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Solstices

Winter Solstice Summer Solstice June Solstice Earth's Tilt Earth's Axis Tropical Year Northern Hemisphere Hemispherical Differences Sunrise and Sunset Times Earth's Orbit

Winter Solstice 2025 Arrives Today With Year’s Shortest Day

This is the pivot after which daylight slowly begins to lengthen.

Solstice Arrives Sunday, Marking Winter in the North and Summer in the South

Winter Solstice Arrives Sunday at 10:03 a.m. EST, Marking Year’s Shortest Day

Winter Solstice Arrives Dec. 21 at 10:03 a.m. ET, Marking the Northern Hemisphere’s Shortest Day

Winter Solstice Arrives Dec. 21 as Sunsets Begin to Shift Later

Leonids Peak Sunday Night Into Monday With Dark Skies

Summer Solstice Marks Longest Day in Northern Hemisphere

Summer Solstice 2025 Arrives at 10:42 p.m. EDT Friday

Northern Hemisphere Prepares for June 20 Summer Solstice

Winter Solstice Celebrations Illuminate Stonehenge and Global Traditions

Winter Solstice 2024 Marks the Shortest Day and Longest Night of the Year

Winter Solstice 2024: Shortest Day and Longest Night Arrives December 21

Fall Equinox 2024: Official Start of Autumn This Sunday

Spring Equinox 2024: Earliest Start in Over a Century