June solstice

Short description: Annual solstice between 20 and 22 June

UT date and time of
equinoxes and solstices on Earth^[1]^[2]
event	equinox		solstice		equinox		solstice
month	March		June		September		December
year	day	time	day	time	day	time	day	time
2019	20	21:58	21	15:54	23	07:50	22	04:19
2020	20	03:50	20	21:43	22	13:31	21	10:03
2021	20	09:37	21	03:32	22	19:21	21	15:59
2022	20	15:33	21	09:14	23	01:04	21	21:48
2023	20	21:25	21	14:58	23	06:50	22	03:28
2024	20	03:07	20	20:51	22	12:44	21	09:20
2025	20	09:02	21	02:42	22	18:20	21	15:03
2026	20	14:46	21	08:25	23	00:06	21	20:50
2027	20	20:25	21	14:11	23	06:02	22	02:43
2028	20	02:17	20	20:02	22	11:45	21	08:20
2029	20	08:01	21	01:48	22	17:37	21	14:14

Illumination of Earth by the Sun on the day of the June solstice

The June solstice is the solstice on Earth that occurs annually between 20 and 22 June according to the Gregorian calendar. In the Northern Hemisphere, the June solstice is the summer solstice (the day with the longest period of daylight), while in the Southern Hemisphere it is the winter solstice (the day with the shortest period of daylight). It is also known as the northern solstice.

Solar year

The June solstice solar year is the solar year based on the June solstice. It is thus the length of time between adjacent June solstices.

The length of the day on June solstice

References

↑ United States Naval Observatory (January 4, 2018). "Earth's Seasons and Apsides: Equinoxes, Solstices, Perihelion, and Aphelion". http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/EarthSeasons.php. ^{[|permanent dead link|dead link}}]}
↑ "Solstices and Equinoxes: 2001 to 2100". February 20, 2018. http://www.astropixels.com/ephemeris/soleq2001.html.

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[USNO-1] United States Naval Observatory (January 4, 2018). "Earth's Seasons and Apsides: Equinoxes, Solstices, Perihelion, and Aphelion". http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/EarthSeasons.php. ^{[|permanent dead link|dead link}}]}

[2] "Solstices and Equinoxes: 2001 to 2100". February 20, 2018. http://www.astropixels.com/ephemeris/soleq2001.html.

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June solstice

Topic: Astronomy

Contents

Solar year

The length of the day on June solstice

See also

Astronomy

Holidays

References