June solstice

UT date and time of equinoxes and solstices on Earth
event	Northward equinox		Northern solstice		Southward equinox		Southern solstice
month	March		June		September		December
year
	day	time	day	time	day	time	day	time
2010	20	17:32	21	11:28	23	03:09	21	23:38
2011	20	23:21	21	17:16	23	09:04	22	05:30
2012	20	05:14	20	23:09	22	14:49	21	11:12
2013	20	11:02	21	05:04	22	20:44	21	17:11
2014	20	16:57	21	10:51	23	02:29	21	23:03
2015	20	22:45	21	16:38	23	08:20	22	04:48
2016	20	04:30	20	22:34	22	14:21	21	10:44
2017	20	10:28	21	04:24	22	20:02	21	16:28
2018	20	16:15	21	10:07	23	01:54	21	22:23
2019	20	21:58	21	15:54	23	07:50	22	04:19
2020	20	03:50	20	21:44	22	13:31	21	10:02

The northern solstice on the earth occurs in June according to the Gregorian calendar. Common are June 20 and June 21. It is therefore also known as June solstice in Western culture.

In the Northern Hemisphere it is the summer solstice; in the Southern Hemisphere it is the winter solstice.

Northern solstice solar year

See also: tropical year

In 6000 BC the northern solstice solar year had a length of 50:35 in excess of 365 days and 5 hours. This shortened to 47:55 in 2000 AD. It will remain between 47:45 and 48:00 at least until 10000 AD.

Occurrences

Date and time in Universal Time of the Northern solstice

• 2000-06-21 01:48
• 2001-06-21 07:38
• 2002-06-21 13:24
• 2003-06-21 19:10
• 2004-06-21 00:57
• 2005-06-21 06:46
• 2006-06-21 12:26
• 2007-06-21 18:06
• 2008-06-20 23:59
• 2009-06-21 05:45
• 2010-06-21 11:28
• 2011-06-21 17:16
• 2012-06-20 23:09
• 2013-06-21 05:04
• 2014-06-21 10:51
• 2015-06-21 16:38
• 2016-06-20 22:34
• 2017-06-21 04:24
• 2018-06-21 10:07
• 2019-06-21 15:54
• 2020-06-20 21:44

Culture

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