Longer days, shorter days

I was almost 60 before I discovered why long days are long and short days are short.

 Here's what I noticed after I moved to the country:

In the summer, the sun rises in the direction of 2:00 and sets in the direction of 10:00.

In the winter, the sun rises in the direction of 4:00 and sets in the direction of 8:00.

It has to travel a whole lot further during the summer to get from sunrise to sunset - hence, the longer days.

Okay, seriously, I never noticed this before? Nope, I never noticed this before - likely because all the buildings got in the way!