Summer Solstice

Today is the summer Solstice. In the northern hemisphere, it is the longest day of the year. Also when the sun is the furthest north , on the latitude 23 degrees 27 minutes, also known as the tropic of cancer. In the southern hemisphere, today marks the winter solstic, the shortest day of the year for the Aussies.

The image illustrates the angle which the sun shines on the various lattitudes during the summer solstice.