Shortest day of the year: Today

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 ... For us, it heralds the longest nights and shortest days of our year. Meanwhile, people in the Southern Hemisphere will celebrate the first day of summer at this solstice. This event marks the year's longest night and shortest day. Winter Solstice occurs, when one of the poles of the Earth is located far from the Sun. The longest nights occur around this time. 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.