Winter Solstice Marks Beginning of Winter Season
Today marks the winter solstice, officially beginning the winter season in the United States and all of the northern hemisphere.
Solstices are the two dates during the year where the Earth’s position in its orbit and on its axis is most directly tilted toward or away from the Sun.
The winter solstice is when the Earth is tilted away from the Sun, creating the shortest day of the year. Today also marks the first day of summer in the southern hemisphere, known as the summer solstice.
Starting tomorrow, there will be a little bit more sunlight each day, until we reach the summer solstice in June and the process reverses itself.
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