at what time of the day is the shadow shortest?
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Solar noon is the time of day when the shadow that the Sun cast is the shortest and points directly north. The shadow will be longest early and late in the day.
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December Solstice (Winter Solstice) is on Monday, December 21, 2020 at 4:02 am in Minneapolis. In terms of daylight, this day is 6 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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December Solstice (Winter Solstice) is on Monday, December 21, 2020 at 5:02 am in Cleveland. In terms of daylight, this day is 6 hours, 1 minute 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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In 2019, the December solstice comes on December 21 at 10:19 p.m. CST. That's on December 22 at 04:19 Universal Time (UTC). It's when the sun on our sky's dome reaches its farthest southward point for the year. At this solstice, the Northern Hemisphere has its shortest day and longest night of the year.
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December Solstice (Winter Solstice) is on Monday, December 21, 2020 at 3:02 am in Calgary. In terms of daylight, this day is 8 hours, 39 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 12:02 am in Honolulu. In terms of daylight, this day is 2 hours, 36 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 sun is setting later, but the days are still getting shorter. ... The winter solstice, which occurs on December 21 or 22 each year in the Northern Hemisphere, is the first astronomical day of winter and the shortest day of the year.
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Noon is at 12:00 PM. Evening is from 5:01 PM to 8 PM, or around sunset.
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December Solstice (Winter Solstice) is on Monday, December 21, 2020 at 1:02 am in Anchorage. In terms of daylight, this day is 13 hours, 54 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 two solstices happen in June (20 or 21) and December (21 or 22). These are the days when the Sun's path in the sky is the farthest north or south from the Equator. A hemisphere's winter solstice is the shortest day of the year and its summer solstice the year's longest.
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The angle of the Sun, low in the sky to higher in the sky, changes the length of the shadow cast behind an object. In the morning, the Sun appears low in the sky; objects cast long shadows. As Earth rotates, the Sun appears higher in the sky, and the shadows get shorter.
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The shortest day of the year often falls on December 21, but the modern calendar of 365 days a year - with an extra day every four years - does not correspond exactly to the solar year of 365.2422 days. The solstice can happen on December 20, 21, 22 or 23, though December 20 or 23 solstices are rare.
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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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June Solstice (Winter Solstice) is on Sunday, June 21, 2020 at 7:13 am in Adelaide. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 42 minutes shorter than on December Solstice. In locations south of Equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.
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On the shortest day of the year – December 21st this year – Fairbanks will have about 3hrs 41mins when the sun is up, but with long periods of dawn and dusk – or civil twilight – it's actually more like 6 hours of visible light.
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Sunset, also known as sundown, is the daily disappearance of the Sun below the horizon due to Earth's rotation. ... Night occurs when the Sun reaches 18 degrees below the horizon and no longer illuminates the sky.
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December Solstice (Winter Solstice) is on Monday, December 21, 2020 at 5:02 am in Indianapolis. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 38 minutes shorter than on June Solstice. In most locations north of Equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date. Why is the earliest sunset not on Winter Solstice?