December solstice, December 21, 2026
December solstice: December 21, 2026 at 3:50 PM in New York (21 Dec 2026, 20:50 UTC).
What happens
At the December solstice the Sun is farthest south of the celestial equator: the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest in the Southern Hemisphere.
Calculated with Astronomy Engine, an open-source library verified against the US Naval Observatory and NASA JPL. Data sources