What Is Dec 21St?

December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 10 days remain until the end of the year. In the Northern Hemisphere, December 21 is often the shortest day of the year and is sometimes regarded as the first day of winter.

What is special about December 21st?

21: The Winter Solstice Explained. At 6:12 a.m. EST on Friday (Dec. 21), the sun will reach a point where it will appear to shine farthest to the south of the equator, over the Tropic of Capricorn, thus marking the moment of the winter solstice — the beginning of winter.

What happens on the 21st of December 2020?

“December 21, 2020, during the great conjunction when Jupiter and Saturn come within 0.1 degrees of one another and create the brightest star in the skies since the star of Bethlehem. So this is so rare and it's going to be on the winter solstice.

Chloe Bennett

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