Tomorrow is the winter solstice, the longest night of the year. This year, the solstice will be an extra rare one, due to a couple of other cosmic events.

First, this year’s solstice coincides with a full moon, an event that Native Americans called The Long Night Moon.
On top of that, the Ursid meteor shower will be visible that night, with the best chance to spot a meteor coming just before dawn on Saturday.

Tomorrow will have a mere nine hours and eight minutes of daylight. Sunset will happen at 4:23, long before Tim Virgin walks out of the studio.