The 2024 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, happens on Saturday, Dec. 21, and is marked with traditions and ...

Latitude is 32 degrees south ... The Tropic of Cancer is approximately 23.5°N of the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn is approximately 23.5°S of the Equator.

The solstice occurs at the same time everywhere on Earth, this year it happens Dec. 21 at 4:21 a.m. EST. For the Northern ...

The winter solstice marks the official start of the astronomical winter, as the sun reaches its most southerly point in the ...

Opinion: just as it was for our ancestors, the winter solstice is a time for rituals and reflections ...

At noon, it appears directly overhead at the Tropic of Capricorn, located at a latitude of 23.5 degrees south. This position correlates to the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere ...

Dec. 21, the sun’s direct rays will reach their southernmost point, touching directly down on the Tropic of Capricorn at 23.5 ...