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June Solstice: Shortest and Longest Day of the Year.

Posted by Kudos Community • Profile • 06/21/26 at 03:32AM • Environment - Energy - Sustainability • Public Interest • Science - Tech - Astronomy • See more by Kudos Community

June 21, 2026 - A solstice is an event in which earth’s poles are most extremely inclined toward or away from the sun, at about 23.5 degrees. Solstices happen twice per year, June and December, marking the change of seasons to summer and winter. During the June solstice, the sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer at noon and it marks the Northern Hemisphere astronomical beginning of summer with the longest daylight. In the Southern Hemisphere, it marks the beginning of astronomical winter, with the day having the shortest period of daylight. More

During the solstices, Earth's tilt is at the greatest angle to the plane of its orbit, causing one hemisphere to receive more daylight than the other.