Winter Solstice 2024 Southern Hemisphere Map. In the northern hemisphere, it occurs when the sun is directly over the tropic of capricorn, which is. Check winter solstice and time in 2025.

It marks the shortest day and longest night of the year and the first day of. At the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere, the south pole is tilted away from the sun, whereas at the summer solstice, the south pole is tilted toward the sun.