COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Say goodbye to fall, winter begins Sunday, December 21st at 10:03 AM EST.
During the winter solstice, the northern hemisphere is tilted furthest away from the sun and marking the shortest day and longest night of the year. The sun will be directly over the Tropic of Capricorn, a line of latitude that circles the earth in the southern hemisphere and the reason why the southern hemisphere will experience summer.
After the solstice, hours of daylight will gradually get longer up until we reach the summer solstice in June…