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Solstice in twelve hours
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2015 Dec 21, 08:54 -0800
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2015 Dec 21, 08:54 -0800
Just before midnight eastern time today (or December 22 at 04:48 UT), the Sun crosses SHA 90.0° exactly, marking the winter solstice. And of course this is also the date of its maximum southerly declination for the year: -23.4345°.
Frank Reed
[typo fixed: -22 ... -23]
