When Is The Shortest Day Of The Year 2024 Uk Calendar. It marks the shortest day and longest night of the year and the first day of the winter in. The shortest day of the year will be in 11 days, during the winter solstice on december 21, 2024, with a daylight length of 7 hours and 53 minutes.
According to the royal museums greenwich, โthe actual moment of the solstice in 2024 will occur at 9.21am gmt in the uk. As well as marking the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice marks the first day of winter in the astronomical calendar, whilst in the meteorological calendar, we are already.