The days are so long already. I heard – then confirmed – that we have had no night since April 11. Our cycle is a mix of daylight and twilight for months to come.

According to timeanddate.com, Daylight is 15 hours and 29 minutes today in Healy. The sun rises over the nearby ridge a bit later than the official 6:11 for Healy.

Again from timeanddate.com we add about 2 hours of civil twilight on either side of the daylight hours, and nearly 3 hours of nautical twilight on either side of that. The remainder is astronomical twilight with ZERO true night.

Tonight I need to get up between 12:02 and 3:46 to see for myself how dark “astronomical twilight” is. Pretty soon we will be able to move our flashlights and headlamps into the storage building for the summer!

In contrast, Luray, VA has 13 hours 22 minutes of daylight today and 7 hours 26 minutes of night. Check out your location at https://www.timeanddate.com/