What is the Winter solstice as shortest day marked with rare Christmas shooting star
With December almost over and summer feeling a lifetime ago, we are just about used to the long dark nights and dark mornings by now.
When does winter start and end in the UK 2022? This year winter begins today - Wednesday December 21, 2022. The Met Office have said that it means this winter period will end on March 20, 2023. Next year this date falls on a Monday. "On two moments each year—what are called solstices—Earth's axis is tilted most closely toward the sun. The hemisphere tilted most toward our home star sees its longest day, while the hemisphere tilted away from the sun sees its longest night. During the Northern Hemisphere’s summer solstice—which always falls around June 21—the Southern Hemisphere gets its winter solstice.
Royal Museums Greenwich , which makes up some of the UK's leading space exploration institutions, has said that the shower will peak on December 22 and 23. However it will be visible slightly earlier from the 17th until Boxing Day on the 26th.
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