Winter Solstice 2024 Sunset And Sunrise. Visible after sunset in the southern sky, shifting slightly westward as the month progresses. So right now earth is moving slightly faster around the sun than average, and this is what’s messing with our sunrises and sunsets.

The winter solstice in one of the earth’s hemispheres occurs when this hemisphere is tilted the farthest away from the sun and receives the least daylight. In the northern hemisphere, the next winter solstice will.