Summer approaches: 2 Weeks until the season officially begins

CAIRO - 12 June 2025: Less than two weeks separate us from the official beginning of summer and the summer solstice.

 

The vernal equinox occurred, and spring officially began on Thursday, March 20, 2025, lasting 92 days, 17 hours, and 35 minutes.

 

According to astronomical calculations, summer officially begins on Saturday, June 21, and lasts 92 days, 39 hours, and 37 minutes.

 

Immediately after the winter solstice, the sun began its gradual movement northward, approaching the equator. Its sunshine period increased in the Northern Hemisphere and decreased in the Southern Hemisphere, until its rays were completely perpendicular to the equator around March 20, the vernal equinox.

 

This year's summer solstice occurs on June 21, 2025. On that day, the sun rises from the far northeast, and shadows cast at noon will be the shortest of the year. At the summer solstice, the sun takes its maximum apparent arc toward the north, and it is the highest sun as seen from the Tropic of Cancer and all northern regions. Daylight hours will be longer than nighttime hours, and it will set in the far northwest.