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Winter Solstice on December 21st: the longest night of the year. The shortest day of the year, the longest night occurs today, Sunday, December 21st. The so-called Winter solstice is an astronomical phenomenon that occurs in the North Hemisphere when the Earth North axis is at the longest distance to the sun.
Interestingly, the solstice brings not only the longest day of the year, but also the longest period of morning and evening twilight in the Northern Hemisphere. (Daniel Schroeder, Weber State University) Because the summer solstice is the shortest night of the year, the sun doesnât drop as far below the horizon.