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Summer Solstice

June 21st is the longest day of the year and the day is also known as u2018summer solsticeu2019 means longest day of the Summer Season. At the same time today is International yoga day and International Music day also. Since the earth rotate on the axis, the North of the Equator receives more direct Sunlight

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Summer Solstice

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  1. Summer solstice Longest day of the year

  2. June 21st is the longest day of the year and the day is also known as summer solstice. • Summer solstice means longest Day of the summer season. • Since the earth rotate on the axis , the north of the equator receives more direct sun light.

  3. When is the longest day of the year • The longest day of the year will take place today on June 21st Friday. • The summer solstice will give Britons a whole 16 hours and 38 minutes of day light. • On this day sun will rise 4:42 am and set at 21:21 pm.

  4. Longest day 2019: Longest day of the year Friday June 21 2019.

  5. When do the days start shortening • The days will start shortening from Friday June 21st • The days will continue to shorten until Friday, December 21st, when the winter solstice officially begin. • The winter solstice will see the longest night and shortest day of the year northern Hemisphere.

  6. Longest day 2019: The summer solstice will give Britons 16 hours and 38 minutes of Daylight

  7. Why do we have summer solstice • In summer days fell longer, because the sun rises earlier in the Morning and sets later at night. • When the north pole of the Earth is tilted toward the sun, people in the Northern Hemisphere receive more sunlight. • The day the Earth’s North Pole is tilted closest to the sun is called summer solstice. • So between March and September, Earth’s Northern Hemisphere gets more exposure to direct sunlight over the course the course of a day.

  8. The rest of the year, Southern Hemisphere gets more and will have summer Solstice when people in the Northern Hemisphere have Winter Solstice. • In the Northern Hemisphere, peak sunlight usually occurs on June 20, 21 or 22 of any given year. • By contrast the Southern Hemisphere reaches peak sunlight on December 21, 22 or 23.

  9. Longest day 2019: When the North Pole is tilted closest to the Sun is called Summer Solstice.

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