#solstices — Public Fediverse posts

Summer Solstice 2026:
Where to Celebrate the Longest Day in London and Beyond
https://www.ikonlondonmagazine.com/summer-solstice-2026-where-to-celebrate-the-longest-day-in-london-and-beyond/

#SolarPunkSunday #Events #DaysOut #SummerSolstice2026 #Celebrations #LongestDay #Solstices #UK #London

Subsolar point (Earth 🌍)

The subsolar point on a planet or a moon is the point at which its Sun is perceived to be directly overhead ; that is, where the Sun's rays strike the planet exactly perpendicular to its surface. The subsolar point occurs at the location on a planet or a moon where the Sun culminates at the location's zenith. This occurs at solar noon. At this point, the Sun's r...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsolar_point

#SubsolarPoint #Earth #Solstices #Point #SphericalAstronomy

 
observations

One protection we have from the roboticizing effects of AI creep is a deepening appreciation for Nature — for the birds, flowers and insects, to sunsets, oceans and galaxies. Enjoy your Solstice this weekend, and all celestial wonderments. And feel #gratitude in life for having become the wonderment that you are.

- @KronoMoon 2024


Article on #Solstices in #December's #TheAtlantic.

🔗 https://www.TheAtlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/12/a-nonreligious-holiday-ritual/681112/ 2024 Dec 19

#Solstice #midWinter #midSummer #Kronodon

Subsolar point (Earth 🌍)

The subsolar point on a planet is the point at which its Sun is perceived to be directly overhead ; that is, where the Sun's rays strike the planet exactly perpendicular to its surface. It can also mean the point closest to the Sun on an astronomical object, even though the Sun might not be visible. To an observer on a planet with an orientation and rotation sim...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsolar_point

#SubsolarPoint #Earth #Solstices #Point #SphericalAstronomy

@StillIRise1963
I’m confused, the #equinox not the 21st of March and September?

#Solstices are June 21st and December 21st, no?

But, as we now know, the #JulianCalendar's mean year is about 11 minutes 15 seconds longer than the #TropicalYear, and by the 4th century AD, the dates of the #solstices and #equinoxes had drifted from their official dates by several days.

In the 16th century, #Pope Gregory XIII used his authority as #PontifexMaximus to reform the calendar again, because that is something #popes can do.

@Gila I've a similar attitude to all #holidays that are #culturally or #socially sanctioned.

#Solstices and #Equinoxes I give a hoot about: they are definitive physical manifestations of our little blue and green ball flying round the fireball sun.

They mark the seasons; planting, growing, harvesting, hibernating.

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