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Longest Day of The Year When is the longest day of the year? The longest day and the shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere occur during summer solstice which is usually observed on june 21st or sometimes on june 20 UTC (see table 1). In 2016 summer solstice is observed on june 20th, exactly at 22:34 UTC. This is also the day of the shortest day and the longest night in the Southern Hemisphere. The opposite case takes place during december solstice - the shortest day and the longest night occur in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest day and the shortest night are observed in the Southern Hemisphere.
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- When is the shortest day of the year? The shortest day and the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere occur during winter solstice which is usually observed on december 21st or sometimes on december 22nd UTC (see table 1). In 2016 winter solstice is observed on december 21, exactly at 10:44 UTC.
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Hawaii Solar and the Summer Solstice The Sunetric Blog. Tuesday, June 21, 2011. As Hawaii’s solar authority, Sunetric is celebrating today — it’s the first day of summer and the longest day of the year! The solstice holds a variety of meanings for cultures throughout the world, but what exactly is the summer solstice?
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The Longest Day  (film) The Longest Day. The Longest Day is a 1962 film about the Allied invasion in Normandy — D-Day — on 6 June 1944. Directed by Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Gerd Oswald and Darryl F. Zanuck. Written by Cornelius Ryan, Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall and Jack Seddon.
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- Tomorrow is going to be the longest day of the year – here’s why. Rob Waugh for Metro.co.ukMonday 29 Jun 2015 12:21 pm. This Tuesday is going to be the longest day of the year – as scientists quietly add an extra second at 23.59.59.
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- On this day, the Sun is at its highest point in the sky. This day marks the day of summer. It also is known as the longest day because it has the most hours of daylight of any day during the year. On this day, the daylight and nighttime hours are equal.
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Solstice arrives December 21 For us in the Northern Hemisphere, the December solstice marks the longest night and shortest day of the year. Meanwhile, on the day of the December solstice, the Southern Hemisphere has its longest day and shortest night. This special day is coming up on Tuesday, December 22 at 4:48 UTC (December 21 at 10:48 p.m. CST). No matter where you live on Earth’s globe, a solstice is your signal to celebrate.
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Summer solstice Saturday: Longest day and shortest night of the year This Saturday is the June solstice, marking the longest day of the year and the astronomical start to summer in Earth’s northern hemisphere. At 6:51 a.m. EDT on June 21, the sun can be seen directly overhead along the Tropic of Cancer at 23.5º north latitude. With the Earth’s North Pole at its maximum tilt toward the sun, locations north of the equator see the sun follow its longest and highest path across the southern sky.
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- Enjoy The Longest Day Of The Year…Now They Get Shorter! This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WEST MICHIGAN (June 21, 2014) — Welcome to the first day of summer! It officially arrived Saturday morning at 6:51 A.M..
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First Day of Winter in Minnesota The day of the summer solstice is the longest day of the year. The length of time elapsed between sunrise and sunset on this day is a maximum for the year. In the United States, there are about 14½ hours of daylight on this day.
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Todayâs the first day of summer. But no, itâs not the longest day of the year. In this part of the world, our earliest sunrise occurred back on June 14 or 15 (depending on your exact location), and the latest sunset will be on about June 26, although it’s not until early July that it will flip from 8:25 to 8:24 p.m., because it’s only moving by seconds a day this time of year.
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Hawaii Solar and the Summer Solstice Hawaii Solar and the Summer Solstice. Tuesday, June 21, 2011. As Hawaii’s solar authority, Sunetric is celebrating today — it’s the first day of summer and the longest day of the year! The solstice holds a variety of meanings for cultures throughout the world, but what exactly is the summer solstice?
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- a Wednesday 4 months and 5 days from today. The first day of winter is known as the winter solstice. It is the shortest day and the longest night of the year. Days Until: Christmas Eve Christmas New Years Eve New Years Day MLK Day Groundhog Day Valentines Day Presidents Day Easter.
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- Summer Solstice 2014, the longest day of the year, will arrive on Saturday, providing most of the United States with nearly 15 hours of sunlight in many areas over a 24-hour period. Please review Community Guidelines before posting a comment.
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The Longest Day  (film) The Longest Day (film) For other uses, see The Longest Day. The Longest Day is a 1962 epic war film based on Cornelius Ryan's book The Longest Day (1959), about the D-Day landings at Normandy on June 6, 1944, during World War II. The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, who paid author Ryan $175,000 for the film rights.
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June 20 June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.There are 194 days remaining until the end of the year. In the Northern Hemisphere, the Summer solstice sometimes occurs on this date, while the Winter solstice occurs in the Southern Hemisphere.une 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
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7 facts about the 2016 summer solstice, the official start of summer From California to New York and across the ocean to Great Britain, people all around the northern hemisphere celebrate the arrival of the summer solstice - the longest day of the year and the official start of the summer season.
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Which is the longest day in India? 21st June is known as summer solstice -- the day when the sun is directly overhead the Tropic of Cancer at noon -- officially marking the first day of the season of summer. It's the longest day of the year, in that we have the most hours of sunlight.
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- The Longest Day (1962 film) In 1959, 15 years after the Allied invasion of Normandy, former war correspondent Cornelius Ryan wrote The Longest Day, his popular and critically-acclaimed account of the D-Day landings.
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Summer solstice 2014: The longest day, but not the hottest Summer solstice 2014: The longest day, but not the hottest. This is solargraph made with a pinhole camera. It shows the period from the summer solstice (highest streaks) to the winter solstice (lowest streaks) in 2009 in New Mexico. Today, June 21, is the summer solstice, and the longest day of the year, at least in the Northern Hemisphere.
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5 Things to Know About the Winter Solstice The summer solstice occurs on June 21, the longest day of the year in the north. On March 21 and Sept. 21, Earth’s equator passes the center of the sun, which are known as “equinoxes.” These two dates mark the point at which hours of day and night are nearly equal. This post has been updated for clarity.
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Longest Day of The Year Because solstice is observed early morning (in UTC), the shortest day (or night on the south) of the year 2017 falls on june 20th for places on the west (America, Europe, West Asia) and june 21st for places on the far east (Australia, East Asia).
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Chinese Calendar The longest day of a year or Summer Solstice falls on the 21st or 22nd of June, and the shortest day is the Winter Solstice on either December 21, 22, or 23. Using these two annual events the year was divided into in 24 equal parts, each forming the 24 solar terms.
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5 Things to Know About the Winter Solstice The winter solstice occurs at a specific time, not just day. This year, at 12:11 p.m. EST on Saturday, Dec. 21, the sun shone directly over the Tropic of Capricorn, the farthest south the sun reaches. In the Southern Hemisphere, it was the longest day of the year.
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- The solstice sunrise marks the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. A reveller greets the sun as it rises above Stonehenge on the day of the Summer Solstice June 21, 2003 in Wiltshire, England. More than 30,000 people danced as they greeted the sunrise on summer's longest day at Stonehenge.
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- A rare astronomical event is happening Monday night for the first time in decades. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The longest day of the year is upon us.