With some of the shortest days of the year ahead, here's what to know about the winter solstice as well as sunrise and sunset times in the Chicago area. When will the sun rise and set this week in ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The first day of winter is coming on Dec. 21, and you might assume that this will be the earliest sunset of the year. But sunsets will actually increase by a few minutes as ...

Winter solstice is the shortest day of the year in terms of daylight, but contrary to popular belief, it does not have the latest sunrise or the earliest sunset of the year. Timeanddate.com breaks ...

So, how did the earliest sunset of the year happen a full two weeks before the shortest day of the year — the winter solstice? It’s mainly because of the way the earth orbits the sun in an ...

ST. LOUIS -- A viewer wanted to know why our sunset time is already getting later, even though we haven’t hit the winter solstice. Does this mean the Winter Solstice is not the shortest day of ...

But wait - isn't the shortest day of the year the winter solstice on Dec. 21? It is! So why doesn't our earliest sunset fall on the same day as the shortest day?The answer lies in Earth's orbit ...

Washington witnessed the winter’s final sunset before 5 p.m. Wednesday, and it was a sight to see, full of color and texture. As the sky lit up, so did our social media feeds. “Early contender ...