Winter Solstice 2024 Date. The 2024 winter solstice — the precise moment when the sun appears farthest south in the sky — is at 4:20 a.m. The dates for equinoxes and solstices in the northern and southern hemispheres are the same, but in opposite seasons.

21 in the northern hemisphere. Autumnal/fall equinox north of the equator is mirrored south of the equator by the spring equinox.