Longest And Shortest Day Of The Year 2024 Usa. On the winter solstice, the sun reaches its lowest point in the sky, creating the “shortest day” with the least sunlight. Edt (2051 gmt), marking the longest day in the northern hemisphere.

Winter solstice is the shortest day of year, longest night of the year and the official first day of winter in the northern hemisphere. The shortest day of the year — the winter solstice — is saturday, dec.