How to use in-sentence of “winter solstice”:
– The winter solstice is celebrated around 21 December since 1582, when Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian calendar.
– The dramatic event lasts for 17 minutes at dawn on the Winter Solstice and for a few mornings either side of the Winter Solstice.
– Admission to the Newgrange chamber for the Winter Solstice sunrise is by lottery, application forms are available at the Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre.
– The winter solstice is the time when the sun has the biggest distance to the Tropic of Cancer.
– For the southern Hemisphere, the winter solstice is around 21 June.
– In the Northern Hemisphere, it is often said to begin with the autumnal equinox in September and end with the winter solstice in December.
– December is one of two months to have a solstice, and in this month the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere is turned towards the Sun, meaning that December 21 or December 22 is the Northern Winter Solstice and the Southern Summer Solstice.
– In the Southern Hemisphere, it runs from the autumnal equinox in March to the winter solstice in June.
