Summary: The summer solstice marks the longest day of the year and the winter solstice the longest night. This assembly is particularly suitable on, or near, the summer solstice - usually 21 June.

(The opposite holds true for the Southern Hemisphere, where June brings the winter solstice and the shortest day of the year.) Read on for some more intriguing facts about the summer solstice.

As the Northern Hemisphere welcomes spring today, the Southern Hemisphere is marked with the first day of autumn.

The difference between an equinox and a solstice is based on Earth’s tilt, affecting daylight length and the changing of ...

The 2024 summer solstice arrives on June 20, marking the shortest night and longest day of the year as the Northern Hemisphere officially transitions from winter to summer. There are a number of ...

it will be the June solstice. At that point, the sun's most direct rays reach the Tropic of Cancer, summer starts for the northern hemisphere, and winter begins for those south of the equator.

The meteorological winter ends on March 20, 2025. Then, spring will last until June 20, when the summer solstice arrives. Nations and cultures around the world have celebrated the solstice since ...

The winter solstice falls on December 21 in the Northern ... I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." — Albert Camus 8. "I pray this winter be gentle and kind—a ...