The days are dark and the moon is hanging low, long into the morning. This can only mean one thing: winter solstice is almost here.
Tomorrow is the shortest day of the year and it starts when the moon sets at 10:34am, according to weatherwatch.co.nz.
The solstice is when the sun reaches its northern-most point, delivering just a few hours of sunlight for the Southern Hemisphere.
The sun will set at 5.10pm tonight in Auckland, and rise at 7.34am tomorrow morning, a night over 14 hours in length.
According to Philip Duncan of Weatherwatch, Invercargill will have just eight hours and 35 minutes of sunlight tomorrow while Auckland will have nine hours and 38 minutes.