Winter Solstice 2024 Northern Hemisphere

Winter Solstice 2024 Northern Hemisphere. Check winter solstice and time in 2025. 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.

The winter solstice marks the moment the earth’s south pole reaches its furthest tilt away from the sun. How can the december solstice have the longest night in the northern hemisphere but neither the earliest sunset nor the latest sunrise?