Shortest day of the year 2022

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Although the Northern Hemisphere gets its most direct sunlight on the summer solstice, the hottest day of summer doesn’t usually occur until July or August. That’s because for several more weeks the amount of solar energy arriving at the ground is greater than the amount leaving the earth, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac. The latest sunsets of the year will occur several days after the solstice, again depending on latitude. - It always doesn’t occur on the same day. - Sunday is the day to apply sunscreen. The shallow angle at which the sun crosses the horizon keeps the sky illuminated a bit longer before sunrise and after sunset. By longest “day,” this means the longest period of sunlight hours.

Astronomical summer begins on Tuesday for the Northern Hemisphere, with the summer's solstice marking the longest day and the shortest evening of the year.

The solstice is celebrated by many cultures across the globe, and thousands gather at Stonehenge in the U.K. The Earth is tilted approximately 23.5 degrees off a vertical axis, with the most direct sunlight hitting the Northern Hemisphere during astronomical summer and at the Southern Hemisphere during astronomical winter. The summer solstice occurs when the Earth's tilt toward the sun is at a maximum, with the sun appearing at the highest elevation with a noontime position, resulting in warmer temperatures.

London will see a total of 16 hours and 38 minutes of daylight on the summer solstice, with the sun setting at 9.21pm on Tuesday.

Even that is nothing compared to Reykjavik in Iceland, the world’s most northerly capital city. Inverness, for example, will get more than 18 hours of daylight, with the sun setting at 10.19pm. Both the sunrise and the sunset are streamed live on the English Heritage Facebook and YouTube pages, with coverage of the sun going down found here – the stream begins at 8.45pm, with sunset at 9.28pm. The summer solstice marks the date of the longest period of daylight and the shortest night of the year, when the Earth’s north pole has its maximum tilt towards the sun. According to the website Time and Date, on Tuesday 21 June the sun will set at 9.21pm in London – sunrise came at 4.43am, which means there will be a total of 16 hours, 38 minutes and 22 seconds of daylight in the capital. This year, the solstice falls on Tuesday 21 June in the northern hemisphere, with large groups of revellers gathering to watch the Stonehenge sunrise, as is tradition.