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Doha, Qatar: Qatar will witness the winter solstice for 2025 tomorrow, December 21, marking the end of autumn and the beginning of winter astronomically in the Northern Hemisphere of the Earth.
The Qatar Meteorology Department stated that this phenomenon occurs every year due to the 23.5° tilt of the Earth’s rotational axis when orbiting around the sun, causing the sun to be perpendicular to the Tropic of Capricorn.
The winter solstice is an astronomical phenomenon, that takes place this year on Sunday, December 21, 2025, which marks the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, with no sunrise or sunset at the Arctic Circle.
Unlike the June solstice that highlights the sun rise, the December one is marked by the setting sun at Stonehenge in England - where the sun sets to the southwest of the stone circle. The event can be watched live here.
