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Season durations [13] Year Northern hemisphere Southern hemisphere Date Season duration 2005 Winter solstice: Summer solstice 21 December 2005 18:35 88.99 days 2006 Spring equinox: Autumn equinox 20 March 2006 18:26 92.75 days 2006 Summer solstice Winter solstice 21 June 2006 12:26 93.65 days 2006 Autumn equinox Spring equinox 23 September 2006 ...
The winter solstice occurs during the hemisphere's winter. In the Northern Hemisphere, this is the December solstice (December 21 or 22) and in the Southern Hemisphere, this is the June solstice (June 20 or 21). Although the winter solstice itself lasts only a moment, the term also refers to the day on which it occurs.
The extra long night and short day occur thanks to the Earth's tilt from the sun. During the winter solstice, the tilt brings the Earth to its farthest point from the sun, resulting in less sunlight.
Winter is the coldest and darkest season of the year in temperate and polar climates. It occurs after autumn and before spring. The tilt of Earth's axis causes seasons; winter occurs when a hemisphere is oriented away from the Sun. Different cultures define different dates as the start of winter, and some use a definition based on weather.
What is the winter solstice? The winter solstice occurs in the Northern Hemisphere on Saturday, Dec. 21. This celestial event happens when the Earth's axial tilt positions the Northern Hemisphere ...
Astronomical winter always starts on the solstice, which falls between Dec. 20 and Dec. 22. These dates vary from year to year due to leap years and the elliptical shape of Earth's orbit around ...
The low angle of the Sun during the winter months means that incoming rays of solar radiation are spread over a larger area of the Earth's surface, so the light received is more indirect and of lower intensity. Between this effect and the shorter daylight hours, the axial tilt of the Earth accounts for most of the seasonal variation in climate ...
Dōngzhì or Tōji (Chinese and Japanese: 冬至; Korean: 동지(Dongji); Vietnamese: Đông chí; lit. winter's extreme) is the 22nd solar term, and marks the winter solstice. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 270° (around 23 December) and ends when the Sun reaches the longitude of 285° (around 5 January).