For example, in D.C. solar noon is at 11:57 a.m. on December 1, but drifts 14 minutes later â to 12:11 p.m. â by December 31. This forward shift means that it takes a few seconds more than 24 hours for the sun to complete a full circle between its maximum noontime height from one day to the next. Meanwhile, as we approach the solstice, the sunâs declination is no longer changing as rapidly, which causes the days to shorten at a slower pace.
ANNETTE BENING recalls that Hollywood could hardly contain its laughter when she married Warren Beatty. He was the great lothario: a 53-year-old serial womaniser who kept his own penthouse suite at the luxurious Beverly Wilshire Hotel to entertain girlfriends.
The eldest child of Hollywood power couple Beatty and Bening, Stephen is a junior student at the prestigious Sarah Lawrence College in New York. Famous parents: Stephen is the first born of Annette Bening and Warren Beatty's four children and came out as transgender at the age of 14. He is also an outspoken activist for the transgender community, and as part of his grass-roots involvement writes a blog for the WeHappyTrans website called 'Super Mattachine'.