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Environment

Highly variable at this time of the year. In June temperatures will average in the upper 50's in Southern Manitoba, whereas in Churchill the average temperature in 45 degrees, though the winds can make this feel considerably colder. Overcast, foggy, misty days are possible.

Current Conditions at Winnipeg and at Churchill

Winnipeg
Churchill

Manitoba is in the Central Time Zone - 1 hour behind Eastern Standard Time

Seasons

Spring - June 19
Late Spring - June 20/21
Summer - June 22
Early Fall - June 23/24
Fall - June 25
Winter - June 26/June 18

Sunrise - Sunset

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
June 10, 2004 Central Daylight Time

Begin civil twilight 4:37a.m.
Sunrise 5:21 a.m.
Sun transit 12:28 p.m.
Sunset 9:37 p.m.
End civil twilight 10:21 p.m.

Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
June 10, 2004 Central Daylight Time

Begin civil twilight 2:48 a.m.
Sunrise 4:08 a.m.
Sun transit 1:16 p.m.
Sunset 10:26 p.m.
End civil twilight 11:47 p.m.

Civil twilight is defined to begin in the morning, and to end in the evening when the center of the Sun is geometrically 6 degrees below the horizon. This is the limit at which twilight illumination is sufficient, under good weather conditions, for terrestrial objects to be clearly distinguished; at the beginning of morning civil twilight, or end of evening civil twilight, the horizon is clearly defined and the brightest stars are visible under good atmospheric conditions in the absence of moonlight or other illumination. In the morning before the beginning of civil twilight and in the evening after the end of civil twilight, artificial illumination is normally required to carry on ordinary outdoor activities. Complete darkness, however, ends sometime prior to the beginning of morning civil twilight and begins sometime after the end of evening civil twilight.

The transit time of a celestial body refers to the instant that its center crosses an imaginary line in the sky - the observer's meridian - running from north to south. For observers in low to middle latitudes, transit is approximately midway between rise and set, and represents the time at which the body is highest in the sky on any given day. The transit of the Sun is local solar (sundial) noon.

Phase of the Moon

June 10, 2004
Waning crescent with 41% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.
Moonrise 2:26 a.m.