Winter 2025 Kicks Off: December Solstice Marks Shortest Day in Northern Hemisphere

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Today was the shortest day of the year. At 4:03 PM Dutch time this afternoon, the sun was directly above the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere. After today, the Northern Hemisphere will slowly turn back toward the sun. During the first few weeks, daylight hours will increase very slowly, yet this week you might get the impression that the days are getting longer very quickly. This is because it will become very sunny later this week…

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Today is the winter solstice; the shortest day of the year. This also means that it only gets brighter with each passing day.

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On 21 December 2025, the Northern Emission marks the beginning of the astronomer's summer solstice, the day with the smallest hours of light and, Involved, with the longest night of the year. For Romania, this day will have 8 hours and 50 minutes of natural light, while the night will take 15 hours and 10 minutes. The Iarna astronomical article begins official Sunday, 21 December 2025, at 17:03. What happens in the longest night of the year is f…

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On the shortest day of the year, a hitherto rare guest this winter can appear over almost all of Sweden – the sun.

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The winter solstice marked the beginning of the calendar winter at 16:03 Central European Time. The coming days will be dry with a lot of cloud cover, and there will be no significant precipitation until the end of this year, forecaster Andrej Velkavrh predicted.