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Bookmark or Share- What is the summer solstice? Here’s what you need to know.Solstices occur because Earth’s axis of rotation is tilted about 23.4 degrees relative to Earth's orbit around the sun. This tilt drives our planet's seasons, as the Northern and Southern...
- What's the Difference Between a Solstice and an Equinox?The two solstices happen in June (20 or 21) and December (21 or 22). These are the days when the Sun’s path in the sky is the farthest north or south from the Equator. A hemisphere’s winter solstice is the shortest day of the year and its summer solstice the year’s longest.
- Solstice - WikipediaThe two solstices can be distinguished by different pairs of names, depending on which feature one wants to stress. Summer solstice and winter solstice are the most common names, referring to the seasons they are associated with.
- The Equinoxes and the Solstices - timeanddate.comThe Solstices. The farthest points from the equator where the Sun can appear directly overhead are referred to as the tropics. The tropics are lines of latitude that circle the Earth above and below the equator, at about 23.4 degrees north and south. This angle is set by Earth’s axial tilt.
- Solstice | Definition & Facts | Britannicasolstice, either of the two moments in the year when the Sun ’s apparent path is farthest north or south from Earth ’s Equator. In the Northern Hemisphere the summer solstice occurs on June 20 or 21 and the winter solstice on December 21 or 22. The situation is exactly the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere, where the seasons are reversed.
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