Summer Solstice June 20 2024. The winter solstice on december 21, 2024, marks the shortest day and longest night in the northern hemisphere. The winter solstice falls between december 20 and 23.
Solstice—the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern hemisphere—will occur on thursday, june 20, at 20:50 universal time (4:50 p.m. Regardless of whether it was.