December solstice, December 21, 2028
December solstice: December 21, 2028 at 3:20 AM in New York (21 Dec 2028, 08:20 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