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 date of the shortest day is the December solstice (dec 21-22) in the northern hemisphere and June solstice (June 20-21) in the southern hemisphere. However, due to the motions of the earth the date of the earliest sunset occurs before that date, and the latest sunrise occurs after that date. The actual date of the earliest sunset and latest sunrise depends on your latitude. The actual times of sunset and sunrise depend both on latitude and longitude.
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.
Another name for the Summer Solstice is Midsummer.
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.