A group of people in the early morning of the summer solstice in Wiltshire, England. The northern hemisphere celebrates the summer solstice as the longest day and shortest night of the year.

It’s the longest day of the year! The summer solstice is today, Thursday, June 20. Although the summer solstice marks the official first day of summer, it doesn’t necessarily bring a wave of instant ...

Visitors watch the sunrise at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England, during last year's summer solstice on June 21, 2024. Every summer solstice, the sun rises in perfect alignment with the Heel Stone and ...

On Sunday, Dec. 21, at exactly 10:03 a.m. EST, the Northern Hemisphere's astronomical winter officially begins with the winter solstice. That's the moment when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted ...

At 10:42 p.m. Friday night, the sun will reach its most northern point — at an angle 23.5 degrees above the equator known as the Tropic of Cancer. The longest day of the year in the northern ...