2024 Winter Solstice Dates Usa. According to the old farmer’s almanac, the solstice is. In the northern hemisphere, it occurs when the sun is directly over the tropic of capricorn, which is located at 23.5° south of the equator and runs through.

The 2024 winter solstice — the precise moment when the sun appears farthest south in the sky — is at 4:20 a.m. Meteological winter begins december 1 / june 1 (depending on hemisphere).