Summer has finally arrived! June solstice is TODAY as Earth's north pole is tilted most closely towards the sun The summer solstice will occur at 21.51 BST this evening in the North This is the earliest date the summer solstice has occurred since 1796 By Wiliam Hunter Published: 11:07, 20 June 2024 | Updated: 11:07, 20 June 2024 e-mail View comments After weeks of dreary weather, it won't just be pagans celebrating summer's arrival today. The summer solstice today will give Britons their longest day of the year and shortest night, with a full 16 hours and 38 minutes of daylight in London .
At 21:51 BST this evening, the Northern Hemisphere will be at its most tilted towards the sun, marking the exact peak of the astronomical summer. But this year summer has arrived almost a full day early, with today marking the earliest solstice since 1796. But, unfortunately, the experts say this won't give us an extra day of summer.
Summer solstice - when Earth's pole is titled at its greatest extent towards the sun - marks the height of the astrological summer and will bring Britain its longest day of the year Read More Summer on Saturn! NASA captures the changing of the seasons on the ringed planet in an amazing new snapshot from the James Webb Space Telescope As the Earth orbits the sun in its yearly cycle, it also turns on its axis exposing different parts to the sun's light – creating the cycle of days and nights. If the Earth's axis was directly perpendicular to the sun's rays, eve.
