Astronomical summer begins tonight, June 20, at 10:42 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time — the moment of the June solstice. At that instant, the Sun will be directly overhead at the Tropic of Cancer, at a ...

T he earliest sunrise and latest sunsets are not necessarily on the summer solstice. The earliest sunrises of the season are in mid-June for most of the contiguous United States.

The summer solstice this year happens at 7:42 p.m. on Friday, June 20, in the Bay Area. Here’s what to know: In the Northern Hemisphere, it occurs when the North Pole attains its maximum tilt toward ...

When is the summer solstice? The summer solstice for the Northern Hemisphere occurs on June 20, 2025, at 10:42 p.m. EDT (0242 GMT on June 21), and the summer solstice for the Southern Hemisphere ...

Believe it or not, the coldest part of an average day in the Quad Cities is just after sunrise. To pinpoint the cause, let's go back to the sunset the day before.

Friday is the Summer Solstice for 2025, which is the typically longest day of the year for the northern hemisphere. But will you have two longest days?. As the Sun makes its daily passage through ...