Summer solstice

In news- Summer Solstice, the Longest Day of the Year, falls on June 21.

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Solstice means “sun stands still” in Latin.
It is an astronomical event that occurs twice in a year, once in summer (June) and once in winter (December).
Summer solstice refers to the longest day and the shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
The longest day does not necessarily mean that it brings the earliest sunrise or latest sunset and depends on the latitudinal location of the country.
Technically, the solstice occurs when the sun is directly over the imaginary Tropic of Cancer or 23.5°N latitude.
The other names of Summer Solstice are Estival solstice or midsummer. .
The Northern Hemisphere gets more direct sunlight and heat from the Sun owing to the earth’s axis’ maximum inclination towards the Sun between March and September.

- During the solstice, the Earth’s axis is tilted in a way that the North Pole is tipped towards the sun and the South Pole is away from it.
- According to NASA, the amount of incoming energy the Earth received from the sun on this day is 30 percent higher at the North Pole than at the Equator.
In contrast, the Southern Hemisphere receives most sunlight on December 21, 22 or 23 when the northern hemisphere has its longest nights– or the winter solstice.