With some of the shortest days of the year ahead, here's what to know about the winter solstice as well as sunrise and sunset times in the Chicago area. When will the sun rise and set this week in ...

Though the meteorological first day of summer is always the same, its astronomical counterpart changes yearly. Here's when it ...

The summer solstice on June 20 will bring the longest day of the year, with a 5:30 a.m. sunrise and an 8:31 p.m. sunset, totaling about 15 hours of daylight. Since the winter solstice in late ...

So what is a solstice ... with the winter and summer solstices for about 5,000 years. Observers in the center of the standing stones can still watch the summer solstice sunrise over the Heel ...

In contrast, the Southern Hemisphere is entering the winter solstice at this ... around 12 hours of daylight from sunrise to sunset. The summer solstice happens biannually due to the sun's ...

Today, hundreds of people - including Druids - still travel to Stonehenge to celebrate the sunrise on the summer solstice, and the sunset on the winter solstice, and to take part in the same kind ...

According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac sunrise/sunset calculator ... two days after the winter solstice, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, but the increase starts slowly.

On Thursday evening, sunset will come at 7:01 p.m., following a sunrise Thursday ... night of the year. This solstice falls between June 20 and 22. Meanwhile, at the winter solstice, the Northern ...

In the Southern Hemisphere, the opposite is true, with the June solstice marking the beginning of winter. The sunrise in Asheville on June 20 will be at 6:14 a.m., with sunset occurring at 8:48 p ...

The exact moment of the winter solstice varies from year to year ... the year there are just 2 hours and 14 minutes between sunset and sunrise. Others use the teutonic term 'sunturn' to describe ...