dailybell: Earliest summer solstice in 228 years!

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Monday, June 17, 2024

Earliest summer solstice in 228 years!

This just in from Joe-- Earliest summer solstice in 228 years!

At 20:51 UTC (4:51 PM EDT) on June 20, 2024, Earth will experience its annual moment of summer solstice: when the Earth’s north pole is maximally tipped toward the Sun. (Winter solstice for the southern hemisphere.) The last time the solstice was this early in the year, George Washington was serving as the first President of the United States, and the year was 1796. The solstice, on average, will continue getting earlier and earlier every 4 years until 2096, which will be the earliest solstice of the century. Then, that pattern will end. Here’s the science of why.