Dec 21 - Happy Solstice!

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Solstice sunsets, showing the sun’s position on the local horizon at December (left) and June (right) solstices from Mutare, Zimbabwe, via Peter Lowenstein. Solstice sun at southernmost point The exact time of the solstice - when the sun is southernmost in our sky for the year - is 22:23 UTC today; translate UTC to your time.  That time is around sunset for the Americas, around midnight tonight for Africa and Europe and around sunrise on December 22 along the Asian Pacific Coast. Read more. A sense of balance, at the solstice point At the December solstice, Earth arrives at the 4th of the year’s 4 cardinal points. Astronomer Guy Ottewell tells you more ... Illustration via Guy Ottewell. Where noon comes just once a year At Earth’s South Pole, high noon happens only once a year, on the December solstice. Meanwhile, the North Pole has its only midnight. Read more.

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December full moon falls within a day of the solstice Although the Northern Hemisphere has its longest winter night tonight, the lamp of a nearly full moon will light up the nighttime from dusk until dawn. Read more.

Tuesday's waxing moon Steven A. Sweet of Lunar 101-Moon Book captured multiple camera exposures of the waxing moon, at sunset this past Tuesday evening. Thank you, Steven!  Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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