How To Celebrate Summer Solstice In 2024 In. All locations north of the equator see daylight shorter than 12 hours and all locations south see daylight longer than 12 hours, nasa says. Date and time the celestial milestone, which marks the shortest day and the longest night in the year, is being observed on saturday, december 21.
The summer solstice in 2024 occurs on thursday, june 20, at 4:51 p.m. The night before midsummer day is called midsummer eve.