For reporters

Quoting a figure

Quote any figure on Meridian Clock with a link to the page it came from. Articles in News come with their table as a CSV file.

Where a city’s numbers are

Each city’s sunrise and sunset page has today’s times, the week ahead, every day of the month and the year’s records: the longest and shortest days, the earliest and latest sunsets. Its golden hour and moon pages give the same for golden hour, moonrise and the moon’s phases.

Clock changes lists when daylight saving starts and ends in each region, and the world clock gives every city’s time zone and offset.

How they’re worked out

Sunrise and sunset are computed for each city’s coordinates: sunset is when the top of the sun drops below a flat horizon, allowing for the air bending its light, rounded to the minute on the local clock. Hills, buildings and height above sea level can move what you see by a few minutes.

Clock times follow the IANA time zone database, the record of every country’s time zone rules that computers and phones use. The Sunset Score reads MET Norway’s cloud forecast at the minute the sun sets; its page explains how.

Corrections

If a figure looks wrong, tell us with the feedback form. A corrected article says what changed and when.