Summer solstice 2025 is here! Today marks the longest day of the year for the Northern Hemisphere
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The Earth’s rotating axis puts the sun in the sky of the northern hemisphere in June to attend the summer coup. | Credit: Albin Bonnard via Getty Images
Sunlooves rejoice, because the summer coup is upon us, as they bring the longest day in 2025 while preaching the beginning of the astronomical summer in the northern hemisphere.
the Summer coup It occurs due to a mile of 23.5 degrees in landThe axis of the rotation that arose when it was old Mars-The body is criticized to our planet billions of years ago, which leads The formation of our moon. The angle of this tendency is – for all intentions and purposes – consistent throughout the year, and it is currently fixed with the North Heavenly Pole indicates near PolarisThe current northern star.
Thanks to this tendency, we test the changing, moderate and coups – the events that cultures have celebrated all over the world for thousands of years. Some of the most famous ancient landmarks in humanity such as Stoneheng and the Maya Chichen Etza are at risk to comply with these seasonal signs.
In the northern hemisphere, the summer coup occurs when the sun reaches its maximum points in the far north for the Earth’s heavenly equator (which is simply the normal equator of our expected planet in space). On the contrary, and Winter coup When happens Sun It is in the far south of its location in relation to the celestial equator.
The summer coup is the longest day of the year. | Credit: Albin Bonnard via Getty Images
When is the summer coup in 2025?
Summer Slstice 2025 arrives at 10:42 pm EST on June 20 (0242 GMT June 21). On this day, Skywatches will enjoy the northern hemisphere with the longest extension of daylight throughout the year. In New York, for example, the sun will spend more than 15 hours hitting the road across the sky.
At the same time, those in the southern hemisphere will represent the winter coup, which heralds the shortest on 2025 below the equator. You can calculate the exact amount of daylight that you will test in the days on the Internet in the summer and winter online using Timeanddate.comTracking daylight.
NASA’s drawing shows the direction of the Earth’s tilt for the sun during the summer and winter. | Credit: Nasa/Genna Duberstein
Of course, this amount of sunlight makes it a difficult time per year for amateur astronomers, but this does not mean that the summer months do not explode with deep and beautiful goals Stars.
Make sure to review Daily guide for the sky of June night To discover the goals whose priorities must be determined during those short summer nights.
Editor’s note: If you find a creative way to capture the summer coup and want to share it with Space.com readers, please send your photos (photos), comments, name and location to Spacephotos@space.com.
