Summer Solstice 2022: 'Longest day of the year' today
krishna murthy
Every year, there are two solstices in June and December.
The word solstice means ‘sun standing still’.
Solstices are phenomena that occur due to the Earth’s tilt and its orbit around the Sun
It is that time of the year when the sun reaches its northernmost position, reaches the Tropic of Cancer and stands still before reversing direction and moving south again.
Summer solstice, also known as the longest day of the year, falls on June 21 this year
The summer solstice will occur at 5:14 am EDT (2.44pm IST) in the Northern Hemisphere.
The opposite happens during the winter solstice when the northern hemisphere is tilted farthest from the sun.
Summer solstice is also referred to as Midsummer or First Day of Summer
Almost all locations inside the Arctic Circle experience a continuous period of daylight for 24 hours Midsummer night festivities are also organised in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland during the summer solstice.