What’s a Solstice?

by Elizabeth Preston

JUST LIKE YOU lugging a heavy backpack, the Earth travels at a tilt. While the top part of the planet (the Northern Hemisphere) leans away from the Sun, it’s winter there. While it’s tilted closer to those toasty rays, it’s summer. In the Northern Hemisphere, the winter solstice is the moment each year when the North Pole points most directly away from the Sun. If you live on the East Coast of the United States, for example, the 2024 winter solstice will happen at 4:20 A.M. on December 21. Set your alarm! But don’t expect to see much sun—this is the shortest day of the year. The summer solstice is the opposite: it is the moment when the North Pole points most directly toward the Sun, in the Northern Hemisphere.…

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