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Longest day of year 2022When is the summer solstice ? Date of longest day of the year and meaning behind it explained.
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This produces the longest day in terms of sunlight hours of the year. From the Summer Solstice on to the Winter Solstice, each day then gets shorter and shorter in terms of sunlight hours, up until the Winter Solstice on December 21, which is known as the shortest day of the year. The Summer Solstice is taking place this Sunday March It comes approximately three months before the Summer Solstice and it means that both day and night are of approximately equal length.
Over the following three months, the sun will move higher and higher in the sky, resulting in longer periods of daylight up until the Summer Solstice.
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