Dragging yourself into bed on a December morning, when it’s cold and still dark outside, is not an easy task.
Dark mornings make many of us yearn for spring – or at least the shortest day of the year – before daylight begins to move in the right direction.
At this time, it becomes much lighter throughout the country and the winter solstice is announced.
When will it get brighter?
After the winter solstice, which begins this year, the days will become longer, meaning we’ll get more daylight. Friday, December 22.
On this day in London the sun rises at 8:04 am and sets at 3:53 pm, giving us just seven hours and 49 minutes of daylight.
On January 1, 2024, sunrise will already be at 8:06 a.m., but the sun will not set until 4:01 p.m.—seven hours and 55 minutes of daylight.
On January 15, the sun will rise before 8 a.m. for the first time this year, and on February 23 it will rise before 7 a.m. The sun sets for the first time after 17:00 on February 8th.
By the end of February there will be almost 11 hours of daylight in the UK, and this number will continue to increase until the summer solstice on June 20, when the sun will rise at 4.43am and set at 9.21pm – that’s 16 hours 38 hours. minutes. Daylight.
Here you can find the sunrise and sunset times for the location where you live..
What is the winter solstice?
The winter solstice is the date when the Earth’s axis rotates to the point where the North Pole reaches its maximum relative to the Sun, creating the shortest daylight hours of the year.
According to the astronomical calculation of the seasons, this is the first day of winter, which states that it lasts until the beginning of spring on Monday, March 20, 2024, the day of the spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere.
The summer solstice, which falls around June 20 and has become synonymous with Stonehenge and paganism, marks the longest day of the year and the first day of summer according to the astronomical calendar.
Spring and autumn begin on the two equinoxes in March and September. These are the two points in the year when the equator is the part of the Earth closest to the Sun, which theoretically means there are 12 hours of daylight worldwide.
The winter solstice has been associated with rituals and celebrations since the earliest times of mankind, and some of these traditions are now associated with Christmas.
For example, the origins of Christmas trees and wreaths lie in the twelve-day pagan holiday “Yule”, which revolved around the solstice.
The festival was celebrated by the early Germanic peoples of northern Europe, who gathered to celebrate the rebirth of the sun, which ushered in better times.
Celtic Druids celebrated the winter solstice by cutting mistletoe and lighting a “Christmas tree,” which was believed to ward off darkness and evil spirits.
The Romans had their own similar holiday called Saturnalia (in honor of the god Saturn), which began on December 17 and included a full week of partying and subversion of normal social behavior.
Source: I News
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