Winter Solstice 2025 Australia Date. It is around this time of year that the clocks go. In fact the word equinox is taken from the latin aequus (equal) and nox(night) or equal night.
Meteological winter begins december 1 / june 1 (depending on hemisphere). During the winter solstice, the sun has reached its lowest point in the sky, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year for everyone living on earth’s northern.