Saturday 20 June 2015

Solstice this Sunday:
longest day, longest night

On this 21st of June, 7% of mankind will have no daylight, but a long 24 hours night. On the other hand, in Europe and North America, this shall be the longest day.


North of the Arctic Circle (66º 30' N), on Sunday 21, there will be full 24 h daylight.

Salekhard, Russia (66º 53')  ): the sun barely touches the horizon, and then starts rising again.

Iqaluit, Canada (63º 43' N): daylight for 20h 12m

Anchorage, Alaska (61º 13' N): sunrise at 4:20, sunset at 23:42 , that's 19 h sunlight.

Antarctic Circle (66º 30' S): on Sunday, there is a brief peak of light on the horizon, a few seconds, and the Sun vanishes. More southernly, a long 24 hours night.

City
Country
Latitude
Sunrise
Sunset
Day Length
Greenland
77° 29'
None
None
24:00
Norway
69° 40'
None
None
24:00
Alaska
64° 54'
02:56
00:52
21:56
Alaska
61° 09'
04:21
23:42
19:21
Russia
59° 53'
04:35
23:25
18:50


An excellent interactive map:
http://time.unitarium.com/events/longest-day.html



Have a nice Solstice !


1 comments:

Mister Twister said...

And now I see how the arctic circle works: in the middle of summer, it becomes the top of the globe.