0
In the longest day of the year the areas covered by the arctic circle experieces 24 hours of sunlight as the earth is in perihelion that is the earth is clsest to the sun then. Hence the sunlght falls directly on the tropic of cancer and the areasaround the arctic circle experiences 24 hours of day. Heres the link to the structure of the earth during this time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_solstice
Wiki User
∙ 9y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
When is the longest day of the year of 2011?
The longest day in any year is the summer solstice. In 2011, this will occur on June 21 in the Northern hemisphere and December 22 in the Southern hemisphere.
Is the summer solstice the longest or shortest day of the year?
the longest
Can the same day be both the longest and the shortest day of the year?
Yes. Longest day of the year in one hemisphere, and shortest day of the year in the other hemisphere. So our summer solstice on June 21 is the longest day in Europe or America, but the shortest day for the Australians.
What is the longest day of the year in Georgia?
Thanksgiving Day
Why is the winter solstice not the longest day of the year?
Because it is the shortest day of the year.
Why is the longest day of the year not on the summer solstice?
Because you're living on Bizarro World? On Earth, the summer solstice is the longest day of the year.
Which months of the year has the longest day?
June
Is The winter solstice have the longest day of the year?
no.
What is the longest day of the year and when does it occur?
The longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere is during summer solstice. Th longest day in the year for the southern hemisphere is during winter solstice.
What is the sumer solstice?
it is the longest day of the year. and the first day of summer!
Which day of the year is the longest in the US?
June 21 is.
This is known as the longest day of the year?
the summer solstice
