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Tomorrow is the shortest day of the year.  Really!  “High noon” is when the sun (wherever you happen to be) is at its highest point in the sky.  The time between one high noon and the next day's high noon is the “apparent solar day”.  The length of that day varies during the year, depending on where the Earth is in its orbit, and (especially) on how fast the Earth is moving.  Because the Earth is in an elliptical (not circular) orbit around the Sun, these things vary.  And tomorrow is the shortest day of all!