As the crisp air turns even colder and the daylight length continues to shorten, the winter solstice emerged as a pivotal moment in the natural world. This celestial event marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year. While many focus on the winter solstice as a day in the calendar, what we are actually talking about is a specific moment which is over almost as soon as it began. The solstice marks the point at which the sun is directly overhead the Tropic of Capricorn, which happened at 9:21a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 21.
As well as making the shortest day of the year, the winter solsti...
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