Shortest Day 2024 Usa. Winter solstice takes place on december 21, 2024, in the northern hemisphere and on june 21, 2025, in the southern hemisphere. A december solstice on the 23rd is once in a hundred years occurrence, and a december 20 solstice is even rarer.
It marks the shortest day and longest night of the year and the first day of the. The winter solstice is a celestial milestone, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year.