Winter Solstice 2024 Date Usa. Yep, it only lasts a brief moment, not a whole day, as many believe! It falls on december 21st or 22nd in the northern hemisphere and june 20th or 21st in the southern.

The 2024 winter solstice — the precise moment when the sun appears farthest south in the sky — is at 4:20 a.m. Winter solstice 2024 (beginning of astronomical winter) on the day of the winter (december) solstice, the sun passes through the southernmost point of the ecliptic, that is, as far as possible from the celestial equator to the south (for the northern hemisphere of the earth).