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

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month  | March  | June  | September  | December
year | day | time | day | time | day | time | day | time
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
2030  | 20 | 13:51 | 21 | 07:31 | 22 | 23:27 | 21 | 20:09
2031  | 20 | 19:41 | 21 | 13:17 | 23 | 05:15 | 22 | 01:56
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).[3] It is also known as the northern solstice or summer solstice. During the June solstice, the Sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer, located in the northern hemisphere.

## Contents

* 1 Solar year
* 2 The length of the day on June solstice
* 3 See also
* 3.1 Astronomy
* 3.2 Holidays
* 4 References

## 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

Template:June solstice

## See also

### Astronomy

* March equinox
* September equinox
* December solstice

### Holidays

* Inti Raymi
* Kupala Night
* Midnight sun
* Midsummer
* We Tripantu
* World Humanist Day

## References

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.
3. ↑ Bikos, Konstantin; Kher, Aparna; Jones, Graham. "June Solstice: Shortest and Longest Day of the Year". https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/june-solstice.html.

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