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The First Day of December Solstice countdown provided by timer-clock.com uses the local time zone in your device.
- The December Solstice is the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the Summer Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.
- The December Solstice marks the last day of Autumn (Fall) and the first day of Winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
- “Solstice” comes from the Latin word for “sun stand still” because the sun will reach its highest point at noon on that day and the sun seems to stand still in the sky.
- Earth is closest to the sun every year in early January, when it’s winter for the Northern Hemisphere.
- In the Northern Hemisphere, The December Solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the year. Meanwhile, in the Southern Hemisphere has its longest day and shortest night.