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Earth during the summer solstice in June 2017. The summer solstice or estival solstice [i] occurs when one of Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere (Northern and Southern). The summer solstice is the day with the longest period of daylight and shortest night of the year in that ...
MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice is a live album by the Norwegian band a-ha, released on 6 October 2017 as part of the MTV Unplugged series. It was recorded live at the Harbour Hall at Ocean Sound Recordings in Giske , Norway, on 22 and 23 June 2017.
Xiàzhì or Geshi (Chinese and Japanese: 夏至; Korean: 하지(Haji); Vietnamese: Hạ chí; lit. summer's extreme) is the 10th solar term, and marks the summer solstice. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 90° (around 21 June) and ends when the Sun reaches the longitude of 105° (around 7 July).
The summer solstice welcomes the first official day of summer. Find out about the science of the solstice and well as its pagan roots and celebrations of fertility.
This year, the first day of summer, also known as the summer solstice, is Thursday, June 20. The true solstice will arrive in the Northern Hemisphere at exactly 4:51 p.m. EST.
The summer solstice is actually the same thing as the "first day of summer," so it also takes place on Thursday, June 20. Specifically, it'll occur at 4:50 p.m. EST.
The name "midsummer" mainly refers to summer solstice festivals of European origin. In these cultures it is traditionally regarded as the middle of summer, with the season beginning on May Day. [9] Although the summer solstice falls on 20, 21 or 22 June in the Northern Hemisphere, it was traditionally reckoned to fall on 23–24 June in much of ...
The summer solstice officially happens on Thursday at 3:50 p.m. CDT. On the day of the solstice, daylight time varies greatly by location. Miami, Florida, will have 14 hours and […]