Science Series: Summer Solstice

Science of the Summer Solstice

The Start of Summer

Summer Solstice. Image: Wikipedia

Solstice comes from the Latin word solstitium, meaning “Sun, standing still.” The Summer Solstice occurs on June 20 at 20:51 UTC, Coordinated Universal Time, Zulu Time, or roughly Greenwich Mean Time. Greenwich, England, is the prime meridian — the zero point for longitude lines.