longest day in northern hemisphere 2009

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While June 21or 22 is called the summer solstice and longest day in northern hemisphere 2009 it is called the winter solstice and shortest day in the Southern Hemisphere 2009

In December the situation is reversed, because the Earth is now tilted away from the earth (if we consider the North Pole to be at the top!). Consequently the Southern Hemisphere is nearer to the sun in December, and the season is called summer or summer time, with longer hours of sun than winter time, and with barbecues and bikinis on the beach on Christmas day.

The precise astronomical moment of summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere occurs around December 20/21, but December 21st is traditionally the day identified as the longest day.

To a layman like me, the standing still part of the solstice is merely an interesting footnote to a much more compelling narrative: shortest day in the Southern Hemisphere 2009 the summer solstice is, speaking in the vernacular, the longest day of the year shortest day in the Southern Hemisphere —just as the winter solstice, around Dec. 21, is the shortest day. The two solstices, along with the equinoxes in March and September, which signify the midway point between the two solstices, mark the beginning of a new season. As a New Englander since birth, I've consciously and unconsciously organized my life around the seasons—just as the arc of Anthony Powell's 12-volume series of novels, A Dance to the Music of Time (inspired by the painting of the same name by Nicholas Poussin), follows the cycle of seasons.

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