Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
The 2023 summer solstice occurred on Wednesday, June 21 at 10:57 a.m. Eastern Time, marking the longest day and shortest night of the year, as well as the first day of astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere. The summer solstice is the exact moment each year when the hemisphere reaches its greatest possible tilt toward the sun. The sun's direct rays reach their northernmost position with respect to Earth's equator, along the Tropic of Cancer, at 23.5°N latitude.
At the same time in the Southern Hemisphere, the winter solstice occurred when the hemisphere reached its greatest possible tilt away from the sun, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year.
Read more:
nesdis.noaa.gov/news/noaa-satellites-view-2023-summer-and-winter-solstices
Credits:
NOAA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
CIRA
Music:
“Magic and Mystery” by Saskia Golding [PRS]; Freshworx; Universal Production Music
The 2023 summer solstice occurred on Wednesday, June 21 at 10:57 a.m. Eastern Time, marking the longest day and shortest night of the year, as well as the first day of astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere. The summer solstice is the exact moment each year when the hemisphere reaches its greatest possible tilt toward the sun. The sun's direct rays reach their northernmost position with respect to Earth's equator, along the Tropic of Cancer, at 23.5°N latitude.
At the same time in the Southern Hemisphere, the winter solstice occurred when the hemisphere reached its greatest possible tilt away from the sun, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year.
Read more:
nesdis.noaa.gov/news/noaa-satellites-view-2023-summer-and-winter-solstices
Credits:
NOAA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
CIRA
Music:
“Magic and Mystery” by Saskia Golding [PRS]; Freshworx; Universal Production Music
