2024 Winter Solstice Date Uk

2024 Winter Solstice Date Uk. The summer solstice, which occurs around the 21 june in the northern hemisphere, is the day of the year with the longest period of daylight while the winter solstice, on or around the 21. Winter solstice takes place on december 21, 2024, in the northern hemisphere and on june 20, 2024, in the southern hemisphere.

While newgrange points to the winter solstice sunrise, stonehenge marks the winter solstice sunset. As well as marking the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice marks the first day of winter in the astronomical calendar, whilst in the meteorological calendar, we are already three.