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    Summer Solstice: UT Equinoxes Solstices

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    The document discusses the summer solstice, which occurs when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky as seen from the North or South Pole. It happens twice yearly, between June 20-22 in the Northern Hemisphere and December 20-23 in the Southern Hemisphere. On the summer solstice, the affected hemisphere has its longest period of daylight, making it the day with the most sunlight of the year. Cultures have traditionally celebrated the summer solstice with holidays and festivals recognizing the fertility associated with this astronomical event.

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    Summer solstice

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    UT date and time of equinoxes and solstices on Earth[1] Northward Northern Southward Southern equinox solstice equinox solstice March June September December

    event

    month

    year

    day time day time day time day time 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 17:32 21 11:28 23 23:21 21 17:16 23 05:14 20 23:09 22 11:02 21 05:04 22 16:57 21 10:51 23 22:45 21 16:38 23 04:30 20 22:34 22 10:28 21 04:24 22 16:15 21 10:07 23 21:58 21 15:54 23 03:50 20 21:44 22 03:09 21 23:38 09:04 22 05:30 14:49 21 11:12 20:44 21 17:11 02:29 21 23:03 08:20 22 04:48 14:21 21 10:44 20:02 21 16:28 01:54 21 22:23 07:50 22 04:19 13:31 21 10:02

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    Diagram of the Earth's seasons as seen from the north. Far left: summer solstice for the Northern Hemisphere. Front right: summersolstice for the Southern Hemisphere.

    The summer solstice occurs exactly when the axial tilt of a planet's semi-axis in a given hemisphere is most inclined towards the star that it orbits. Earth's maximum axial tilt to our star, the Sun, during

    asolstice is 23 26'. This happens twice each year, at which times the Sun reaches its highest position in the sky as seen from the North or South Pole respectively. The summer solstice is the solstice that occurs in a hemisphere's summer. In the Northern Hemisphere this is the Northern solstice; in the Southern Hemisphere this is the Southern solstice. Depending on the shift of the calendar, the summer solstice occurs some time between December 20 and December 23 each year in the Southern Hemisphere[2] and between June 20 and June 22 in the Northern Hemisphere[3]in reference to UTC.[4] Though the summer solstice is an instant in time, the term is also colloquially used like Midsummer to refer to the day on which it occurs. The day on which the summer solstice occurs is the day of the year with the longest period of daylight except in the polar regions, where daylight is continuous for anything from a few days to six months centred on the summer solstice. Worldwide, interpretation of the event has varied among cultures, but most have held a recognition of sign of the fertility, involving holidays, festivals, gatherings, rituals or other celebrations around that time.[5] The word solstice derives from Latin sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still).

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