Happy December Solstice, everyone! 🌞✨⁠ ⁠ On December 21, 2025 (at 15:03 UTC), the Sun reaches its southernmost point in our sky — officially kicking off astronomical winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere. ⁠ ⁠ Why it happens:⁠ Earth is tilted ~23.5°, so as we orbit the Sun, one hemisphere leans toward the sunlight while the other leans away.⁠ ⁠ What it means today:⁠ • Northern Hemisphere → shortest day longest night of the year ❄️🌙⁠ • Southern Hemisphere → long

Today marks the winter solstice – the shortest day of the year. How many hours of daylight you'll see today, depends on how far north or south you are. Hobart, for example, will only get about 9 hours of daylight, while Darwin will see about 11.5 hours. Since the March equinox, the tilt of Earth's axis has been angling the southern hemisphere further away from the Sun. During the winter solstice the Sun sits as far north as it ever gets, directly over the Tropic of Cancer. The good news is that