The December solstice, also
known as the southern solstice, is the solstice that occurs
each December, between the 20th and the 22nd day of the month
according to the Gregorian calendar. In the Southern Hemisphere, the
December solstice is the summer solstice, but in the Northern
Hemisphere it is the winter solstice. It's usually considered a
time for renew and rebirth.
The year 2020 will be remembered for the pandemic and the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturno before Christmas Night to mark the Solstice Star.
What is the ‘Solstice Star?’
According to Forbes, this refers to the “great conjunction” or “appulse” of Jupiter and Saturn, something that occurs every 20 years, but this year it’s very special. On the evening of Monday, December 21, 2020—the exact date of the December solstice—the two gas giants will align from our point of view on Earth and appear to be just 0.1º from each other. That’s remarkably close and is something that hasn’t happened since the 17th century. The moment of closest conjunction is at 13:24 Universal Time.
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