What is the summer solstice?
Q: What is the summer solstice?
A: The summer solstice is when the Sun is at its highest point in the sky during the year.
Q: Does the summer solstice always happen on the same day?
A: No, the summer solstice does not always happen on exactly the same day.
Q: What does the word solstice mean?
A: The word solstice comes from Latin and means "the Sun stands still".
Q: When does the summer solstice occur in the northern hemisphere?
A: The summer solstice occurs around 21 June (20, 21 or 22 of June) in the northern hemisphere.
Q: What does it mean when the sun is at the northern tropic during the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere?
A: When the sun is at the northern tropic during the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, it means that it's the longest day of the year and the shortest night of the year.
Q: When does the summer solstice occur in the southern hemisphere?
A: The summer solstice occurs around 21 December in the southern hemisphere.
Q: What does it mean when the sun is at the southern tropic during the summer solstice in the southern hemisphere?
A: When the sun is at the southern tropic during the summer solstice in the southern hemisphere, it means that it's the shortest day of the year and the longest night of the year.
