Winter Solstice 2024 Melbourne Australia. It also lists astronomical sunrise and sunset timings on winter solstice day. This is when the north pole is most fully orientated towards the sun.

The sun reaches winter solstice around 21 june each year and marks the astronomical beginning of winter for the southern hemisphere. Winter solstice — is the day of the year when the sun passes through the southernmost point of the ecliptic in the northern hemisphere (or through the northernmost point in the southern hemisphere).