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Summer Solstice

The summer solstice is an astronomical term regarding the position of the sun in relation to the celestial equator. At the time of the summer solstice, Earth is at a point in its orbit where one hemisphere is most tilted towards the sun, causing the sun to appear at 23.45 degrees above the celestial equator, thus making its highest path across the sky. The summer solstice is the day of the year with the longest daylight period and hence the shortest night. This day usually occurs on June 21/June 22 in the northern hemisphere and on December 21/December 22 in the southern hemisphere. The actual date changes due to differences between the calendar year and the tropical year.

2006-06-21 07:43:46 · answer #1 · answered by Smiddy 5 · 4 0

June 21 in year 2006 marks the beginning of summer, it is also call summer solstice by astrologist.

When the sun comes up from the horizon, it travels through the sky in a arc and comes down to the west horizon. As each day pass by, the arc shift little by little which would also increase the time the sun will able to stay in the sky; hense produce longer daytime.

At summer solstice, the arc will reach its maximum angle which will produce the longest arc path in the sky; the longest day in the year.

After this day the arc will reduce slightly day by day and will result in less daytime hours. This will keep happening until winter solstice, which the arc will also reach the minimum angle and produce the longest nighttime we'll have in the year. After that the arc will increase again and repeats the cycle all over.

This is due to the 23.5 degree tilt that the earth have as it travels along the sun, which gives the result of different seasons we experience on earth.

2006-06-21 07:51:47 · answer #2 · answered by thsiung 3 · 0 0

Earth is at a point in its orbit where one hemisphere is most tilted towards the sun, causing the sun to appear at 23.45 degrees above the celestial equator, thus making its highest path across the sky. The summer solstice is the day of the year with the longest daylight period and hence the shortest night. This day usually occurs on June 20/June 21 (UTC Date) in the northern hemisphere and on December 21/December 22 in the southern hemisphere. The actual date changes due to differences between the calendar year and the tropical year.

2006-06-21 07:44:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

June 21 or 22 is the Summer Solstice, or the day with the longest amount of time between sunrise and sunset. December 21 or 22 is the Winter Solstice or the day with the shortest amount of time. But, this only applies to latitudes not too far North or too far South where daylight and darkness, depending upon the time of year, can last for months.

2006-06-21 07:46:44 · answer #4 · answered by quntmphys238 6 · 0 0

The time between sun up and sunset is the longest today. The days will start to get shorter, by minuets, every day. In other words, we are heading towards winter.

2006-06-21 07:44:14 · answer #5 · answered by wildbill05733 6 · 0 0

Today is when the sun reaches its furthest point north which results in more hours of daylight today than any other. (In the Northern Hemisphere.) Starting tomorrow the sun will be moving south with the amount of daylight being just a little bit less each day.

2006-06-21 07:45:04 · answer #6 · answered by danl747 5 · 0 0

I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure it's when the earth takes the largest/longest orbit round the sun.... Either that or time itself is running slower today and the job you really hate is going to feel twice as bad. Yes, kidding on the second one.....

2006-06-21 07:44:28 · answer #7 · answered by darkness_returns 4 · 0 0

for some reason the earth is tilted a certain way and the angel of the sun and moon to make today last longer meaning more sun time longer summer BB Q's woo hoo

2006-06-21 07:45:16 · answer #8 · answered by captspankey 4 · 0 0

It's the Summer Solstice. The sun is actually shining longer today than it does any other day of the year.

2006-06-21 07:44:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The longest amount of time between sunrise and sunset

2006-06-21 07:43:41 · answer #10 · answered by Levi E 3 · 0 0

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