Winter Solstice 2024 Usa Map. 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.
Winter solstice, the two moments during the year when the path of the sun in the sky is farthest south in the northern hemisphere (december 21 or 22) and farthest north in the southern hemisphere (june 20 or 21). It marks the shortest day and longest night of the year and the first day of.