Sunrise and sunset in the Federated States of Micronesia

Average length of day in Weno

      sunshine duration       twilight phase

Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of Federated States of Micronesia

The cities are ordered by their geographic position from east to west, so in an approximate direction of the sun course. Since the orbit of the sun is elliptical, sunrise or sunset never happen on a whole longitude at the same time. All data given for May 18th., localtime in the Federated States of Micronesia

Sunrise and sunset by month (Weno)

Duration of the sunset

The distance from the equator and the path of the sun determines not only the time of sunrise and sunset. The farther a country is from the equator, the more oblique the sun's path is to the horizon. And this causes a different duration that a sunset takes. Weno lies on the 7th degree of northern latitude and thus very close to the equator. While a sunset in the northern USA or central Europe can take almost an hour, in the Federated States of Micronesia it only lasts an average of 23 minutes. Micronesia is so close to the equator that there is no noticeable difference even between June and December.

International cities for comparison