Shorter days

from Weather Underground

The days are getting shorter, but I don't feel the sense of impending doom as winter approaches.  I feel hope that the day will arrive when the sun does not rise at 4:30 so I can sleep a little later.

If you are curious about why it says the sun does not rise, here is the definition the site provides for astronomical twilight.

The time period when the sun is between 12 and 18 degrees below the horizon at either sunrise or sunset. The sun does not contribute to the illumination of the sky before this time in the morning, or after this time in the evening. In the beginning of morning astronomical twilight and at the end of astronomical twilight in the evening, sky illumination is very faint, and might be undetectable.