Ceremonies have been held across the UK and Ireland to mark the winter solstice. December 21 is the shortest day and longest night of the year, with London experiencing seven hours and 49 minutes ...

The winter solstice - usually 21 December - is likely ... When it is winter in the UK, it is actually summer in Australia. The sun is vital to human existence - for light, food and warmth ...

Equinoxes mark the only time of the year when both the north and south poles are lit by the Sun at the same time. The spring ...

This continues until the day of the winter solstice, at which point it 'pauses ... change," he told the International Business Times UK back in 2014, "you can become better attuned to those ...

The spring equinox is a "vital part" of the astronomical calendar as it signals the transition from winter to spring ...

Thursday is the first day of spring, or the vernal equinox, in the Northern Hemisphere. During an equinox, the center of the sun is on the same plane as the equator. After the vernal equinox in March, ...

The UK’s most famous site for solstice celebrations is Stonehenge. On the winter solstice, visitors traditionally enter the towering, mysterious stone circle for a sunrise ceremony run by local ...

it will be the June solstice. At that point, the sun's most direct rays reach the Tropic of Cancer, summer starts for the northern hemisphere, and winter begins for those south of the equator.

The word equinox comes from two Latin words meaning equal and night. That’s because on the equinox, day and night last almost the same amount of time — though one may get a few extra minutes, ...