The winter solstice, famously the shortest day of the year, is nearly three weeks behind us. So why has the sun been rising later than it did on Dec. 21? Like much of our day and night cycles ...

22, 2025, 2:19 p.m. Sort of. Each day, the sun traces a path across the sky, rising in the east and setting in the west. As ...

The exact moment of the winter solstice varies ... s rotation around the sun, but it usually falls on the 21st or 22nd of December. In Britain, the shortest day of the year lasts for just 7 ...