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Summer Solstice to Occur This Monday


Sat 19 Jun 2021 | 05:39 PM
Rana Atef

The Summer Solstice will take place this Monday at 3:32 am (GMT) as the sun will be directly overhead the Tropic of Cancer.

So, it will mark the longest day and the shorter night in the year for countries that located in the northern half of the Earth, according Jedda Astronomy Society's statement.

Animated Explanation for the Phenomena

The Saudi institution added in its statement that this Summer will last for 93 days, 15 hours, and 49 minutes.

https://twitter.com/JASsociety/status/1406170819164835840

June carries several interesting sky events and celestial occasions such as the final supermoon phenomena for 2021 that will take place this Thursday, and the summer colorful aurora that already started a few days ago.

https://twitter.com/JASsociety/status/1404793215472082946

Also, people in Asia, and Americas succeeded in observing a rare annular solar eclipse, also known as Ring of Fire, phenomena last week.