Shortest Day Of The Year 2024 Nzta. This year, the northern winter. The winter solsitice is both the shortest day of the year and also the longest night.
Winter solstice, the two moments during the year when the path of the sun in the sky is farthest south in the northern hemisphere (december 21 or 22) and farthest north in the southern. A december solstice on the 23rd is once in a hundred years occurrence, and a december 20 solstice is even rarer.