After Shortest Day How Many Minutes. Near the December solstice each solar dayis about 24 hours and 30 seconds long. Thats because it marks the point when one of the Earths poles has its maximum tilt away from the Sun.
21 is 9 hours 21 minutes and 11 seconds. Hi YES I can answer that. That equates to 16 hours 11 minutes and and 18 seconds of nighttime tonight.
It depends on your latitude and the declination of the sun that is the latitude where the sun is directly overhead at solar noon and it varies with date.
Depending on where you live the winter solstice - the official start to the astronomical winter season - will mean your day will be light for just 8 hours and 35 minutes at the least and 9 hours. In terms of daylight this day is 5 hours 50 minutes shorter than on June Solstice. The word solstice literally means in Latin that the sun is standing still. Near the December solstice each solar dayis about 24 hours and 30 seconds long.
