It's been a turbulent 2020 but there is light at the end of the tunnel.

The shortest day of the year, aka the Winter Solstice, is on Monday, December 21.

The sun will set over Richmond at 3.53pm. After this, there will be more daylight hours as days begin to get longer. Hoorah!

As Royal Museums Greenwich explains: Since the Earth is tilted on its axis, the arc the Sun moves through during the day will rise and fall across the year as the Earth's pole points either towards or away from the Sun.

The winter solstice occurs at the minimum point for the northern hemisphere, when the Sun is lowest in the sky.

At this time, the Earth's North Pole is pointing away from the Sun (which is why it is so much colder in the northern hemisphere). For people living in the southern hemisphere, the South Pole is pointing towards the Sun, making it summertime 'Down Under'.

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