Summer And Winter Solstice 2024

Summer And Winter Solstice 2024. On the winter solstice, the sun’s position at noon is the lowest of the year, and the sun spends the least time above the horizon. The summer solstice signals the beginning of astronomical summer and the winter solstice signals the beginning of winter.

On the winter solstice, the sun’s position at noon is the lowest of the year, and the sun spends the least time above the horizon. 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.