The summer solstice is Saturday at 6:51 a.m. EDT — the moment the sun shines directly on the Tropic of Cancer, an imaginary line north of the equator. This is the first day of astronomical ...

During the Northern Hemisphere’s summer solstice, the upper half of the earth is tilted toward the sun, creating the longest day and shortest night of the year. This solstice falls between June 20 and ...

To put May 2nd's sun angle into perspective, we are receiving the same amount of the Sun's energy as we do on August 10th, when the solar angle begins to shrink after the summer solstice is over.

We have higher sun angles (more powerful sun) in the summer because the earth's natural tilt is towards the sun. Photo by NOAA (WVUE Fox 8). The same principal applies to the shortest day of the ...

Dear Tom, How far south would I have to take a vacation on Dec. 21 to receive the same angle of sunlight as we do in Chicago on June 21? — Dan Panozzo, Aurora Dear Dan, We posed your question to ...

Our highest sun angle comes around the summer solstice in late June, which is 72.4° in Fort Wayne. From there, we see the angle decrease to 25.5° in Fort Wayne, which occurs around the winter ...

During the spring and summer seasons here in the Quad Cities, the sun angle reaches its highest point on the summer solstice, June 21. This angle is then greatly reduced in the fall and winter ...

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The angle of the sun in relation to the earth is a little bit lower, but as we transition from spring to summer, the angle becomes more and more direct.

In Phoenix, late spring and early summer bring the highest UV readings as the sun reaches its highest angle in the sky in the northern hemisphere. Other factors like altitude affect UV intensity.