Earth's day getting shorter and shorter quickly?
@abhi_bangal (6512)
Ahmednagar, India
July 1, 2025 9:14pm CST
We just had the longest day of the year - June 21. The shortest day is yet to come - December 21. This is usually what happens each year in the northern hemisphere.
But that's not probably going to be the case this time.
Our planet is speeding up, and this is what the astronomers are investigating. For the last five years - since 2020, and for some mysterious reasons, our planet is spinning faster on its axis than the way it usually spins. According to Graham Jones, who is an astrophysicist, says the next shortest day could actually come sooner, way before December. He has gives three possible dates when this could happen - July 9, July 22. Or August 5, 2025.
This is something worrying or horrible? What do you think?
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@LindaOHio (193203)
• United States
2 Jul
I don't think that's possible. The Earth is constantly going through changes. I have written about some of them here. Who knows? Eventually there may not be an Earth.
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@abhi_bangal (6512)
• Ahmednagar, India
3 Jul
OMG... No earth... Yeah. That's also possible. Because in a video I heard that this is not the first big bang and we got created. It's for the umpteenth time that this has happened. So yes, it's very much possible that there may but be our earth in a few thousand or billion years.
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@abhi_bangal (6512)
• Ahmednagar, India
3 Jul
@Orson_Kart And thanks Max, for the reminder. I'll also get my to do list complete before anything (untoward) happens 
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@Orson_Kart (7498)
• United Kingdom
3 Jul
The earth is predicted to be swallowed up by the sun in about 7.59 billion years, when the sun becomes a red giant. If you get a move on, you’ve just enough time, Linda, to get your affairs in order.
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@arunima25 (91302)
• Bangalore, India
2 Jul
There is nothing to be concerned or worried about. These are changes that has been happening since times and we have no contribution to that or control over it. It's a phenomenon and it will heaven. Makar Sankranti used to be on 9th January couple of centuries back, we had it in on 14th and now in the last few years, it falls on 15th. Slowly, it would go to 16th January. Celestial bodies keep changing their speed and position, a part of the natural phenomenon.
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@abhi_bangal (6512)
• Ahmednagar, India
22h
@arunima25 But one thought just flashed to me. We could have used "kite festival". At least that could have given others some idea of what we are talking about. Though "Makar Sankranti" would still confused a lot of them.
Yes we do come from different cultures. I had posted about the Ganpati festival and Diwali last year and to my surprise many of the western friends say that they are aware of this cultures in India. This is really fascinating.
Who knows Makar Sankranti will again fall on the 14th of January thousands of years later. After all, we live life 360°.
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@abhi_bangal (6512)
• Ahmednagar, India
3 Jul
Hey... Hey... What a coincidence! I was going on mention about Makar Sankranti, but I thought who would know about the name? So I avoided. And secondly, I had read about Makar Sankranti a few days back. It'll also change in a few hundred years. I read that it'll start falling in the month of May in a few hundred of thousand years.
And yes, no one has control over these celestial bodies. And that's how it's been happening ever since everything came into existence.
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@arunima25 (91302)
• Bangalore, India
3 Jul
@abhi_bangal Many might not be aware of Makar Sankranti here. I remember making a couple of posts here about Makar Sankranti a few years back. We come from different cultures and I am sure that many of this platform love to learn about others and their culture. I got some good response on the post too. It's a great place for sharing and learning 
Yes, it might come in May and may be after thousands of years back to January. It's fascinating.
Yes, it might come in May and may be after thousands of years back to January. It's fascinating.2 people like this
@Orson_Kart (7498)
• United Kingdom
3 Jul
You’re confusing the shortest day, as in daylight hours (21st December in the Northern hemisphere) with the shortest day, as in rotational speed, which affects the whole of the planet. The difference is only milliseconds, and only scientists using a path-entangled quantum interferometer can measure this.
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@abhi_bangal (6512)
• Ahmednagar, India
3 Jul
There was no such mention like shortest day as in daylight and shortest day as in rotation. It's the second one that affects the speed.
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@abhi_bangal (6512)
• Ahmednagar, India
16h
@Orson_Kart I simply mentioned the longest and the shortest days. To you it might be irrelevant. But it's not as if everyone knows everything. Someone may be reading that (and knowing this thing) for the first time
@Orson_Kart (7498)
• United Kingdom
17h
@abhi_bangal Exactly! What was the purpose of your first paragraph then? It was irrelevant.
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@abhi_bangal (6512)
• Ahmednagar, India
3 Jul
No one knows what the real reason behind this is. It's a bit of a mystery.
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@Nakitakona (57301)
• Philippines
2 Jul
In our place we have the shortest and longest night during December
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@abhi_bangal (6512)
• Ahmednagar, India
3 Jul
Phillipines yeah? Both shortest and longest night in the same month? How's it possible?
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@abhi_bangal (6512)
• Ahmednagar, India
9h
@Nakitakona Ohhhh... Correct now. You gave me a scare by saying, "In our place we have the shortest and longest night during December" Just kidding!
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@Nakitakona (57301)
• Philippines
11h
@abhi_bangal What I mean shortest day and longest night in the month of December
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@Ineeddentures (7968)
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2 Jul
No
It is absolutely nothing to worry about at all.
Our planet was spinning a lot faster when Dinosaurs walked the Earth - there day was 23 hours.
Anyway
I had a look at this
https://www.msn.com/en-in/science/earth-science/shortest-day-looms-as-earth-spins-faster-than-ever/ar-AA1HBA4a
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@abhi_bangal (6512)
• Ahmednagar, India
3 Jul
Absolutely. There's hardly anything to worry about at the moment. And even for a few more generations to come. I'll go through that link. Thanks for posting.
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@Ineeddentures (7968)
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22h
@abhi_bangal
200 million years from now , lol, that's a long time , the day will be maybe an hour less,
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@Scarred4Lyfe (819)
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2 Jul
This is not the same thing as what happens in the Northern hemisphere in December. The day with the shortest amount of daylight will still be in December as usual. What is being talked about here is a few millionths of a second in a full rotation of the Earth. There will be no noticeable difference in the length of the day on the three given dates except as measured by atomic clocks.
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@abhi_bangal (6512)
• Ahmednagar, India
3 Jul
This is exactly if what mentioned in the article that I read. But if we are saying what happens only because of a millionth second... I too thought while reading. So they have explained that too. This is what they say - We might think that a couple of milliseconds doesn’t have consequences, but in the world of technology and telecommunications, every fraction of a second counts. Global synchronization systems are designed to operate with extreme precision, so let’s hope the world doesn’t collapse over two milliseconds…
We might not even realize any difference as of now. Or to experience the difference, billions of years need to pass until that. But the reality is, this all is happening.
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@ogbenishyna44 (432)
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16h
In the UK right now, it doesnt get dark until around 10 pm in the night , and when winter comes, it gets dark around 5pm.
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@abhi_bangal (6512)
• Ahmednagar, India
13h
Wow... sunlight until 10 in the night?? That looks quite dramatic for equatorial countries. But here it doesn't get dark like 5 p.m. even in winters.
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@abhi_bangal (6512)
• Ahmednagar, India
9h
@ogbenishyna44 This amuses me how time can be fascinating when we compare things. The universe is one of a kind.
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@ogbenishyna44 (432)
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12h
@abhi_bangal Sometimes in winter it gets dark around 4: 30
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