How fast will Kentucky start losing daylight after this year’s summer solstice?
While meteorological summer began June 1, the summer solstice is coming up soon, and will bring not only astronomical summer to Kentucky, but shorter days.
This year’s summer solstice will take place Sunday, June 21, and around this time is when the Northern Hemisphere sees its longest daylight periods and shortest nights of the year, NASA reports. NASA astronomers note the longest day “does not usually line up exactly” with the earliest sunrise or latest sunset.
The summer solstice is when the sun reaches its “northernmost point,” according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac. While this signifies the astronomical beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it marks the start of winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
Now that the summer solstice has passed, the days will get progressively shorter until the winter solstice in late December.
How quickly will Lexington lose daylight?
The “shortest” day of the year, or the day with the least amount of daylight, will be the winter solstice Monday, Dec. 21.
The days will gradually shorten throughout the summer and fall. Here are upcoming sunrise and sunset times for various dates in Lexington, from online clock Time and Date:
- June 15: 6:14 a.m. sunrise, 9:02 p.m. sunset
- June 21 (summer solstice): 6:15 a.m. sunrise, 9:03 p.m. sunset
- July 1: 6:18 a.m. sunrise, 9:04 p.m. sunset
- July 15: 6:27 a.m. sunrise, 8:59 p.m. sunset
- Aug. 1: 6:40 a.m. sunrise, 8:46 p.m. sunset
- Aug. 15: 6:53 a.m. sunrise, 8:30 p.m. sunset
- Sept. 1: 7:07 a.m. sunrise, 8:07 p.m. sunset
- Sept. 15: 7:19 a.m. sunrise, 7:45 p.m. sunset
- Oct. 1: 7:33 a.m. sunrise, 7:20 p.m. sunset
- Oct. 15: 7:46 a.m. sunrise, 6:59 p.m. sunset
- Nov. 1: 7:03 a.m. sunrise, 5:38 p.m. sunset (end of daylight saving time)
- Nov. 15: 7:18 a.m. sunrise, 5:25 p.m. sunset
- Dec. 1: 7:35 a.m. sunrise, 5:18 p.m. sunset
- Dec. 15: 7:46 a.m. sunrise, 5:19 p.m. sunset
- Dec. 21 (winter solstice): 7:50 a.m. sunrise, 5:21 p.m. sunset
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