Date of Winter Solstice in the Sothern Hemisphere is June 21.
Usually midwinter falls on the 21st June in the southern hemisphere.
June 21st. It is opposite the Northern hemisphere, which is having it's summer solstice.
summer solstice on june 21or 22 & winter on dec 22
September the 1st
around September 21
21st of May
21st June
Winter solstice
The winter solstice - around December 21 - the days then begin to get longer or "draw out" until The summer Solstice in June - for the Northern hemisphere - opposite in the Southern hemisphere
For the northern hemisphere that would be June the 21. June the 21 is the longest day from dawn to dusk and since there is only 24hr in a day it is logical that the evening of the 21st would be the shortest.
December 21 between South America and the International Date Line; December 22 in the rest of the southern hemisphere (December 22 at 05:30 UTC)
The solstices occur at the same time around the world, but what one hemisphere calls the summer solstice the other hemisphere calls the winter solstice, and vice versa, since the seasons are always opposite across the equator.
In the northern hemisphere ,in the summer, its June 21st. but its winter in the southern hemisphere. In the northern hemisphere ,in the winter, its dec. 21st. but in the southern hemisphere its summer.
December 21 is the Winter Solstice.
The winter solstice for the southern hemisphere happens around the 21st of June.
Today 21st June 2009. The date of the June Solstice
From the point of view of the northern Hemisphere and everyone in it, December 21 is the beginning of Winter, and the position of the sun on that date is the Winter Solstice. From the point of view of the southern Hemisphere and everyone in it, December 21 is the beginning of Summer, and the position of the sun on that date is the Summer Solstice.
Days start to get longer on December 21st each year. This is the date of the Winter Solstice which is when the sun is furthest away from the Northern hemisphere. In the Southern hemisphere this date is June 21st as the seasons are reversed down under.
Winter begins on Solstice: December 21st in the northern hemisphere and June 21st in the Southern hemisphere.... In the UK and Ireland, winter solstice (December 21st) is considered mid-winter. Therefore winter is considered to be the months of November, December and January. The December solstice will occur at 23:38 (or 11.38pm) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on December 21, 2010. The December solstice occurs when the sun reaches its most southerly declination of -23.5 degrees. In other words, it is when the North Pole is tilted 23.5 degrees away from the sun. The sun is directly overhead on the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere during the December solstice.
Winter solstice is the time when winter begins, on the shortest day of the year. The date varies a little, and in the northern hemisphere, it is usually on the 21st or 22nd of December.
Winter solstice
The winter solstice - around December 21 - the days then begin to get longer or "draw out" until The summer Solstice in June - for the Northern hemisphere - opposite in the Southern hemisphere
The winter solstace occurs between December 20 & the 23rd. It represents the sun's southern-most position (or perpendicular) relative to the earth, and is at a latitude of approximately 23-1/2' south of the equator.
In the northern hemisphere, the Summer Solstice is on June 21 (plus or minus one day depending on the cycle of leap years), and the Sun is as far north of the equator as it ever gets. In the southern hemisphere, June 21 is the winter solstice.In the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice is on December 21 (this is the summer solstice "Down Under") when the Sun is as far south of the equator as it ever gets.