summer solstices
Peak daylight events
Summer solstices is the plural of summer solstice, the day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky, marking the longest day and shortest night of the year.
In the Northern Hemisphere this falls around June 21; in the Southern Hemisphere, around December 21.
The term also applies to the precise astronomical moment when this occurs.
Ancient peoples tracked summer solstices to time their planting and festivals.
- summertimeWarmest part of year
- longest dayMaximum daylight occurrence
- midsummerPeak of warm months
- white nightsSunlit summer nights
- autumnal equinoxEqual day and night
axial tilt · astronomy · Stonehenge · aphelion · pagan rituals · wheel of the year · midnight sun · beach season · solar deities · bonfires · heatwaves · golden hour · harvest festivals · fire rituals · sun worship · daylights · celestial sphere · equinox
summer solsticeswinter solstices
Year's shortest-daylight events
midwinter · December solstice · polar nights · polar night · winter sun
summer solsticesequinoxes
Equal day and night
vernal equinoxes · autumnal equinoxes · spring equinoxes · fall equinoxes
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