why do we get more than 12h of daylight in Northern hemisphere if the Spring equinox is in 2 days?

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Time and Date website shows **12 hours 3 minutes** of daylight in my hometown, Calgary, AB, Canada.

[https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/canada/calgary](https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/canada/calgary)

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Anonymous 0 Comments

You’re not at the equator. The equinox is the day when the equator should get 12 hours of sunlight. The farther north you go, the more you’ll get on the equinox.

The way sunlight enters the atmosphere can also impact daylight hours. This means that while in theory the sun should give you 12 hours, after it enters the atmosphere, you might end up with more or less.

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