While many people relate the winter solstice as being the shortest day ... As a result, the most direct sunlight shifts between a band of latitudes, specifically between the Tropic of Cancer ...

The exact moment of the winter solstice varies from year to year due to a slight misalignment between the Gregorian calendar and the actual rate of the Earth’s rotation around the sun.

our days have less and less sunlight until we reach the winter solstice. What is it? It's the day of the year that has the least amount of daylight. It happens when the part of the world you are ...