Originally Posted by
noglider
I like the optimistic view! I am starting to notice the increased light. But what do you do with that quotient? I think we are about 69 days to the equinox, rounding to 70, multiply by 2 gives 140, dividing by 7 gives 20, and now what?
The shortest day of the year was December 21st, which was 21 days ago. Multiply by 2 to account for the days before that were roughly the same as the days after. That gets 42. Divide by 7 days in a week - 6 weeks.