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Can the same day be both the longest and the shortest day of the year?
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Is the autumnal equinox the longest day?
An equinox is not the shortest day. It has the same amount of daylight and darkness. The solstices have the longest and shortest days. The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year in terms of the amount of daylight.
What's the meaning of solstice?
The word solstice refers to two times of the year when the sun is at its highest and lowest point in the sky at noon. These are the longest and shortest days of the year and it happens on the first day of winter and the first day of summer.
What day of the year is the solstice?
On the 21st of December is the winter solstice or shortest day of the year if you live in the northern hemisphere but if you live in the southern hemisphere it is the longest day of the year. on the 21st of June it is the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere but in the southern hemisphere it is the shortest day of the year and also the summer solstice.
Which is the longest day in northern hemisphere?
The first day of summer is the longest day in the northern hemisphere. The first day of winter is the shortest.
What is June 21 and December 21 importance?
solstices (summer and winter) time. Increments
Can the same day be both the longest and the shortest days of the year?
Yes, if all days on Earth were the same length. But this doesn't happen because of the axial tilt.
Is the autumnal equinox the longest day?
An equinox is not the shortest day. It has the same amount of daylight and darkness. The solstices have the longest and shortest days. The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year in terms of the amount of daylight.
What is the shortest year to longest year?
Neptune has the longest year( Pluto would be but it isn't a planet) Mercury has the shortest year(1 year=88 earth days)
Is the summer solstice the longest or shortest day of the year?
the longest
Which planets has the longest year and which planet has the shortest?
(The year is proportional to the distance to the power 1.5) In our solar system, Mercury has the shortest year. Neptune has the longest.
Do the longest and shortest days of the year happen on the same two days all over the earth?
Yes, but the shortest day in the Northern Hemisphere is also the longest in the Southern Hemisphere, and vice versa.
What is the name of the shortest and longest day of the year?
Longest - Winter Solstice - December 21 Shortest - Summer Solstice - June 21
Is the winter solstice the longest day of the year?
No, the shortest.
When does the shortest and longest day of the year occur?
seasons
What are solstices and?
The're the longest and shortest days of the year!
When is the shortest day of the year for southern hemisphere?
The shortest day of the year in the southern hemisphere is the same day the the northern hemisphere has it's longest day, the Summer Solstice. Which occurs on either June 21 or 22.
Why is the winter solstice not the longest day of the year?
Because it is the shortest day of the year.
