After the summer solstice, the sun's position in the sky (and at sunrise) becomes further to the north.
In the late winter and spring, sunrise occurs earlier each day reaching the earliest time at the summer solstice. After solstice the sunrise is later each day.
In the late winter and spring, sunrise occurs earlier each day reaching the earliest time at the summer solstice. After solstice the sunrise is later each day.
Immediately after the summer solstice, the time between sunrise and sunset starts to diminish.
No. It shines into the tomb at sunrise on the winter solstice on the 21st of December each year.
The time between sunrise and sunset is a little longer each day from the winter solstice (around 21 June in the southern hemisphere) until the summer solstice (around 21 December), and it's a little shorter each day from the summer solstice until the winter solstice.
In the northern hemisphere's summer solstice, around the 21st of June, the northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun. In the southern hemisphere's summer solstice, around the 21st of December, the southern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun.
The earliest sunrise typically occurs during the summer solstice, which is around June 21st in the Northern Hemisphere and December 21st in the Southern Hemisphere. This is when the sun reaches its highest position in the sky, resulting in the earliest sunrise of the year.
Depending on your latitude and the date, the direction of sunrise ranges from MANY degrees north or south of East, to directly east. The sunrise in Maine at the Summer Solstice can be 40 degrees north of East, and as many degrees south at midwinter. If you are close to the equator, then the sunrise is never all that far off of East.
At every point on earth that is 33° 20' of latitude from the equator, including Bunbury, Western Australia, the time from sunrise to sunset ranges from a minimum of about 9 hrs 58 min on the day of the winter solstice to a maximum of about 14 hrs 22 min on the day of the summer solstice.
The Summer Solstice is the same time everywhere, and is not tied to a specific location in the way that sunrise or sunset times are. The Summer Solstice is at 5:45 AM GMT on June 21, 2009. You can see a list of the exact times when each season begins for several years at the link below.
Kodiak is south of the Arctic Circle, so it has a sunrise and a sunset every day. On the summer solstice the time from sunrise to sunset is 18 hours and 7 minutes.