Winter solstice, earliest sunset, latest sunrise. It seems that, in the Northern Hemisphere anyway, these three events should happen on the same day. Read this explanation of the changing of the seasons and learn why the winter solstice happens at the same time for everyone on earth, but earliest sunset and latest sunrise depend on where you live.

Concepts

summer solstice, winter solstice, solstice

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Additional Tags

autumn equinox, autumnal equinox, spring equinox, december solstice, earthsky, universal time

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)