The 2024 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, happens on Saturday, Dec. 21, and is marked with traditions and ...

The Winter Solstice 2024, AKA the Hibernal Solstice, commences on December 21 in the Northern Hemisphere, bringing us the shortest day of the year. With the Solstice, a new season begins and the sun ...

The winter solstice is more than just an astronomical event. It symbolizes the cyclical nature of time, marking the end of one phase and the gradual return of light. While Dec. 21 may bring the ...

All hail the darkest night and the rebirth of the sun. In the Northern Hemisphere, the days are dimming, Yule is nigh, and the winter solstice, the proverbial long night of the soul, is at hand.

The solstice occurs at the same time everywhere on Earth, this year it happens Dec. 21 at 4:21 a.m. EST. For the Northern Hemisphere, it marks the astronomical start of winter because the North Pole ...

Meanwhile, the Southern Hemisphere will greet summertime with the summer solstice. The extra long night and short day occur thanks to the Earth's tilt from the sun. During the winter solstice ...

Read More: 4 Winter Solstice Rituals From Around the World Here’s what to know about how the Earth’s march around the sun splits up the year. As the Earth travels around the sun, it does so at ...

Though the winter solstice brings the shortest day of the year, it also signals the gradual return of light to the Northern Hemisphere.

The sun rises behind the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center on the winter solstice in New York City on December 21, 2023, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary ...