December 21 will be the shortest daylight hours in Russia

The daylight hours in Russia and other countries of the Earth's Northern Hemisphere will last 6 hours and 59 minutes on December 21. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the Moscow Planetarium on Monday, November 25.

According to experts, the shortest daylight hours this year will be December 21. At the beginning of the month at the latitude of Moscow the daylight hours will last 7 hours 27 minutes, on December 21 its length will be 6 hours 59 minutes, IA Regnum. After that, its duration will begin to increase and by New Year's Day will reach 7 hours 6.5 minutes, specifies the site aif.ru.

The planetarium said that the duration of the night on December 21 in the Northern Hemisphere of the planet will be maximum, notes 360.ru.

As noted by the site kp.ru, the Sun rises on the day of the winter solstice in the southeast, and sets in the southwest. Thus, it describes the shortest arc in the sky. Throughout December, the maximum height of the Sun above the horizon at noon will remain about 10 degrees, writes Life.ru.

On the onset of meteorological winter in Moscow on November 24 reported the leading expert of the weather center "Phobos" Evgeny Tishkovets. The specialist noted that in the coming week the average daily air temperature will steadily be in the negative sector, notes "Moscow 24".