If anyone is wondering the EXACT time of the alignment during the coming winter solstice i found a great website to find out your time zone. It is on 11:12 am Universal time. Make sure to MEDITATE! =)
The December solstice is when the sun reaches its southernmost point for the year. This year, it happens at 11:12 Universal Time on December 21. Here, in the mainland United States, the solstice falls on December 21 at 6:12 a.m. EST, 5:12 a.m. CST, 4:12 a.m. MST and 3:12 a.m. PST. Translate to your time zone here...
http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/universal-time
Looking at the world map below, you can see that the 2012 December solstice happens at sunrise on the northwest coast of South America, noon for Europe and Africa, and at sunset in Western Australia, western Indonesia, western China and Russia.
Day and night sides of Earth on the December 2012 solstice
The day and night sides of the world at the instant of the December 2012 solstice (2012 December 21 at 11:12 Universal Time)
Stonehenge marks winter solstice sunset GALLERY
On the December solstice, we celebrate the (unofficial) first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and first day of summer in the Southern Hemisphere. Unofficial? Yes. Winter and summer start at the solstices by tradition, not official decree.
Yet these solstices bring very real occurrences to our sky, which you can witness for yourself. In both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, the December solstice brings the southernmost sunrise and the southernmost sunset of the year. If you stand in one spot day after day, week after week – for example, gazing out a window toward the sunrise or sunset on the horizon – you will surely notice the sunset’s northward trek along the horizon over the coming months. From time to time, try fixing a bit of tape to the window on which you’ve written the date, to help you mark the sun’s passage.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the southernmost sunrise and sunset usher in the year’s shortest day and the longest night. In the Southern Hemisphere, it’s the exact opposite, for the year’s southernmost sunrise and sunset give the Southern Hemisphere its longest day and shortest night.
Not everyplace worldwide has a sunrise and a sunset on the day of the December solstice. North of the Arctic Circle – or north of 66.5 degrees north latitude – there is no sunrise or sunset today, because the sun stays beneath the horizon all day long. South of the Antarctic Circle – at 66.5 degrees south of the equator – you won’t see a sunrise or sunset either, because the sun stays above the horizon all day.
Want more? Everything you need to know: winter solstice
After the sun reaches its southernmost point on the sky’s dome on the December solstice, watch as the sun seems to pause for a number of days before it starts its northward trajectory on the sky’s dome once again.
By the way, the image at the top of this post shows the 2004 winter solstice viewed at the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley, California, USA.
Bottom line: In 2012, the December solstice comes on December 21 at 5:12 a.m. CST. That’s December 21 at 11:12 Universal Time. It’s when the sun on our sky’s dome reaches its farthest southward point for the year. At this solstice, the Northern Hemisphere has its shortest day and longest night of the year. Happy solstice, everyone!
How do I translate Universal Time into my time?
12/21/12 Galactic Alignment. 11:11 am Universal time.
когда нечего сказать лутче промолчать,когда есть что высказать лутче воздержаться, ибо не слова праведны а поступки
Иммиграцыя-это попытка послать себя подальше
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