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It’s a year of seasonal transformations on our planet, including the December solstice.

Image via James O’Donoghue/ Business Insider. An animation of Earth as it orbits, with points marking both equinoxes and solstices along with relevant information. Thank you, Ian! On the day of the December solstice, the sun takes its farthest pass south on the globe. It shows the path of the sun during that time period. | Ian Hennes in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, created this solargraph between a June solstice and a December solstice. After this solstice, the sun will moving north again. For the Southern Hemisphere, it will mark the shortest nights and longest days. For us in the Northern Hemisphere, the December solstice will mark the longest nights and shortest days of the year. Note: On this solstice, the sun will be overhead at noon as viewed from the Tropic of Capricorn. in central North America translate UTC to your time). When is the next one? The next December solstice will fall on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, at 21:48 UTC (that is 3:48 p.m.

What is it? The December solstice marks the sun’s southernmost point in our sky for this year. No matter where you live on Earth’s globe – no matter what time it happens for you – the solstice is your signal to celebrate seasonal change. Read more about these images, which are via Robert Simmon (Sigma Space Corporation)/ NASA. From left to right, a June solstice, a September equinox, a December solstice, a March equinox. Satellite views of Earth on the solstices and equinoxes.