Why the winter solstice is the longest night every year, and when it happens in 2024

Winter does not officially arrive until the solstice. The 2024 winter solstice — the precise moment when the Sun appears farthest south in the sky — is at 4:21 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 21, in the Northern Hemisphere, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory. Throughout the Northern Hemisphere, the day of the solstice has theContinue reading “Why the winter solstice is the longest night every year, and when it happens in 2024”
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