They are too extremes, either the longest or shortest days. They are both turning points as the length of a day starts to change in the opposite manner, either lengthening or shortening after that point. Which solstice they are, is a matter of geography, in that a winter solstice in the northern hemisphere is a summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. So we have two solstices each year; what you call them depends on where you live.
That depends on whether you are in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere. If you are in the Northern, then your winter solstice is the summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. If you are in the Southern, then your winter solstice is the summer solstice for everyone in the Northern Hemisphere.
Another name for the Summer Solstice is Midsummer.
a soltice is a day where the day is either the shortest or longest in the year, there are two soltices, the summer solstice (june 21st) the longest day of the year and the winter solstice (december 21st) the shortest day of the year
Winter Solstice.
IT's where the Earth is in preposition to the Sun. The summer means the days are GETTING SHORTER the winter means it is GETTING LONGER. Summer solstice 1. Sun shine vertically on the tropic of cancer. 2. South pole is inclined the north pole is away from it. 3. This position is on 21 June. Winter solstice 1. Sun shines vertically on the tropic of Capricorn. 2. North pole is inclined towards the sun and the south pole is away from it. 3. This position is on 22 December. _____________ Short Answer: In the northern hemisphere: The June solstice is the summer solstice and it is the beginning of summer. The December solstice is the winter solstice and it marks the beginning of winter. In the southern hemisphere: The June solstice is the winter solstice, and the December solstice is the summer solstice. In summer solstice the days are longer and the nights are smaller and In the winter solstice the rays of the sun is at the tropic of Capricorn in Antarctic zone and the nights are longer and the days are smaller.
it is the same from winter solistice to summer solistice
That depends on whether you are in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere. If you are in the Northern, then your winter solstice is the summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. If you are in the Southern, then your winter solstice is the summer solstice for everyone in the Northern Hemisphere.
June 21 or 22 for the summer solstice and December 21 or 22 for the winter solstice.
equinoxes
For the northern hemisphere: During the summer solstice, the Sun is as far north as she can get. During the winter solstice, the Sun is as far south as she can get. For the souther hemisphere it is the other way round.
summer solstice and winter solstice
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Another name for the Summer Solstice is Midsummer.
About six months. The winter solstice is lowest the sun gets above the horizon and the summer is the highest.
two The June solstice is the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere. The December solstice is the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere and the summer solstice in the southern hemisphere.
Summer solstice and winter solstice.
Summer solstice the days in the northern hemisphere are longest and the nights are shortest. But in the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere the days are shortest and the nights are longest.