Winter Solstice 2024 Australia. The winter solstice marks the moment the earth’s south pole reaches its furthest. The winter solsitice is both the shortest day of the year and also the longest night.
(janie barrett) (supplied nine) it began at 6.51am aest today for the southern hemisphere. Winter solstice — is the day of the year when the sun passes through the southernmost point of the ecliptic in the northern hemisphere (or through the northernmost point in the.