Shortest Day of the year

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A key global moment comes at 10:27 p.m. EST on Thursday, December 21, 2023 when the Sun shines above the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere.

The winter solstice north of the equator and the summer solstice south of it signal the official start of a new season.

Confused? You shouldn't be. It's all a simple story about how to live on a planet with a tilted axis—and an opportunity to think about how and why the sun's intensity varies throughout the year, how changing weather and celestial mechanics account for life. Set the tone. on the ground.Astronomically, it marks the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of summer in the Southern Hemisphere. In the north, it is the shortest day and longest night of the year while in the south it is the longest day and shortest night of the year.

This is all and only one story of how our planet spins. The axis on which the Earth rotates is tilted by 23.5 degrees, so during our annual orbit around the Sun, different parts of the Earth receive sunlight for different lengths of time. It was probably caused by an impact billions of years ago

.During this week’s solstice, the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, so the sun hangs lowest in the sky. Meanwhile, in the southern hemisphere, the sun sits over the Tropic of Capricorn, an imaginary line at 23.5 degrees south of the equator, giving that hemisphere its full glare and staying in the sky for longer.

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