The winter solstice is a day in which the sun stays in the same place on the horizon. It occurs each year at the start of December and marks the shortest day of the year.
The shortest day in South Africa happens on June 21st every year and is called the winter solstice. On this day, the night is longer than the day.
The summer solstice occurs when the sun reaches its highest point in our sky at noon or midnight on June 21st of each year. In fact, it’s also called midsummer’s night because it marks one of two times when our days are longest and nights shortest (the other being Christmas).
The days will start getting longer after the winter solstice.
The summer solstice is the longest day of the year, and it happens on June 21st in South Africa. It’s the opposite of the winter solstice, which marks the shortest day of the year.
