June 21 is the summer solstice, the longest day and shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The 2022 summer solstice arrives at 4:14 a.m. Central time. At this precise moment the sun appears directly over the Tropic of Cancer — as far north as it appears in the sky all year.

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