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- 1. the solstice that marks the onset of summer, at the time of the longest day, about 21 June in the northern hemisphere and 22 December in the southern hemisphere.
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Astronomical phenomenon that occurs in June in Northern Hemisphere and in December in Southern Hemisphere
The summer solstice or estival solstice occurs when one of Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere (Northern and Southern). The summer solstice is the day with the longest period of daylight and shortest night of the year in that hemisphere, when the sun is at its highest position in the sky. At either pole there is continuous daylight at... Wikipedia