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The 2025 summer solstice takes place on June 20, heralding the onset of astronomical summer and the longest day of the year.
During the Northern Hemisphere’s summer solstice, the upper half of the earth is tilted toward the sun, creating the longest ...
From Stone Age astronomy to Viking law and Roman goddesses, cultures across time have honored the longest day of the year ...
The summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, falls on June 20 this year in North America, and ...
Here's what the summer solstice means for your zodiac sign when the season kicks off on June 20, the longest day and shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere ...
When is the summer solstice? The summer solstice for the Northern Hemisphere occurs on June 20, 2025, at 10:42 p.m. EDT (0242 GMT on June 21), and the summer solstice for the Southern Hemisphere ...
Another 92 days and 19 hours later, 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 ...
Astronomical summer officially arrives in the Northern Hemisphere — amidst a heat wave — at 4:51 p.m. ET. It's the earliest start to the season since 1796, thanks to quirks in the calendar.
The summer solstice takes place in mid-June each year in the Northern Hemisphere nicola margaret/Getty Goodbye darkness and hello sunshine! The summer solstice marks the official start of longer ...
When most people refer to the first day of summer, they mean astronomical summer—the summer solstice. In contrast, meteorologists define summer in the Northern Hemisphere as beginning on 1 June and ...
Here's what to know about the upcoming 2025 summer solstice this week and when it last fell on June 22 — the rarest date for ...
The summer solstice will occur on Friday, June 20, and it will be both the longest day and shortest night of 2025 in the ...