What'S The Shortest Day Of The Year 2024. The shortest day of the year and longest night of the year is coming. The winter solstice marks the shortest day of the year and the longest night in the northern hemisphere, when the sun appears at its most southerly position, directly overhead at the tropic.

A december solstice on the 23rd is once in a hundred years occurrence, and a december 20 solstice is even rarer. That’s because the sun’s path across the sky is as low as it gets.