Summer Solstice 2024 Australia Date. The sun reaches the summer solstice in australia around 21 december each year and marks the astronomical beginning of summer for the southern hemisphere. After the september equinox, the tilt of earth's axis increasingly angles our south pole towards the sun, so the sun appears further south in the sky each day until it's over the tropic of.
The summer solstice falls between december 21 and 23 in the southern hemisphere each year. The sun is expected to rise at 5:40 am and set at.