When is winter solstice 2025? Winter solstice 2025, which marks the start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, will occur on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, 10:03 a.m. Eastern.

This solstice falls between June 20 and 22. Meanwhile, at the winter solstice, the Northern Hemisphere is leaning away from the sun — leading to the shortest day and longest night of the year.

When is winter solstice 2025? Winter solstice 2025, which marks the start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, will occur on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, 10:03 a.m. Eastern.

The summer solstice occurs this year on Friday, June 20, at 10:42 P.M. EDT. After the June solstice, days will get shorter north of the equator.

Indigenous people gather to celebrate the Andean New Year 5533 marking the Southern Hemisphere's winter solstice, in El Alto, Bolivia, Saturday, June 21, 2025.

The summer solstice is a very important astronomical phenomenon for certain cultures, as it marks the beginning of summer and, if that were not enough, this event also causes the d ...

When it’s a summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the sun appears directly over the Tropic of Cancer, the latitude line at 23.5 degrees North. (That’s as far north as you can go and ...

The summer solstice falls late in the day on Friday, June 20 in the United States (it will already be Saturday, June 21 in Europe). It's the longest day and shortest night in the Northern Hemisphere.

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The sunset will be at 8:29 p.m. on June 20. After the Summer Solstice, the days will slowly become shorter until we reach the Winter Solstice on December 20th, 2025.