June 21 (Summer Solstice) was the longest day. December 21 (Winter Solstice) is the shortest day.
For the Southern Hemisphere, these dates are switched.
(Also see the Related Questions.)
days don't get longer only daylight gets longer in the summer
June 21 will be the longest day of 2009.
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.
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.
Thanksgiving Day
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.
sumer solstic
London, like the entire Northern Hemisphere, will have its shortest day of the year on December 21, 2009 (the Winter Solstice). The longest day of the year for the Northern Hemisphere is the Summer Solstice, June 21, 2009.
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.
the longest
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.
Thanksgiving Day
Because it is the shortest day of the year.
Because you're living on Bizarro World? On Earth, the summer solstice is the longest day of the year.
Backstory - 2000 The Longest Day is rated/received certificates of: Finland:K-15 (2009)
To date the longest year would have been MDCCCLXXXVIII(1888) compared with M for the year 1000 or MMIX for the current year 2009.
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June
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.