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Happy #DecemberSolstice! The shortest day in the northern hemisphere, #WinterSolstice begins astronomical winter. The longest day in the southern hemisphere, #SummerSolstice begins astronomical summer. The meteorological seasons changed December 1 - latitude generally determines whether astronomical or meteorological seasons fit a region better. #Solstice #astronomy #weather
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Happy #DecemberSolstice! The shortest day in the northern hemisphere, #WinterSolstice begins astronomical winter. The longest day in the southern hemisphere, #SummerSolstice begins astronomical summer. The meteorological seasons changed December 1 - latitude generally determines whether astronomical or meteorological seasons fit a region better. #Solstice #astronomy #weather
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Happy #DecemberSolstice! The shortest day in the northern hemisphere, #WinterSolstice begins astronomical winter. The longest day in the southern hemisphere, #SummerSolstice begins astronomical summer. The meteorological seasons changed December 1 - latitude generally determines whether astronomical or meteorological seasons fit a region better. #Solstice #astronomy #weather
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Happy #DecemberSolstice! The shortest day in the northern hemisphere, #WinterSolstice begins astronomical winter. The longest day in the southern hemisphere, #SummerSolstice begins astronomical summer. The meteorological seasons changed December 1 - latitude generally determines whether astronomical or meteorological seasons fit a region better. #Solstice #astronomy #weather
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Happy #DecemberSolstice! The shortest day in the northern hemisphere, #WinterSolstice begins astronomical winter. The longest day in the southern hemisphere, #SummerSolstice begins astronomical summer. The meteorological seasons changed December 1 - latitude generally determines whether astronomical or meteorological seasons fit a region better. #Solstice #astronomy #weather
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The Winter Solstice 2025
Sunlight at dawn on the Winter Solstice at NewgrangeJust a quick note to point out that the Winter Solstice in the Northern hemisphere happens today, Sunday 21st December 2025, at 15.03 UT (GMT).
In Dublin, sunrise yesterday (20th December) was at 8.37 am and sunset at 4.07 pm, while today the sunrise was at 8.38 am and sunset at 4.08 pm. Both sunrise and sunset happen later tomorrow than today, so the Solstice marks neither the latest sunrise nor the earliest sunset. We have to wait until January for the latest sunrise (8.40am) and the earliest sunset (4.06pm) actually happened over a week ago. The interval between the two events will, however, be about 2 seconds longer tomorrow than today; and yesterday the gap was about 4 seconds longer than today. Taking a day to be the interval between sunrise and sunset, today is the shortest.
For a full explanation of this, see this older Winter Solstice post.
#DecemberSolstice #EarliestSunset #LatestSunrise #SolarNoon #WinterSolstice