemisphere, the latest sunrises come in early January.
• So there's variation in the exact dates, but the sequence is always the same for both hemispheres. First: earliest sunset before the winter solstice, the winter solstice itself, latest sunrise after the winter solstice. Half a year later: earliest sunrise before the summer solstice, the summer solstice itself, latest sunset.
• The earliest and latest sunsets and sunrises are lovely phenomena that happen around every solstice. People around the world notice them and often ask about them.
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