The 2024 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, happens on Saturday, Dec. 21, and is marked with traditions and ...

During the Northern Hemisphere’s winter solstice, the upper half of the Earth is tilted away from the sun, creating the ...

The solstice occurs at the same time everywhere on Earth, this year it happens Dec. 21 at 4:21 a.m. EST. For the Northern Hemisphere, it marks the astronomical start of winter because the North Pole ...

When is the Winter Solstice and what happens? — The summer solstice: What is it and when does it occur? — Watch sunlight dance across Earth from solstice to solstice in this gorgeous video ...

Though the winter solstice brings the shortest day of the year, it also signals the gradual return of light to the Northern Hemisphere.

During the Northern Hemisphere’s winter solstice, the upper half of the Earth is tilted away from the sun, creating the shortest day and longest night of the year. The winter solstice falls ...

Many ancient cultures considered the winter solstice to be “midwinter,” as it occurs halfway into the darkest calendar quarter of the year. Earth’s seasons occur because our planet is tilted ...

During the Northern Hemisphere’s winter solstice, the upper half of the Earth is tilted away from the sun, creating the shortest day and longest night of the year. The winter solstice falls ...

otherwise known as the winter solstice. At 4:20 a.m. on Saturday, the Earth's tilt will be at its farthest point away from the sun in the northern hemisphere. The sun will be situated directly ...

Earth reaches the perihelion — the closest it gets to the sun on its slightly elliptical orbit — on Jan. 3, 2025, just two weeks after the solstice. Instead, the winter solstice marks the ...