View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Jonathan Charles Fox captured this image in New York on the December solstice in 2024. Jonathan wrote: “This is my back yard #lovewhereyoulive.” Thank you, Jonathan! It’s certainly a great backyard.The December solstice marks the sun’s southernmost point in the sky, for all of Earth, for this year. It comes at 15:03 UTC (9:03 a.m. CST) on December 21. Though no world body has decreed it, we in the Northern Hemisphere will celebrate the first day of...
