Winter Solstice 2024 Dates Uk. Known as the winter solstice, this is the time that darkness takes up as much time as it can, before gradually giving way to the growing daylight of spring. This page provides date and local time for winter solstice in the year 2024 for london, england, united kingdom.
Winter solstice 2024 (beginning of astronomical winter) on the day of the winter (december) solstice, the sun passes through the southernmost point of the ecliptic, that is, as far as possible from the celestial equator to the south (for the northern hemisphere of the earth). The day in our calendar that marks the first day of winter usually refers to the astronomical seasons which are a result of the earth’s axis and orbit around the sun.