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The June solstice occurs on June 21 or June 22 of most years, and is known by different names in different hemispheres of Earth: Diagram of the Earths seasons Solstice is an astronomical term regarding the position of the Sun in relation to the earths equator. ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ...

Summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere; the longest day of the year.
Winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere; the shortest day of the year.

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Category: Disambiguation Illumination of Earth by the sun on the northern hemisphere summer solstice The summer solstice is an astronomical term regarding the position of the sun in relation to the celestial equator. ... Northern Hemisphere highlighted in yellow. ... Illumination of Earth by Sun on the day of winter solstice on northern hemisphere In astronomy, the winter solstice is the moment when the earth is in a point of its orbit at which the northern hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun. ... The Southern Hemisphere of Earth highlighted in yellow. ...

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Summer Solstice -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy (377 words)
	The declination of the Sun on the (northern) summer solstice is known as the tropic of cancer (23° 27').
	The summer solstice is the longest day of the year, respectively, in the sense that the length of time elapsed between sunrise and sunset on this day is a maximum for the year.
	EDT; June 21, 1999 at 15:47 (3:46 p.m.) EDT; and June 20, 2000 at 21:36 (9:36 p.m.) EDT.

Solstice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (763 words)
	The solstice is related to the axial tilt of the planet.
	A common misconception is that the solstice occurs at the solar apsides (aphelion and perihelion) of the planetary orbit.
	The dates of the winter solstice and summer solstice are reversed for the northern and southern hemispheres.

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