ANTHONY CONSTANTINOUTALKING ABOUT 2015

WINTER SOLSTICEEVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE

SHORTEST DAY OF THE YEAR

•The December solstice happens at the same

moment for every one of us, all over the place

on Earth. This year the solstice happens on

Tuesday December 22nd at 04:49 GMT

(Universal time) with the sun ascending over

Stonehenge inWiltshire at 08:04.

•The winter solstice happens each year when

the Sun achieves its most southerly declination

of - 23.5 degrees. As it were, the point at which

the North Pole is tilted uttermost – 23.5 degrees

– far from the Sun, conveying the least hours of

daylight of the year.

• The Sun is straightforwardly overhead of the Tropic

of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere amid the

December solstice and is closer to the skyline than at

some other time in the year, which means shorter

days and more evenings.

• The day after the winter solstice denote the start of

stretching days, paving the way to the late spring

solstice in June.

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