Beginning Of Winter 2024. Though no world body has decreed it, we in the northern hemisphere will celebrate the first day of winter at this solstice. The winter solstice occurs at the moment the earth's tilt away/toward the sun is at a maximum, with december 21st marking the shortest day and longest night of the year for locations in the.
21, 2024, with the winter solstice at 4:21 a.m. Get ready to embrace the darkness during the longest night of the year ‒ the winter solstice.