Longest Day Of The Year 2024 Usa Celebration

That’s when the sun is at its highest point in the sky each year. 20 and 22, when the sun is directly above the tropic of capricorn.

Thursday, june 20 is the official first day of northern astronomical summer for 2024 — summer solstice — which is the longest day of the year for this half of the planet. Thursday’s summer solstice — the longest day and shortest night of the year in the northern hemisphere — is the earliest in 228 years, since 1796, when george.