Winter Solstice 2024 Melbourne. When is the 2024 winter solstice? 32 rows the shortest day of the year was around 6 months ago, during the winter solstice on june 20, 2024, with a daylight length of 9 hours and 35 minutes.
The winter solstice occurs at the moment the earth’s tilt away/toward the sun is at a maximum,. It also lists astronomical sunrise and sunset timings on winter solstice day.