If the sun is at it’s relative peak at noon, why does it take so much longer to set than it does to rise for at least half of the year?

Question

The closer you are to the date of the summer solstice, it seems to gradually take up to 10 hours for the sun to set. Yet, the sun doesn’t begin to rise at 2am. Why is that?

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

The sun isn’t at it’s relative peak at noon. The time of noon and the time the sun is the highest in the sky are not set to the same, exactly because us humans tend to enjoy having sunlight somewhat later in the day.

Where I live, during the summer, the sun is actually at its highest point around 1:30pm.