Darkest Week of the Year Approaches with Winter Solstice

Darkest week of the year approaches with winter solstice

The southern hemisphere's winter solstice will occur this Saturday on June 21.

Australia enters darkest week of the year

The seven days from now until next Tuesday will be the darkest week of the year across Australia, with the winter solstice occurring this weekend.

Claptomaniacs herald the solstice

According to the almanacs, the exact moment of the Winter Solstice this year is at 4.56am this Saturday, making it the shortest daylight day of the year. Noosa Shire’s own five-piece Claptomaniacs band are playing about 11 hours earlier than that – this Friday (20th) at The Marina Bar at Noosa Marina from 6pm, and while night will have already fallen by then, the good news is the coldest weather of last week has gone, and the Marina Bar’s effect…

Winter solstice | Date and impact on South Africans explained

The winter solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the year, occurring when your hemisphere tilts furthest away from the sun. In the southern hemisphere, it happens once a year around 20 or 21 June. Meanwhile, people in the northern hemisphere experience the same day as the summer solstice, their longest day and shortest night. When is the 2025 winter solstice in South Africa? 🗓️ Date: Saturday, 21 June 🕓 Time: Approximately 22:42…

When is the winter solstice? And how to celebrate

Those of us in the Southern hemisphere are truly feeling the chill of June – its a sign that the winter solstice is near. This day is special as it is the one with least daylight of any day in the calendar. In other words, the winter solstice is the shortest day of the year.Yet, despite being an annual event, many of us only loosely understand what the phenomenon means. Yes, it’s the shortest day in the year, but why? And how do we celebrate one…