Today is the shortest day of the year

dubai — Today, we will experience the shortest day and, possibly, the longest night of the year.

Ibrahim Al Jarwan, member of the Arab Union for Space and Astronomy Sciences (AUAS), said that today, the sun will be directly over the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere, which occurs when the sun reaches its most southerly declination of -23.5 degrees.

Al Jarwan added that either today or Saturday will be the longest night of the year in the area of the North Pole.

In the Northern Hemisphere, the December solstice marks the day of the year with the fewest hours of daylight while at north of the Arctic Circle towards the North Pole, there is no direct sunlight at all during this time of the year.