Winter Solstice 2024 Usa Time. The 2024 winter solstice — the precise moment when the sun appears farthest south in the sky — is at 4:20 a.m. The winter solstice marks the year’s longest night and shortest day.
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 solstice is the time of year when the sun’s rays hit the earth at the steepest angle.