The Philippines will experience its longest day and shortest night on Wednesday, June 21, in an astronomical event known as the “summer solstice.”
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that during the summer solstice, “the sun will reach its most northerly point in the sky, in Taurus, at a declination of 23.5°N.”
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“The northern hemisphere will experience the longest day, and will mark the first day of summer,” PAGASA said in its June astronomical diary.
“Subsequently, it will also mark the first day of winter in the southern hemisphere, wherein the Sun will have a shorter time staying above the horizon than any other day of the year,” it said.
The day will last 13 hours in the Philippines on Wednesday, with sunrise at 5:28 a.m. and sunset at 6:28 p.m.
The summer solstice falls on June 20 or 21 every year in the Northern Hemisphere.