Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Happy Solstice

The summer solstice occurs when the tilt of a planet's axis, in either northern or southern hemispheres, is most inclined toward the sun. This happens twice each year (once in each hemisphere), at which times the Sun reaches its highest position in the sky as seen from the north or the south pole. The summer solstice occurs some time between June 20 and June 22 in the northern hemisphere and between December 20 and December 23 each year in the southern hemisphere.[4] The same dates in the opposite hemisphere are the  winter solstice.  This year's summer solstice is particularly auspicious as its a full moon.

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