KnowraDecember solsticeLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to December solstice, each with the reason it gives.All 7Broader topic 2Related 2Compared with 3Solar declinationBroader topic: Solar declination reaches its southern limit at this point in the year.Arctic CircleRelated: It brings the shortest daylight and polar night at the northern polar circle.June solsticeCompared with: It is the opposite annual extreme, bringing opposite seasons in the two hemispheres.March equinoxCompared with: It marks the Southern Hemisphere’s summer peak, opposite the March seasonal pattern.TropicsRelated: At this solstice, the subsolar point lies near the Tropic of Capricorn.September equinoxCompared with: It is the seasonal counterpart after the September equinox’s southward crossing.DecemberBroader topic: It marks opposite seasonal turning points in the two hemispheres during December.