what is the longest day and the shortest day of the year?
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Sunday 22 December marks the Winter solstice across the northern hemisphere. The date is the 24-hour period with the fewest hours of daylight in the year, which is why it is known as the shortest day and longest night.
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December Solstice (Winter Solstice) is on Monday, December 21, 2020 at 11:02 am in Stockholm. In terms of daylight, this day is 12 hours, 32 minutes shorter than on June Solstice. In most locations north of Equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.
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December 21st is often considered to be the shortest day of the year and usually the date of winter solstice celebrations.
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December Solstice (Winter Solstice) is on Monday, December 21, 2020 at 5:02 am in New York. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 50 minutes shorter than on June Solstice. In most locations north of Equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.
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The shortest day of the year lasts for 7 hours 49 minutes and 41 seconds in Britain, which is 8 hours, 49 minutes shorter than the June Solstice. As such, Sunday December 22 is the longest night of the year with the sun not rising until 08:05 GMT on Monday morning.
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All you need to know: June solstice 2020. The June solstice is June 20. Longest day for the Northern Hemisphere. Shortest day for the Southern Hemisphere.
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December Solstice (Winter Solstice) is on Monday, December 21, 2020 at 5:02 am in Boston. In terms of daylight, this day is 6 hours, 12 minutes shorter than on June Solstice. In most locations north of Equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.
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Friday is winter solstice 2018, the shortest day of the year. MADISON, Wis. — Friday, Dec. 21, is the winter solstice, or the day of the year with the least amount of daylight.
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December Solstice (Winter Solstice) is on Monday, December 21, 2020 at 2:02 am in Los Angeles. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 32 minutes shorter than on June Solstice. In most locations north of Equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.
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Daylight hours will get longer everyday until the summer solstice (longest day of the year) which will be on June 21 in the Northern Hemisphere. The mornings then start getting brighter at the start of January, rather than on the solstice itself.
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With only 28 days in common years and 29 days in leap years, February is the shortest month of the year. For that, we can thank the ancient Romans and their superstitions. The Roman calendar was designed to reflect the length of the lunar months.
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December Solstice (Winter Solstice) is on Monday, December 21, 2020 at 2:02 am in Seattle. In terms of daylight, this day is 7 hours, 34 minutes shorter than on June Solstice. In most locations north of Equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.
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December Solstice (Winter Solstice) is on Monday, December 21, 2020 at 3:02 pm in Islamabad. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 29 minutes shorter than on June Solstice. In most locations north of Equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.
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December Solstice (Winter Solstice) is on Monday, December 21, 2020 at 4:02 am in New Orleans. In terms of daylight, this day is 3 hours, 51 minutes shorter than on June Solstice. In most locations north of Equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.
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The tilt of the Earth's axis also defines the length of daylight. Daylight hours are shortest in each hemisphere's winter. Between summer and winter solstice, the number of daylight hours decreases, and the rate of decrease is larger the higher the latitude. The fewer sunlight hours the colder the nights.
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Bottom line: The 2019 December solstice takes place on Sunday, December 22, at 04:19 UTC (that's December 21 at 10:19 p.m. CST; translate UTC to your time). It marks the Northern Hemisphere's shortest day (first day of winter) and Southern Hemisphere's longest day (first day of summer).
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The annual occurrence on Dec. 21 signals the transition from fall to winter and the incremental increase of daylight in coming months in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the shortest day of the year. The winter solstice will officially begin at 11:19 p.m. in New York this year.