Posted on 12/20/2017 12:40:01 PM PST by SunkenCiv
The December solstice happens at the same instant for everyone, everywhere on Earth – and this year the solstice occurs tomorrow, on Thursday December 21st at 16:28 GMT.
The winter solstice happens every year when the Sun reaches its most southerly declination of -23.5 degrees. In other words, it is when the North Pole is tilted farthest away from the Sun, delivering the fewest hours of sunlight of the year.
The Sun is directly overhead of the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere during the December solstice and is closer to the horizon than at any other time in the year, meaning shorter days and longer nights.
The shortest day of the year lasts for 7 hours 49 minutes and 41 seconds in Britain, which is 8 hours, 49 minutes shorter than the June Solstice. As such, Wednesday December 20th is the longest night of the year with the sun not rising until 08:04 GMT on Thursday morning...
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
LOL! that’s funny!
Oh yea! :)
Same here. Since I built a cabin on my land in the country with no electricity, I hate that the nights start getting longer in June.
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