Thursday, December 21, is the date of this year’s winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. You can read more about it at EarthSky at https://earthsky.org/tonight/years-shortest-season-starts-with-december-solstice. They also have an interesting article describing the difference in sunlight hours at St. Augustine FL and New York City NY at https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/solstice-tale-of-two-cities.
