Welcome to the \u201creal\u201d start of summer\u2026.. today is the longest day of the year \u2014 well, actually it\u2019s the day with the longest period of daylight. But anyhow, today is the summer solstice of 2023. The solstice happens at the exact same time of all of us \u2014 everywhere on Earth \u2014 only our clocks are different. Here in West Virginia, the solstice occurs at 10:58 a.m. (EDT.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the solstice, the Sun reaches it\u2019s northernmost position, reaching the Tropic of Cancer and standing still before reversing direction and starts moving south again.\u00a0
Today may be the \u201clongest day,\u201d but it\u2019s not the latest sunset \u2014 or the earliest sunrise. The earliest sunrises happen before the summer solstice and the latest sunsets occur after the summer solstice.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In case you\u2019re interested, in India, the summer solstice ends the six-month period when spiritual growth is supposedly the easiest\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, the Sun rises farthest left on the horizon and sets farthest right. So today sunlight strikes places on your house that don\u2019t get illuminated at any other time.
But I guess the important thing is that today is \u201cthe start of summer,\u201d or if you happen to be somewhere like Australia, \u201cthe start of winter.\u201d
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Welcome to the \u201creal\u201d start of summer\u2026.. today is the longest day of the year \u2014 well, actually it\u2019s the day with the longest period of daylight. But anyhow, today is the summer solstice of 2023. The solstice happens at … Continue reading