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SOUTH BEND, Ind.-- Michiana has lost a significant amount of daylight since the summer solstice on June 20. That day, the sun rose at 6:10 a.m. and set at 9:22 p.m.—giving us a generous 15 hours and 12 minutes of daylight. Fast forward to today, just a few days after the Autumnal equinox, sunrise wasn’t until 7:35 a.m., with sunset at 7:36 p.m.—leaving us with only 12 hours of sunlight.

Since June, we’ve lost about three hours of daylight, and we’ll continue to lose more until we reach the first day of winter. After that, the days will slowly get longer as we regain daylight.

With the Northern Hemisphere now tilted away from the sun, we receive less solar radiation, resulting

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