Sunday Is the Longest Day of the Year for Half the Planet. A Guide to the Summer Solstice
The timing shifts by latitude because solar noon arrives later by the clock after the solstice, EarthSky said.
- Latest sunsets in the Northern Hemisphere consistently occur after the June solstice, not on the longest day itself, due to a discrepancy between solar time and clock time.
- Solar days are longer than 24 hours around the solstice, causing solar noon to drift later by the clock. Earth's 23.44-degree axial tilt compounds this effect, pushing sunset times deeper into late June.
- For 40 degrees North, latest sunsets center around June 27, while Seattle experiences this phenomenon closer to June 25. Latitude directly determines when the latest sunset occurs.
- North of 50 degrees North latitude, the sun never dips far enough below the horizon for true night to occur in June. This results in midnight twilight, or above the Arctic Circle, the midnight sun.
- The word solstice, derived from Latin for 'sun' and 'pause,' marks the sun's annual zenith. Humanity has long celebrated this moment at monuments like Stonehenge, designed to align with the sun's solstice paths.
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June 21st is the longest day of the year. But the earliest sunrise and the latest sunset fall on another date. There are two reasons for this.
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Sunday is the longest day of the year for half the planet. A guide to the summer solstice
The summer solstice is Sunday, marking the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the start of astronomical summer.
Sure, June 21st is the longest day. But the earliest sunrise and the latest sunset fall on another date. Why? Because sun and time are not entirely in harmony.
Sure, June 21st is the longest day. But the earliest sunrise and the latest sunset fall on another date. Why? Because sun and time are not entirely in harmony.
June 21st is the longest day. But the earliest sunrise and the latest sunset fall on another dateThe day of the summer solstice is astronomically the longest day of the year. But who believes that next Sunday (21 June) is also the opportunity to enjoy the latest sunset of this year, unfortunately, is wrong. Neither does the sun rise at the earliest on that day in the morning. How is this possible?Numbers please: What exactly does this look like?…
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