Thewinter solstice,hiemal solsticeorhibernal solstice, also known asmidwinter, occurs when one of the Earth's poles has its maximum tilt away from the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere (Northern and Southern). For that hemisphere, the winter solstice is the day with the shortest period of daylight and longest night of the year, when the Sun is at its lowestdaily maximum elevationin the sky.[1]At the pole, there iscontinuous darkness or twilightaround the winter solstice. Its opposite is thesummer solstice.
A reminder that from here forward, for the next half year in the Northern Hemisphere, the days grow longer and with them, our outlooks brighter. Let the sunshine in!
