They refer to the longest & shortest days of a calendar year, respectively, which occur at approximately the same time each year. The longest day of the year is 21 June in the Northern Hemisphere and around 21 December in the Southern Hemisphere. The winter solstice is the day with the shortest period of daylight and longest night of the year, and when the Sun is at its lowest daily maximum elevation in the sky. It occurs on December 20, 21 or 22 in the Northern Hemisphere and on June 20 or 21 in the Southern Hemisphere. Today, December 21, is Winter Solstice, the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, the celestial event signifies the first day of winter, astronomically. Each day after the solstice, we get one minute more of sunlight. It doesn’t sound like much, but after just two ... Winter solstice is the shortest day of the year On 21 December, we will once again be heading towards brighter times, when the winter solstice phenomenon occurs in the Northern Hemisphere. In Copenhagen, the day will be only 7 hours, 1 minute, and 16 seconds long. Already the next day, we will get a few seconds of extra daylight.
