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Winter Solstice

December 2025 Shadow Measurement Northern Hemisphere Wintersonnenwende Daylight Duration Daylight Hours Daylight Variation Geminids Meteor Shower Earth's Tilt

Winter Solstice Has Passed With Daylight Growing, Sunrise Still Drifting Later

A quirk of Earth’s axial tilt plus an elliptical orbit delays the earliest dawn until early January in many places.