The sun will be warming the Tropic of Capricorn at that exact moment, according to USA Today.
Wednesday will have two seconds more daylight than Tuesday with each day getting progressively longer until the longest day of the year, the summer solstice which will happen at 5:13 a.m. June 21, according to the National Weather Service.
While the U.S. and the rest of the Northern Hemisphere are experiencing the shortest day of the year, the opposite is true for the Southern Hemisphere, which is experiencing the longest day of the year due to the Earth’s tilt on its axis, according to NASA.
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Winter Solstice 2021 People take part in a winter solstice yoga session at the National Trust's Corfe Castle in Dorset to mark the solstice and to witness the sunrise after the longest night of the year. Picture date: Tuesday December 21, 2021. (Photo by Andrew Matthews/PA Images via Getty Images) (Andrew Matthews - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)
Winter Solstice 2021 WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES - 2021/12/21: People hold lit candles during the longest night vigil.
Every winter solstice, the communities will gather to hold the longest night vigil to remember the homeless people who died while on the street. The St. Stephen's Church in Wilkes-Barre held the vigil for the 20th year adding 6 new names of homeless people who died in 2021. (Photo by Aimee Dilger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Winter Solstice 2021 WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES - 2021/12/21: People light candles during the longest night vigil.
Every winter solstice, the communities will gather to hold the longest night vigil to remember the homeless people who died while on the street. The St. Stephen's Church in Wilkes-Barre held the vigil for the 20th year adding 6 new names of homeless people who died in 2021. (Photo by Aimee Dilger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Winter Solstice 2021 WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES - 2021/12/21: People display names of homeless persons who have died on the street during the longest night vigil.
Every winter solstice, the communities will gather to hold the longest night vigil to remember the homeless people who died while on the street. The St. Stephen's Church in Wilkes-Barre held the vigil for the 20th year adding 6 new names of homeless people who died in 2021. (Photo by Aimee Dilger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Winter Solstice 2021 WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES - 2021/12/21: A priest holding a lit candle concludes the longest night vigil.
Every winter solstice, the communities will gather to hold the longest night vigil to remember the homeless people who died while on the street. The St. Stephen's Church in Wilkes-Barre held the vigil for the 20th year adding 6 new names of homeless people who died in 2021. (Photo by Aimee Dilger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Winter Solstice 2021 WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES - 2021/12/21: Women hold lit candles during the longest night vigil.
Every winter solstice, the communities will gather to hold the longest night vigil to remember the homeless people who died while on the street. The St. Stephen's Church in Wilkes-Barre held the vigil for the 20th year adding 6 new names of homeless people who died in 2021. (Photo by Aimee Dilger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Winter Solstice 2021 People take part in a winter solstice swim at Portobello Beach in Edinburgh to mark the solstice and to witness the dawn after the longest night of the year. Picture date: Tuesday December 21, 2021. (Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images) (Jane Barlow - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)
Winter Solstice 2021 (left to right) Charlotte Gardiner, Sasha Udell, Andrea Taylor, Clare Donoghue, Patricia Yeyti and Agnes Pachacz take part in a winter solstice swim at Portobello Beach in Edinburgh to mark the solstice and to witness the dawn after the longest night of the year. Picture date: Tuesday December 21, 2021. (Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images) (Jane Barlow - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)
Winter Solstice 2021 (left to right) Agnes Pachacz, Sasha Udell, Charlotte Gardiner and Andrea Taylor take part in a winter solstice swim at Portobello Beach in Edinburgh to mark the solstice and to witness the dawn after the longest night of the year. Picture date: Tuesday December 21, 2021. (Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images) (Jane Barlow - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)
Winter Solstice 2021 People take part in a winter solstice yoga session at the National Trust's Corfe Castle in Dorset to mark the solstice and to witness the sunrise after the longest night of the year. Picture date: Tuesday December 21, 2021. (Photo by Andrew Matthews/PA Images via Getty Images) (Andrew Matthews - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)
Winter Solstice 2021 WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES - 2021/12/21: A woman holds the names of two homeless persons who have died in the community during a vigil on the longest night of the year.
Every winter solstice, the communities will gather to hold the longest night vigil to remember the homeless people who died while on the street. The St. Stephen's Church in Wilkes-Barre held the vigil for the 20th year adding 6 new names of homeless people who died in 2021. (Photo by Aimee Dilger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Winter Solstice 2021 People walk past the sundial near the Legislative Building just before dusk, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Tuesday was Winter Solstice and the shortest day of the year. Although it wasn't visible in the sky, the sun set just before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) (Ted S. Warren/AP)
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