المملكة: The summer solstice records the longest day and shortest night in the northern border sky
I witnessed the skies of The northern border region today is a Summer Solstice, which astronomically marks the beginning of Summer season in the northern hemisphere, as this day recorded the longest period of day and shortest period of night during the year.
A member of the Astronomy and Space Club, Adnan Khalifa, explained that today the sun has reached its maximum apparent height to the north in the sky, which leads to an increase in the number of daylight hours to the maximum possible duration during the year, compared to the shortest period of night, pointing out that this phenomenon is known astronomically as the summer solstice and occurs once every year.
Longer Day
He stated that the sun rose today in the city of Arar at 5:16 am, and set at 7:20 pm, bringing the length of the day to 14 hours and 4 minutes, which is the longest of the year, while the night hours recorded their shortest duration of the year.
He indicated that the summer solstice does not necessarily mean that this day is the hottest of the year, as land and water bodies continue to gain more thermal energy during the weeks The following, which makes the peak temperatures usually recorded during the months of July and August.
The path of the sun
He pointed out that during this period the path of the sun appears high in the sky at noon, rising almost from the far north-east and setting at the far north-west compared to the rest of the days of the year.
The summer solstice is one of the astronomical phenomena associated with the movement of the Earth around the sun and the tilt of its axis, and it constitutes an astronomical sign of the beginning of the summer astronomically, while allowing specialists and amateurs to Astronomy follows seasonal changes in the path of the sun and the length of the day and night throughout the year.
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