Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: 1000Words at Depositphotos.com. When winter sets in, and daylight is gone well before dinner, it’s hard not to ...

The winter solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the calendar year. All hail the darkest night and the rebirth of the sun. In the Northern Hemisphere, the days are dimming, Yule is nigh ...

Astronomical winter began on Sunday, Dec. 21, which is also the winter solstice. The winter solstice varies by year, between Dec. 20 and Dec. 23. It marks the shortest day and longest night in the ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - The Winter Solstice is the shortest day and the longest night of the year, and it officially marks the start of winter. “The winter solstice is not so much a full day as ...

The 2025 winter solstice will take place at 10:03 a.m. Eastern time Sunday, Dec. 21. That’s the moment when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted the farthest away from the sun. The winter solstice is ...

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The winter solstice doesn’t coincide with the latest sunrise or the earliest sunset. Those actually occur about two weeks before and two weeks after the winter solstice. This is a result of our axial ...