What is the longest day of the year in New Zealand?
What is the longest day of the year in New Zealand?
22nd of December
The Longest Day in New Zealand is the 22nd of December each year. The Longest Day signals the middle of summer. Also known as the Summer Solstice, the Longest Day signals an astronomical phenomenon marking the day with the longest day light hours and the shortest night time hours of the year.
What is the shortest day of the year NZ?
June 21, 2021
June Solstice (Winter Solstice) is on Monday, June 21, 2021 at 3:32 pm in Auckland. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 4 minutes shorter than on December Solstice. In locations south of Equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date. Why is the earliest sunset not on Winter Solstice?
What happens in summer solstice?
At the summer solstice, the Sun travels the longest path through the sky, and that day therefore has the most daylight. When the summer solstice happens in the Northern Hemisphere, the North Pole is tilted about 23.4° (23°27´) toward the Sun. The day has also been celebrated in many cultures.
How short is the shortest day in NZ?
Get ready to welcome the shortest day of winter, New Zealand. Depending on where you live the winter solstice – the official start to the astronomical winter season – will mean your day will be light for just 8 hours and 35 minutes at the least, and 9 hours and 46 minutes at the most on Saturday June 22.
Is the solstice the same as the equinox in New Zealand?
In New Zealand this method of marking the seasons is more popular than using the equinox and solstice. Fair enough, it adds 1 or 2 days to summer 🙂 You may notice that the sunrise and sunset times given on metservice.com (and in other media) don’t have night and day the same length on the day of the equinox.
When is the date of the September equinox?
Sunrise, sunset and day length around September Equinox 2021. Countdown to September Equinox 2021 in New York, New York, USA. September Equinox in Universal Coordinated Time is on. Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 19:21 UTC. Local times for September Equinox 2021 worldwide.
When do the summer and winter equinoxes occur?
summer solstice….(summer) jun 21 2022 514 am edt – 0914 utc AUTUMNAL EQUINOX…(FALL) SEP 22 2022 904 PM EDT – 0104 UTC SEP 23 WINTER SOLSTICE….(WINTER) DEC 21 2022 448 PM EST – 2148 UTC
How long does summer last in New Zealand?
Note that by this reckoning summer lasts 90 days (91 days in a leap year). In New Zealand this method of marking the seasons is more popular than using the equinox and solstice. Fair enough, it adds 1 or 2 days to summer 🙂
