Saturday, 21 December 2024

Winter solstice: The shortest day of the year

December 21 marks the winter solstice in Estonia. It is both the shortest day of the year and also the longest night. Estonia had just under eight hours of daylight today, with the sun rising at 9:19am this morning and setting at 3:21pm. From tomorrow the days will gradually get longer until Midsummer's Night in June.