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  2. Winter solstice - Wikipedia

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    The opposite event is the summer solstice. The winter solstice occurs during the hemisphere's winter. In the Northern Hemisphere, this is the December solstice (December 21 or 22) and in the Southern Hemisphere, this is the June solstice (June 20 or 21). Although the winter solstice itself lasts only a moment, the term also refers to the day on ...

  3. What to know about the winter solstice, 2024's shortest day

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    The 2024 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, happens on Saturday, Dec. 21, and is marked with traditions and celebrations around the world. ... On the summer solstice, when the northern ...

  4. Winter Solstice 2024: Don’t worry, the shortest day of the ...

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    As the southern hemisphere celebrates the start of summer, those north of the equator will experience its opposite, the first day of winter. This year, it falls on Saturday 21 December at 9:21am ...

  5. Winter solstice 2024: The shortest day of the year is arriving

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    At 4:20 a.m. ET, the solstice will take place, marking "the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere," according to NASA.

  6. Solstice - Wikipedia

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    The day this occurs is called the June solstice day. Similarly, for an observer on the South Pole, the Sun reaches the highest position on the December solstice day. When it is the summer solstice at one Pole, it is the winter solstice on the other. The Sun's westerly motion never ceases as Earth is continually in rotation.

  7. June - Wikipedia

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    The June solstice—known as the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere—occurs for one-day between 20–22 June (most often on 21 June), marking the longest day of the year in terms of daylight hours in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest day in the Southern Hemisphere.

  8. When is the winter solstice? A guide to the shortest day of ...

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    The winter solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the year, according to the National Weather Service. This occurs due to the Earth's tilt from the sun.

  9. What Is the Winter Solstice, Exactly? We’ve Got All the ...

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    It’s called the winter solstice, and we've got all the details on what that means as we get closer and closer to the coldest season of the year. ... December 21, 2023—also known as the winter ...