Tomorrow is the winter solstice. The solstice marks the shortest day of the year for the planet’s Northern Hemisphere. It is at this point in the year, with the Earth’s tilt, that our Northern Hemisphere is leaning furthest from the sun. Tomorrow’s sunrise in Southeast Iowa will be at 7:37 a.m. and the sunset will take place at 4:47 p.m., giving us just over nine hours of daylight. Also, it is the start of a new moon.