Friday marks Cincinnati's first sunset after 6 p.m. in 2023

CINCINNATI (WKRC/KOMO) - It's been about five weeks since the winter solstice and you may not have noticed but the days are actually getting longer.

The sun set in Cincinnati at 5:59 p.m. on Thursday and on Friday it sets two minutes later at 6:01 p.m., providing a full 10 hours and 18 minutes of daylight.

By this time next month, sunset will be at 6:32 p.m. but the sun will rise at 7:07 a.m., giving us 11 hours and 24 minutes of daylight, according to timeanddate.com.

The first post-7 p.m. sunset comes on March 12 because clocks change forward one hour.