Summer Solstice 2024 In Northern Hemisphere. Solstice—the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern hemisphere—will occur on thursday, june 20, at 20:50 universal time (4:50. People across the northern hemisphere will experience the solstice at the.
The northern summer solstice happens when earth’s tilt toward the sun is at a maximum and the sun is directly over the tropic of cancer, which is located at 23.5 degrees north latitude. This is the shortest day of the year with.