Early Saturday morning, the occurrence of the 2024 winter solstice marked the astronomical start of winter ... the shortest day of the year, where sunrise and sunset times are the closest together ...

It’s not only the shortest day of the year, but the official arrival of astronomical winter. “At 4:20 a.m. EST, the solstice marks the beginning ... livestream of the sunrise on the English ...

Though the meteorological winter began last week with the start of December ... Despite the sunset time remaining roughly unchanged, the sunrise time will continue sliding later in the morning ...

The winter solstice also marks the end of the autumnal season and the beginning of winter ... around 9 hours and 47 minutes of light, with sunrise starting around 7:04 a.m. and sunset around ...