why does it get dark in the UK at 3.20pm?
918082
because the sun has gone over the horizon
482380
No, it's almost midnight.
1100487
Because the earth orbits the sun in the same direction as its daily spin, we are on the "trailing" side of the globe before midnight. This means that meteoroids must "catch up" to us in order to burn up in our atmosphere, and will be slower (and so fainter) when they do. After midnight of course, the situation is reversed... The result is that you usually see many more meteors near dawn than near dusk!
207628
We put the clocks forward by 1hr on Sunday 26th March 2006 and then put them back by an hour on the 29th October. It is basically to get more hours of daylight at decent times of the day!\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Summer_Time
710177
Its still a little bit dark and the light from earth when reflected back to the moon enables u 2 see the dark side of the moon but this will only happen when there is not enough light to block your view.
1052806
1 PM\n\nThe Brits are 6 hours ahead of you.\n\nYour time is (GMT -6).
161565
Because it has been darkest for longest at this time. Why is the high at around 6:00 pm? same reason. The sun has been at its peak for longest then.
952850
Absolutely! It is ridiculous that it is fully dark at 4PM in the winter where I live, yet it doesn't get dark until 10 PM in the summer.  We could at least do away with some of the gap by eliminating the artificial difference by going on daylight saving time permanently.
1007624
black at the minute as its nearly 1am where i am
1058049
Birmingham!! United Kingdom\ntime - 10.51 am
37152
The witching hour is typically 12 am. It basiclly meant anything that happens after this time is evil or up to no good until the sun rises again.
989426
between 10am -2pm the sun is high in the sky. with a high hummity it is posible to see a rainbow all the way  around the sun
1093142
Darkness is the absence of Light!....Same Speed?\n\nIf we are talking about 'How long it takes to go Dark',  then it depends on the time of year (whether the Sun is below or above the Equator, and to what extent), you level of latitude on the Planet..... Because, it changes nearer to the poles because, firstly the Earth is not a perfect Sphere (it is flatter at the poles), and secondly (and very important to our weather, etc), the Earth is inclined at an angle (10 degrees at Poles?) which results in the Tropical Zones...\n\nConclusion: Faster the further North in Winter, slower in  Summer!....... A friend says, blooody quick at the Equator, but never been there to see!
1065372
Because of the location that you live in. If you lived in Britain the times would be from 9.00am to 3.00 pm
748916
The dark shaded bitumen of the road was illuminated by the grim light beaming its way down from the over hanging light poles.\n\nAs the heavy darkness grew to an unbelievable level, the street lights suddenly turned on but with half as much power, making the ever darkening street, still seem unlit.\n\nThere's two you. Hope it helps.
218064
During WWI to save on electricity and the fuel to produce it dayligh saving time was introduced.  DST reduced the need for artificail light late in the working day and it was allowed to lapse at the end of the war.  DST reappeared in WWII and soon after the way people liked the fact of the longer daylight hours in the summer so it stuck, though not everwhere has daylight savings and some places have it longer then others
711530
Afternoon starts after 12:00, and evening starts when it begins to get dark (right now it's somewhere around 6:00, but it's about 8:00 in the summer)