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December Solstice: Longest and Shortest Day of the Year. By Konstantin Bikos, Aparna Kher, and Graham Jones. There are two solstices every year: one in December and one in June. The December solstice marks the shortest day north of the equator and the longest day in the south.
Dec 21, 2020 · Winter solstice is the shortest day in the Northern Hemisphere. Discover the science of why it happens, its ancient pagan traditions and a delightful skytime bonus for 2020.
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Shab-e Yalda ‘Yalda night’ or Shab-e Chelleh ‘night of forty’ is an Iranian festival celebrated on the ‘longest and darkest night of the year’. Friends and family get together to eat, drink and read poetry until the early hours.
For that hemisphere, the winter solstice is the day with the shortest period of daylight and longest night of the year, and when the Sun is at its lowest daily maximum elevation in the sky. [1] Each polar region experiences continuous darkness or twilight around its winter solstice.
Dec 19, 2020 · The December solstice this year will occur at 5:02 a.m. ET on Monday, December 21, marking the shortest day of the year and the beginning of astronomical winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
Dec 15, 2023 · The winter solstice, or midwinter, is the shortest and darkest day of the year. Shorter, darker days can only mean one thing: the winter solstice is almost here. Associated with ancient pagan...
Dec 18, 2020 · It's the northern hemisphere's shortest day and longest night, set to occur on Monday, December 21, 2020. This solstice occurs when the earth tilts on its axis, pulling the northern...
