Qatar Calendar House (QCH) has noted that this year’s summer solstice will occur on Thursday (June 21) in Qatar and all other the countries of the Northern Hemisphere.
The sun, during the day, will be perfectly perpendicular to the Tropic of Cancer at 1:15pm Doha time.
According to Dr Bashir Marzouk, astronomer at the QCH, summer solstice and the rest of the four astronomical seasons occur as a result of the rotation of the earth around the sun.
It was further pointed out that earth has two movements: the first around its axis from west to east once every 24 hours, resulting in the succession of night and day, and the second around the sun once every 365.25 days, resulting in the succession of four astronomical seasons.
The phenomenon of summer solstice comes after the spring equinox that occurred in March as the sun's outward movement continues gradually towards the north after reaching the equator on the day of the spring equinox, gradually increasing the length of the day in the northern hemisphere until it peaks on the day of the summer solstice.
The sun, during the day, is completely perpendicular to Tropic of Cancer and the opposite occurs in the southern hemisphere, where the length of the day is shorter and the night is longer.
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