Two years ago, in the midst of a very dark year, Debra Sheldon decided she and her neighbors needed a little light — literally. On the Winter Solstice in 2020 — the longest night of the year — Sheldon ...

At precisely 4:20 a.m. ET, the solstice will take place, a moment when the Sun appears at its lowest point in the sky. This happens because Earth rotates on a tilted axis of 23.5 degrees. Twice ...

Sadly, something else we seem to have in common.) Anyway, on Dec. 21 at 9:37 p.m. our time, we can all breathe a sigh of relief as sun begins its slow but sure return to these northern climes.

The sun rises behind the skyline of midtown Manhattan, Hudson Yards and the Empire State Building on the winter solstice in New York City on Demember 21, 2019 as seen from Kearny, New Jersey.

The winter solstice doesn’t line up perfectly with the earliest sunset, which explains why earlier this month the sun set at 4:19 p.m. in Chicago, but it will set at 4:22 p.m. on Thursday.

During the winter solstice, the sun will be at its lowest noontime point in the sky for 2023. That's because it's when the northern half of the Earth is tilted its farthest away from the sun due ...

During the winter solstice, the sun will be at its lowest noontime point in the sky for 2023. That's because it's when the northern half of the Earth is tilted its farthest away from the sun due ...

In winter, the Northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, which means there are fewer hours of daylight overall. "Although the tilt of the Earth as compared to the plane of its orbit around ...

During the winter solstice, the sun will be at its lowest noontime point in the sky for 2023. That's because it's when the northern half of the Earth is tilted its farthest away from the sun due ...

During the 2023 winter solstice, San Diego had around 10 hours of daylight on both Dec. 21 and 22, according to NOAA’s Solar Calculator. For sunrise and sunset times in other U.S. cities, visit ...