Winter Solstice Shortest Day. It also marks the beginning of the. Wherever you are the sun hits its southernmost part in the sky.
Winter solstice 2021 the shortest day of year and the official first day of winter is on Tuesday December 21. The shortest day marks the point when the days start to get longer and the nights shorter and has profound cultural meaning around the world and throughout history. 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.
Find out more about solstices and equinoxes throughout the year.
December 21st 2020 - Winter Solstice. In addition to marking the official start of winter its also. It is an astronomical winter in the Northern hemisphere. Figure 1 left - Shadowed World map in Mercator projection.
