June solstice
event | equinox | solstice | equinox | solstice | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
month | March[3] | June[4] | September[5] | December[6] | ||||
year | day | time | day | time | day | time | day | time |
2019 | 20 | 21:58 | 21 | 15:54 | 23 | 07:50 | 22 | 04:19 |
2020 | 20 | 03:50 | 20 | 21:43 | 22 | 13:31 | 21 | 10:03 |
2021 | 20 | 09:37 | 21 | 03:32 | 22 | 19:21 | 21 | 15:59 |
2022 | 20 | 15:33 | 21 | 09:14 | 23 | 01:04 | 21 | 21:48 |
2023 | 20 | 21:25 | 21 | 14:58 | 23 | 06:50 | 22 | 03:28 |
2024 | 20 | 03:07 | 20 | 20:51 | 22 | 12:44 | 21 | 09:20 |
2025 | 20 | 09:02 | 21 | 02:42 | 22 | 18:20 | 21 | 15:03 |
2026 | 20 | 14:46 | 21 | 08:25 | 23 | 00:06 | 21 | 20:50 |
2027 | 20 | 20:25 | 21 | 14:11 | 23 | 06:02 | 22 | 02:43 |
2028 | 20 | 02:17 | 20 | 20:02 | 22 | 11:45 | 21 | 08:20 |
2029 | 20 | 08:01 | 21 | 01:48 | 22 | 17:37 | 21 | 14:14 |
The June solstice, also known as the northern solstice, is the solstice on the Earth that occurs each June falling on the 20th–22nd according to the Gregorian calendar. In the Northern Hemisphere, the June solstice is the summer solstice, whilst in the Southern Hemisphere it is the winter solstice.
Dates
Recent past and future dates and times, in Universal Time, of the June solstice are:[7]
Date | time |
---|---|
2000-06-21 | 01:48 |
2001-06-21 | 07:38 |
2002-06-21 | 13:24 |
2003-06-21 | 16:10 |
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 |
Solar year
The June solstice solar year is the solar year based on the June solstice. It is thus the length of time between adjacent June solstices.
In 6000 BC, the December 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.[8]
The lenght of the day on June solstice
The following tables contain information on the length of the day on 20 June 2016, close to the summer solstice of the Northern Hemisphere and winter solstice of the Southern Hemisphere. The data was collected from the website of the Finnish Meteorological Institute[9] as well as from certain other websites.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
The data is arranged geographically and within the tables from the longest day to the shortest one. Times that occur the next day (21 June) are marked with +.
Fennoscandia and the Baltic states | |||
City | Sunrise 20 June 2016 |
Sunset 20 June 2016 |
Length of the day |
---|---|---|---|
Murmansk | — | — | 24 h |
Apatity | — | — | 24 h |
Bodø | — | — | 24 h |
Rovaniemi | — | — | 24 h |
Luleå | 1:00 | 0:05+ | 23 h 04 min |
Arkhangelsk | 1:34 | 23:04 | 21 h 30 min |
Reykjavík | 2:55 | 0:03+ | 21 h 08 min |
Trondheim | 3:02 | 23:37 | 20 h 35 min |
Tórshavn | 3:36 | 23:21 | 19 h 45 min |
Petrozavodsk | 2:55 | 22:33 | 19 h 38 min |
Helsinki | 3:54 | 22:49 | 18 h 55 min |
Saint Petersburg | 3:35 | 22:25 | 18 h 50 min |
Oslo | 3:53 | 22:43 | 18 h 49 min |
Tallinn | 4:03 | 22:42 | 18 h 39 min |
Stockholm | 3:30 | 22:07 | 18 h 37 min |
Riga | 4:29 | 22:21 | 17 h 52 min |
Copenhagen | 4:25 | 21:57 | 17 h 32 min |
Vilnius | 4:41 | 21:59 | 17 h 17 min |
Europe | |||
City | Sunrise 20 June 2016 |
Sunset 20 June 2016 |
Length of the day |
---|---|---|---|
Edinburgh | 4:26 | 22:02 | 17 h 36 min |
Moscow | 3:44 | 21:17 | 17 h 33 min |
Berlin | 4:43 | 21:33 | 16 h 49 min |
Warsaw | 4:14 | 21:00 | 16 h 46 min |
London | 4:43 | 21:21 | 16 h 38 min |
Kyiv | 4:46 | 21:12 | 16 h 26 min |
Paris | 5:46 | 21:57 | 16 h 10 min |
Vienna | 4:53 | 20:58 | 16 h 04 min |
Budapest | 4:46 | 20:44 | 15 h 58 min |
Zürich | 5:29 | 21:25 | 15 h 56 min |
Rome | 5:34 | 20:48 | 15 h 13 min |
Madrid | 6:44 | 21:48 | 15 h 03 min |
Lisbon | 6:11 | 21:04 | 14 h 52 min |
Athens | 6:02 | 20:50 | 14 h 48 min |
Africa | |||
City | Sunrise 20 June 2016 |
Sunset 20 June 2016 |
Length of the day |
---|---|---|---|
Cairo | 4:54 | 18:59 | 14 h 04 min |
Tenerife | 7:08 | 21:05 | 13 h 57 min |
Dakar | 6:41 | 19:41 | 12 h 59 min |
Addis Ababa | 6:07 | 18:46 | 12 h 38 min |
Nairobi | 6:32 | 18:35 | 12 h 02 min |
Kinshasa | 6:04 | 17:56 | 11 h 52 min |
Dar es Salaam | 6:32 | 18:16 | 11 h 43 min |
Luanda | 6:20 | 17:56 | 11 h 36 min |
Jamestown | 6:49 | 17:59 | 11 h 10 min |
Antananarivo | 6:21 | 17:21 | 10 h 59 min |
Windhoek | 6:30 | 17:15 | 10 h 44 min |
Johannesburg | 6:54 | 17:24 | 10 h 29 min |
Cape Town | 7:51 | 17:44 | 9 h 53 min |
Middle East | |||
City | Sunrise 20 June 2016 |
Sunset 20 June 2016 |
Length of the day |
---|---|---|---|
Tehran | 5:48 | 20:23 | 14 h 34 min |
Beirut | 5:27 | 19:52 | 14 h 24 min |
Baghdad | 4:53 | 19:14 | 14 h 21 min |
Jerusalem | 5:33 | 19:47 | 14 h 13 min |
Manama | 4:45 | 18:32 | 13 h 46 min |
Doha | 4:44 | 18:26 | 13 h 42 min |
Dubai | 5:29 | 19:11 | 13 h 42 min |
Riyadh | 5:04 | 18:44 | 13 h 39 min |
Muscat | 5:19 | 18:55 | 13 h 35 min |
Sana'a | 5:33 | 18:35 | 13 h 02 min |
Americas | |||
City | Sunrise 20 June 2016 |
Sunset 20 June 2016 |
Length of the day |
---|---|---|---|
Inuvik | — | — | 24 h |
Fairbanks | 2:57 | 0:47+ | 21 h 49 min |
Nuuk | 2:53 | 0:03+ | 21 h 09 min |
Iqaluit | 2:11 | 23:00 | 20 h 49 min |
Anchorage | 4:20 | 23:41 | 19 h 21 min |
Kodiak | 5:07 | 23:14 | 18 h 06 min |
Sitka | 4:06 | 22:00 | 17 h 54 min |
Unalaska | 6:34 | 23:41 | 17 h 06 min |
Edmonton | 5:04 | 22:07 | 17 h 02 min |
Winnipeg | 5:19 | 21:40 | 16 h 21 min |
Vancouver | 5:06 | 21:21 | 16 h 14 min |
Seattle | 5:11 | 21:10 | 15 h 59 min |
Ottawa | 5:14 | 20:54 | 15 h 40 min |
Toronto | 5:35 | 21:02 | 15 h 26 min |
New York | 5:24 | 20:30 | 15 h 05 min |
Washington, D.C. | 5:42 | 20:36 | 14 h 53 min |
Los Angeles | 5:42 | 20:07 | 14 h 25 min |
Miami | 6:30 | 20:14 | 13 h 44 min |
Havana | 6:44 | 20:17 | 13 h 33 min |
Honolulu | 5:50 | 19:16 | 13 h 25 min |
Mexico City | 6:59 | 20:17 | 13 h 18 min |
Kingston | 5:32 | 18:45 | 13 h 13 min |
Bridgetown | 5:33 | 18:27 | 12 h 54 min |
Managua | 5:21 | 18:11 | 12 h 50 min |
Port of Spain | 5:45 | 18:30 | 12 h 45 min |
Georgetown | 5:38 | 18:09 | 12 h 31 min |
Bogotá | 5:46 | 18:09 | 12 h 23 min |
Quito | 6:12 | 18:19 | 12 h 06 min |
Lima | 6:27 | 17:52 | 11 h 24 min |
La Paz | 6:59 | 18:08 | 11 h 08 min |
Rio de Janeiro | 6:32 | 17:16 | 10 h 43 min |
São Paulo | 6:47 | 17:28 | 10 h 40 min |
Porto Alegre | 7:20 | 17:32 | 10 h 12 min |
Santiago | 7:46 | 17:42 | 9 h 56 min |
Buenos Aires | 8:00 | 17:50 | 9 h 49 min |
Ushuaia | 9:58 | 17:11 | 7 h 12 min |
Asia and Oceania | |||
City | Sunrise 20 June 2016 |
Sunset 20 June 2016 |
Length of the day |
---|---|---|---|
Provideniya | 0:52 | 22:16 | 21 h 23 min |
Magadan | 3:37 | 22:19 | 18 h 41 min |
Petropavlovsk | 4:58 | 21:55 | 16 h 56 min |
Khabarovsk | 4:57 | 21:04 | 16 h 07 min |
Ulaanbaatar | 5:52 | 21:54 | 16 h 01 min |
Vladivostok | 5:32 | 20:55 | 15 h 22 min |
Beijing | 4:45 | 19:46 | 15 h 00 min |
Seoul | 5:11 | 19:56 | 14 h 46 min |
Tokyo | 4:25 | 19:00 | 14 h 34 min |
Shanghai | 4:50 | 19:01 | 14 h 10 min |
Lhasa | 6:55 | 20:58 | 14 h 03 min |
Delhi | 5:23 | 19:21 | 13 h 58 min |
Kathmandu | 5:08 | 19:02 | 13 h 53 min |
Taipei | 5:04 | 18:46 | 13 h 41 min |
Hong Kong | 5:39 | 19:09 | 13 h 30 min |
Manila | 5:27 | 18:27 | 12 h 59 min |
Bangkok | 5:51 | 18:47 | 12 h 56 min |
Singapore | 7:00 | 19:12 | 12 h 11 min |
Jakarta | 6:01 | 17:47 | 11 h 45 min |
Darwin | 7:06 | 18:29 | 11 h 23 min |
Papeete | 6:27 | 17:32 | 11 h 04 min |
Sydney | 6:59 | 16:53 | 9 h 53 min |
Auckland | 7:33 | 17:11 | 9 h 37 min |
Melbourne | 7:35 | 17:07 | 9 h 32 min |
Dunedin | 8:19 | 16:59 | 8 h 39 min |
Culture
References
- ^ Astronomical Applications Department of USNO. "Earth's Seasons - Equinoxes, Solstices, Perihelion, and Aphelion". Retrieved 2022-08-01.
- ^ "Solstices and Equinoxes: 2001 to 2100". AstroPixels.com. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ Équinoxe de printemps entre 1583 et 2999
- ^ Solstice d’été de 1583 à 2999
- ^ Équinoxe d’automne de 1583 à 2999
- ^ Solstice d’hiver
- ^ "Earth's Seasons — Naval Oceanography Portal". Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ http://individual.utoronto.ca/kalendis/leap/Solar-Year-Length-Variations.pdf
- ^ "Paikallissää Helsinki" [Local weather in Helsinki] (in Finnish). Finnish Meteorological Institute. 2016-06-20. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ^ "Jamestown, Saint Helena". Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ "Fairbanks". Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ "Nuuk". Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ "Iqaluit". Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ "Sitka". Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ "Unalaska". Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ "Provideniya". Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ "Katmandu". Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ "Edmonton, Canada". Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ "Inuvik, Canada". Retrieved 2020-12-19.
- ^ "Winnipeg, Canada". Retrieved 2021-07-31.