TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Thursday marks the Winter Solstice, which is the time when the Earth’s axis is tilted farthest away from the sun. That also mean’s it’s the shortest day of the year in terms of sunlight in the northern hemisphere. The Winter Solstice occurs at exactly 10:27 p.m. on Thursday, according to the […]
Nine hours, 7 minutes and 44 seconds. The winter solstice, which occurs precisely at 9:27 p.m. Thursday, marks the shortest day of the year and the start of astronomical winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Chicagoans will only experience about nine hours of daylight. “The winter solstice has a pretty firm connection to astronomy,” said Hunter Miller, public observing educator at the Adler .