Alzaaq | Today is the longest day of the year and the shortest at night, and astronomically, summer has begun

Written By سنان خلف on 2022/06/21

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

Weather of Arabia - Weather expert, Dr. Khaled Al-Zaqqa, said that the regions north of the equator will witness today, Tuesday, their longest day, while all regions of the world south of the equator will live their longest night, as the sun moves in the form of a pendulum through an annual journey of 365 days.

 

The weather expert added that the maximum northern deviation of the sun is called the point of the summer solstice, and its maximum southern deviation is called the point of the winter solstice.

 

 

 

Al-Zaqaq explained, in a video on his Twitter account, that the sun passes through the equator twice a year. leveling.

 

He said: There is no heat until after leaving, expressing the true beginning of summer today, indicating that today is the earliest sunrise and maximum sunset, and it is the longest day and shortest night in the year, and three months remain, and the sun sets on the North Pole, and the day there is six months.

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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