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In the northern hemisphere it is the winter solstice. In winter we are tilted away from the sun. Today we are the "farthest" away from the sun and the most "tilted"
It's only the shortest day of the year for the northern hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, it is the longest day of the year. This is because the plane containing the equator does not cut the sun perfectly in half. What I mean by that is that the earth is tilted. Today, the earth is at such a position with the sun that the southern hemisphere is in front of the northern hemisphere for receiving sunlight. Because the earth rotates every day, the northern hemisphere will briefly be in front of the southern hemisphere (day), but for most of the day-the longest percentage of the day all year-the southern hemisphere will be in front(night).
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoEvery day of every year is 24 hours long, everywhere on earth. If you mean is there a short daylight day in the year, the answer is, yes.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the shortest daylight day is December 21, the first day of winter; in the Southern Hemisphere, the shortest daylight day is June 21, the first day of austral winter.
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