What is the summer solstice? It's often called the longest day of the year. But technically, it's the day with the longest stretch of daylight over a 24-hour period. It's when our side of the ...

The summer solstice is when the sun is at its highest point in the sky in the Northern Hemisphere, while the winter solstice occurs when the sun is at its lowest point in the sky. The word ...

The June 20 summer solstice lasted 15 hours and 41 minutes. Each year has two solstices: the winter solstice and the summer solstice. The Earth is tilted from the sun at approximately 23.5 ...