is-longest-night-and-smallest-day-of-the-year-know-what-is-winter-solstice-2023 | Winter Solstice 2023: Today is the longest night of the year… there will be shadow darkness for 16 hours, know what is the reason behind this?
Winter Solstice 2023: Winter season has knocked. Now the days have started getting shorter and the nights have started getting longer. Today is a special day, today will be the longest night of the year which will be about 16 hours and today's day will be only 8 hours. This is called winter solstice. On this day, the distance of the Earth from the Sun is greater and the moonlight remains on the Earth for a longer time. The winter solstice also occurs because the Earth is tilted 23.4 degrees on its axis.
Due to the tilt of the Earth, the hemispheres receive different amounts of sunlight in some places and more in others. On December 22, 2023, when the Earth revolves around the Sun, the Sun will be vertical to the Tropic of Capricorn. What happens due to this is that the Northern Hemisphere of the Earth has the shortest day and longest night. Next year, on March 21, the sun will be on the equator and the day and night will be equal.
How did the winter solstice get its name?
Solstice is a Latin word. Which is made from the word Solstheim. Sol means sun in Latin. Sestair means to stand still. By combining these two the word Solstice has been formed. This means that the Sun remains stable. Due to this change in nature, today i.e. 22nd December will be the shortest day and longest night.
Changes occur due to sun
At the time of winter solstice, there is more sunlight on the other part of the Earth, i.e. the Southern Hemisphere. Whereas in the Northern Hemisphere there is less light. Due to which the day and night are longer in the Northern Hemisphere. So in the Southern Hemisphere, where there are countries like Argentina, Australia and South Africa, summer begins there.
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