At 10:03 a.m. Sunday morning, the sun was directly over the Tropic of Capricorn at 23.5° south latitude, marking the December solstice, and the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Other ...

Besides colder temperatures and falling snow, the other signs of obvious signs of winter approaching are longer nights and shorter days as the winter solstice nears. Here's when and what to know about ...

NORFOLK, Va. — As 2025 draws to a close, the next solstice nears. On Sunday, December 21, at 10:30 Eastern Time, the winter solstice will occur, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year.

The winter solstice marks the shortest day of the year with the longest night of the year. The December solstice also marks the official start of astronomical winter in the Northern Hemisphere, taking ...

It's fall. But Christmas decorations and bags of rock salt popping up in stores serve as a reminder that winter isn't too far away. The winter solstice comes about three months after the autumnal ...

Here we are in a holiday week, the winter solstice arriving, which means the days will once again feel longer with early sunsets beginning to fade away. Dec. 21 marks the shortest day and longest ...

In the Northern Hemisphere, the longest night of the year is almost upon us. Saturday, December 21, marks the winter solstice. An optimistic way to view this astronomical first day of winter is that ...