We were just looking out the window thinking, Srsly? That dark already? when we got proactive and decided to do a little research on what the sun's up to. Our findings are these. First, yes, it is that dark already: sunset was at 4:18 p.m. today. However, this is about as bad as it gets, sunset-wise. In fact, by December 17 we'll be back to sunsets at 4:19 p.m. How about that! Positively equatorial. Where we're losing light is in the morning. Sunrise was 7:40 a.m. this morning and that'll draw closer to 8 a.m. throughout December. We won't see a 7:40 a.m. sunrise again until nearly the end of January. more ›