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20 cze 2023 · The summer solstice is upon us: Wednesday, June 21, is the longest day of 2023, and the start of the summer season, for anyone living north of the equator. Technically speaking, the...
21 cze 2023 · Summer in the Northern Hemisphere began on June 21 as the summer solstice 2023 occurred at 10:57 a.m. EDT (1457 GMT), marking the longest day of the year.
The summer solstice in 2023 will take place today, Wednesday 21 June, at precisely 3:58pm BST in the UK and 10:58am ET / 7:58am PT in the US. Contrary to popular belief, the solstice is an exact moment and not the entire day.
20 cze 2023 · June 20, 2023. At a Glance. Summer officially begins at 10:57 a.m. EDT Wednesday with the summer solstice. The summer solstice marks the day with the most daylight of the year in the Northern...
17 cze 2023 · This year’s summer solstice illustrated with Stellarium shows the sun at the height of its travels above the southern horizon for 2023 on June 21st. Without the atmosphere, we would see the background stars and constellations of winter such as Orion, the hunter and Canis Major.
The summer solstice is the day with the longest period of daylight and shortest night of the year in that hemisphere, when the sun is at its highest position in the sky. At either pole there is continuous daylight at the time of its summer solstice. The opposite event is the winter solstice.
21 cze 2023 · The summer solstice occurs when the sun is at its highest point in the sky. In 2023, that will happen at on June 21, at 10:57 a.m. ET. Why is the summer solstice the longest day of the year?