As the sun rose on the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, a crowd erupted in cheers at Stonehenge where the ...

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Early Saturday morning, the occurrence of the 2024 winter solstice marked the astronomical start of winter, and it's been greeted with appropriately frigid temperatures.

The solstice is at 4:20 a.m. on Saturday, giving us an almost full day of winter to kick things off. Sunrise is at 7:58 a.m., with solar noon not long after at 12:30 p.m.

During the summer solstice, the Sun rises over the Tropic of Cancer (23° 26' latitude) in the Northern Hemisphere. In contrast, in the Southern Hemisphere, the Sun rises over the Tropic of Capricorn ...

However, given that sunrise in New Jersey is still happening about a minute later each day, it won't be until Dec. 21 — the winter solstice and shortest day of the year — when daytime will ...