Winter solstice, falling this year on Sunday, Dec. 21, marks the first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. More precisely, winter officially begins at 6:03 p.m. ET — the moment when the Northern Hemisphere is pointed at its furthest distance
Winter solstice, falling this year on Sunday, Dec. 21, marks the first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. More precisely, winter officially begins at 6:03 p.m. ET — the moment when the Northern Hemisphere is pointed at its furthest distance
Some people call today the first day of winter, but I prefer to think of it as midwinter's day. After all, today the Sun starts getting higher in the sky, so why say that's the first day of winter? Weather is regional, anyway, so trying to tag a
Today's Winter Solstice – Summer in the Southern Hemisphere – is super-charged by its coincidence with the Capricorn New Moon and Uranus' Direct Station. This powerhouse pile-up of planetary events suggests an
Sunday at 3:03 p.m. marks the beginning of the Winter Solstice, which means North America is tilted as far away from the Sun as it can be. For all the night owls out there, that means Sunday night (beginning at 4:30 p.m.) will be the longest night of