Throughout Italy, there are many events that celebrate this date that has a profound spiritual meaning, that is, it is the day of the year when the sun wins over darkness and metaphorically the good wins over evil.
The summer solstice is therefore a moment of rebirth and a new beginning, for this there are many ways to celebrate it.
Here are six things that you perhaps didn’t know about the summer solstice:
The summer solstice is not always the same day
The summer solstice does not always take place on the same day, the varied date depending on the years and the time zone, but generally the June 21st (In 2016, however, it was 20).
Why does it happen? The solstice delays by approx 6 hours a year Because of the procession of the equinoxes and returns to the starting point every 4 years, when there is a bisastile year.
Is the summer solstice the longest day of the year?
Technically, the summer solstice because everyone has the same number of hours, but it happens that it is the one with the highest number of hours of light (and the winter solstice with greater dark).
This happens because the terrestrial rotation is slowing down due to the effect of tide forces exercised by the moon and for other geological factors.
The solstice lasts only one moment
In general, the moment of the solstice, from an astronomical point of view, occurs when the sun reaches the declination point Maximum (summer) or minimum (winter). The sun culminates in the zenithat the highest point compared to the horizon of its annual path.
Does the solstice score the first day of summer?
According to astronomers yes, but for i meteorologists Summer officially begins on June 1st. The former are based on the position of the earth compared to the sun, the latter on the annual temperature cycle. The choice to you!
Why all meet in Stonehenge?
Thousands of people every year meet in Stonehenge between the 20 and 21 June. The goal is to admire the dawn in one of the most suggestive archaeological and historical sites in the world.
Not only that, here A ray of sunshine Through a trilite and rests on the central altar. For many it is a celestial sign that allowed the ancients to understand the passage of the seasons.
Does the solstice score the hottest day of the year?
Although it happens that there are more hours of sunlight, on the day of the solstice the almanac that explains:
“During the solstice the earth and the oceans are still fresh, due to the spring temperature, so the heat peak is not yet warned”
