During winter in the United States, the Earth's Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun. Less sunlight shines ...

Winter Solstice is all set to occur on December 21 of this year (2025). The date marks the shortest day and the longest night in the Northern hemisphe.

Winter solstice explained: Why it’s the year’s shortest day Every year on the 21st of December, the northern hemisphere experiences the shortest day of the year and the beginning of winter.

Astronomical winter begins when the northern hemisphere is tilted its furthest away from the sun. That happens this weekend ...

Every year on December 21, the winter solstice marks the shortest, darkest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Astronomically, it’s the moment the sun enters Capricorn, beginning a season of ...

Solstices signify how life on Earth changes in connection to the Sun and how our seasons are defined and define us. When a solstice occurs, the Sun reaches its absolute highest or lowest point ...

Besides colder temperatures and falling snow, the other signs of obvious signs of winter approaching are longer nights and shorter days as the winter solstice nears. Here's when and what to know about ...

The 2025 winter solstice will happen at 7:10 a.m. PST on Dec. 21. Sunrise in Oregon that day will be at approximately 7:48 ...

Despite the first snowfall of the season that arrived earlier this week, we're only a month into fall and the official beginning of winter is over a month away. Here's when the first official day of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The Northern Hemisphere’s shortest day and longest night of ...