Saturday, 21 December 2024

Sunrise celebrations at Stonehenge on shortest day of the year

 



The northern hemisphere is now the furthest it will be from the sunpublished at 09:22

As the clock strikes 09:21 GMT, it marks the official time of the solstice in the UK. That means that the Earth has reached its maximum tilt on its axis away from the Sun.

It also means that from here, the days will get progressively longer until the summer solstice in June. If you're growing tired of long nights and dark mornings, more daylight will be on the way in the weeks ahead.

A chart shows the tilt of the earth and how it impacts the length of a day over the course of the year
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at 09:21 the Earth will be tilted the furthest away from the Sun in the northern hemisphere