Summer Solstice

• The Summer Solstice is the day the Sun ceases to rise in the Sky and starts to descend, which is the longest day of the year.
• It falls between the 20th to the 22nd of June in the Northern Hemisphere and between 20th to the 23rd of December in the Southern Hemisphere.

Winter Solstice

• This is the day, 6 months later, when the Sun reaches its lowest point in the sky and starts to rise again, which is the shortest day of the year.
• It occurs on the 21st or 22nd of December in the Northern Hemisphere and the 20th or 21st of June in the Southern Hemisphere.

Solstices and Equinoxes

• There are four points where the Ecliptic crosses the Equator:

• • At the two Equinoxes: (when there is equal day and equal night)
    1. Vernal Equinox or Spring Equinox on the 21st March
    2. Autumnal Equinox on the 21st October.

• • At the two Solstices:
    1. The Winter Solstice on the 21st December (longest night)
    2. The Summer Solstice on the 21st June (longest day)