The Summer Solstice on June 21 marks the official beginning of astronomical summer in the northern hemisphere. Occurring at 09:24 BST, this day is the longest of the year, indicating the northern hemisphere’s maximum tilt towards the Sun. Nights will gradually shorten, but summer months are still to come.
It’s the Summer Solstice. The days are lighter for longest time of the year. The solstice always occurs between 20 and 22 June, and during a leap year (such as 2024) it always falls on 20 June. For some it marks the start of summer and looking forward to warmer days. For others, a celebration […]
The early hours of tonight, into Friday 22nd December will see the arrival of the Winter Solstice. The shortest day of the year. That means it’ll start getting lighter in the mornings and evenings, earlier. For some, it’s a welcome reminder that brighter, lighter nights are on the way again.
Today is the shortest day and longest night of the year. We can now look forward to mornings and evenings gradually becoming lighter again.
It’s Tuesday 21st June 2022, which means today is the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year. The summer solstice marks the date of the longest period of daylight and the shortest night of the year, when the Earth’s north pole has its maximum tilt towards the sun. Traditionally known as Midsummer, it means […]
Here we are! Tuesday 21st December and its midwinter, the winter solstice. Today is the shortest day of the year with only around 7 hours of daylight, with sunset at the early time of 3.40pm. From tomorrow, days will get longer, mornings and evenings will be getting lighter again.
Today, Monday 21st June 2021 is the Summer Solstice. The summer solstice, otherwise known as the longest day of the year marks traditionally was the period between the planting and harvesting of crops, leaving people who worked the land time to relax. This is why June became the traditional month for weddings. Nowadays, certainly in the UK […]
It’s the Winter Solstice. To be more precise, it’s at 1.30pm today, Monday, 21st December 2020. Yes, incredibly already, the shortest day is here, changing getting lighter earlier by around 3 minutes each morning from now on. Darkness is on its way out and with it we look forward to seeing the back of 2020. […]