Sunrise is about 4.35am, but the sun doesn't actually appear in view at castlerigg until about 5.05am. An amazing sight when it appears from behind one of the hills.
That's the time of the June solstice, which is the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere.
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.
The solstices occur at the same time around the world, but what one hemisphere calls the summer solstice the other hemisphere calls the winter solstice, and vice versa, since the seasons are always opposite across the equator.
On the first day of summer (astronomical), usually June 21.Summer solstice: June 21-22 (day longer than the night)The summer solstice in the northern hemisphere is generally on June 21, but may vary a day earlier or later depending on the cycles of leap years. You can look up the exact time of the solstices and equinoxes each year on the "Earth's Seasons" web page at the U.S. Naval Observatory.
In the Northern Hemisphere, summer begins on the day of the summer solstice, June 21st. Of course, because the Southern Hemisphere is pointed away from the Sun at this time, June 21st is the first day of winter there.
The 2009 Summer Solstice happens at 5:45 AM GMT on June 21.
That's the time of the June solstice, which is the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere.
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The northern hemisphere summer solstice is tomorrow, June 21, 2010, at 11:28 AM GMT.
Earth is getting colder at that time. It does not immediately start getting warmer once the winter solstice is passed. It can be up to a month later, before it begins, so the month after a winter solstice is cold. For the summer, it is the same, in that the Earth keeps getting warmer for a time after the summer solstice, so the warmest temperatures are after the summer solstice, before the cooling process starts.
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Summer solstice is an important time for Milton Keynes because Milton Keynes is located at a far northern latitude, therefore there are only a few hours of darkness. The neo-pagans of Milton Keynes hold a summer solstice celebration there.
Complete darkness at night still happens in Leeds, UK at the summer solstice.
The summer solstice heralds the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. The timing of the summer solstice depends on when the Sun reaches its northernmost point of the equator. In 2015, the summer begins with the solstice on June 21 at 12:38 P.M. EDT.
The day is June 20 or June 21 that the solstice takes place. During the summer solstice the duration of day time is directly over the tropic of cancer.
Around the time of the summer solstice.
1:45 am EST.