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The summer solstice or estival solstice[ i] occurs when one of Earth 's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere ( Northern and Southern ). For that hemisphere, the summer solstice is the day with the longest period of daylight and shortest night of the year, when the Sun is at its highest ...
The summer solstice is Thursday, June 20. It’s the longest day and shortest night in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s also the first official day of summer. Our ancient ancestors certainly took ...
Solstice. A solstice is the time when the Sun reaches its most northerly or southerly excursion relative to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere. Two solstices occur annually, around 20-22 June and 20-22 December. In many countries, the seasons of the year are defined by reference to the solstices and the equinoxes .
Midsummer is a celebration of the season of summer, taking place on or near the date of the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere; the longest day of the year. The name "midsummer" mainly refers to summer solstice festivals of European origin, especially those in the Nordic countries.
The summer solstice is the longest day of the year. In New York City, for example, the sun will rise on Thursday at 5:24 a.m. and set at 8:30 p.m., meaning that there will be 15 hours and 5 ...
This year, the summer solstice begins on June 20, 2024, in the Northern Hemisphere. However, it’s the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere, where June 20, 2024, actually marks their shortest day ...
The Sun rising over Stonehenge on the morning of the Summer Solstice (21st June 2005). A crowd of between 14,000 and 19,000 people watched the sunrise from the ground, along with three paramotor pilots who watched the events from the air. This photograph was taken a couple of minutes after sunrise, and a little to the right of the solar ...
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