summer solstice

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1. summer solstice - Noun

2. Summer solstice - Proper noun

Meaning

June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point

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It's outrageous to line your pockets off the misery of the poor. Outrageous, the crimes some human beings must endure. It's a blessing to wash your face in the summer solstice rain. It's outrageous a man like me stand here and complain. But I'm tired. Paul Simon

Around summer solstice, the days will be around 18 hours long, having 17 hours and 55 minutes between sunrise and sunset. Source: Internet

At noon on the winter solstice the sun stands at 9 cubits and the longest day on the summer solstice is 16 hours at the baseline through Celtica. Source: Internet

At the summer solstice a dagger can be seen through the heart of the spiral; at the winter solstice two daggers appear to either side of it. Source: Internet

Aveni 1997:65-66 The Heel Stone azimuth is one-seventh of circumference, matching the latitude of Avebury, while summer solstice sunrise azimuth is no longer equal to the construction era direction. Source: Internet

Based partly on data taken from Pytheas, Hipparchus correlated cubits of the sun's elevation at noon on the winter solstice, latitudes in hours of a day on the summer solstice, and distances between latitudes in stadia for some locations. Source: Internet

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