The date for the summer solstice varies between June 20 and June 22, depending on the year.
When is Summer Solstice 2021
- The June solstice in the year 2021 in Europe is on Monday , 21th of June 2020, around 05:32 am
When was Summer Solstice 2020
- The June solstice in the year 2020 in Europe is on Saturday , 20th of June 2020, around 11:44pm
When was Summer Solstice 2019
- The June solstice in the year 2019 in Europe was on Friday, 21th of June 2019, around 5:54pm
When was Summer Solstice 2018
- The June solstice in the year 2018 in Europe was on Thursday, 21th of June 2018 around 12:07 pm
The summer solstice occurs when the tilt of a planet’s semi-axis, in either the northern or the southern hemisphere, is most inclined toward the star (sun) that it orbits. Earth’s maximum axial tilt toward the sun is 23° 26′. This happens twice each year, at which times the sun reaches its highest position in the sky as seen from the north or the south pole. The summer solstice occurs during a hemisphere’s summer.
This is northern solstice in the northern hemisphere and the southern solstice in the southern hemisphere. Depending on the shift of the calendar, the summer solstice occurs some time between December 20 and December 23 each year in the southern hemisphere[2] and between June 20 and June 22 in the northern hemisphere. Though the summer solstice is an instant in time, the term is also colloquially used like midsummer to refer to the day on which it occurs. The summer solstice occurs on the day that has the longest period of daylight – except in the polar regions, where daylight is continuous, from a few days to six months around the summer solstice. Worldwide, interpretation of the event has varied among cultures, but most recognize the event in some way with holidays, festivals, and rituals around that time with themes of religion or fertility. Solstice is derived from the Latin words sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still).
Timelapse Video of the Summer Solstice in Stonehenge
Source: Wikipedia