December solstice, December 21, 2027

December solstice: December 21, 2027 at 9:42 PM in New York (22 Dec 2027, 02:42 UTC).

What happens

At the December solstice the Sun is farthest south of the celestial equator: the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest in the Southern Hemisphere.

Calculated with Astronomy Engine, an open-source library verified against the US Naval Observatory and NASA JPL. Data sources

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