Winter Solstice. During the winter solstice, the North Pole is tilted farthest away from the Sun, delivering the fewest hours of sunlight of the year. Winter solstice is an astronomical phenomenon marking the shortest day and the longest night of the year.

The winter solstice, also known as the first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, marks the shortest day and longest night of the calendar year.
It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere (Northern and Southern).
Many religious and cultural traditions celebrated the rebirth of sunlight after this dark. During the winter solstice, the North Pole is tilted farthest away from the Sun, delivering the fewest hours of sunlight of the year. The sun appears at its lowest point in the sky, and its noontime elevation appears to be the same for several days before and.