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June Solstice 2027

Name: June Solstice 2027
Start: 2027-06-21
Location: Global

Monday, June 21, 2027 · 228 days away

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June Solstice 2027

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Event overview

June solstice at 14:11 UTC on Jun 21, 2027 — Sun reaches maximum northern declination; longest day of the Northern Hemisphere year.

Date: 2027-06-21
Country / jurisdiction: Global
Region: Global
Category: Space
Status: scheduled

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Source trail

Source trail for June Solstice 2027

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Primary source

aa.usno.navy.mil

Last reviewed

2026-04-30

Tracker status

scheduled

Date precision

Single-date event without a reliable public start time; date-first countdown only.

Schema posture

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Freshness and review

Source policy was reviewed on 2026-04-30. Live countdown values are render-time snapshots; editorial source fields update when the tracked event dataset changes.

Operational detail

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What this countdown tracks

The clock counts down to the June solstice of 2027, which occurs at 14:11 UTC on Monday, June 21, 2027. At that instant the Sun reaches its northernmost declination, the Northern Hemisphere has its longest day of the year, and astronomical summer (Northern) and astronomical winter (Southern) begin.

About this celestial event

The 2027 June solstice falls on a Monday afternoon UTC — almost six hours later than the 2026 solstice, the typical year-on-year drift before a leap-year correction resets the timing. Local times for 14:11 UTC: 10:11 in New York (EDT), 15:11 in London (BST), 16:11 in Paris and Berlin (CEST), 17:11 in Moscow, 19:41 in New Delhi, 22:11 in Beijing, and 23:11 in Tokyo.

What's astronomically distinctive about 2027: the June solstice arrives only six weeks before the August 2, 2027 total solar eclipse — one of the longest totalities of the century, sweeping across North Africa, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen with a maximum totality duration of 6 minutes 23 seconds. Thousands of eclipse travellers will already be planning their August trips by the June solstice. The solstice also coincides with a waxing gibbous Moon (full moon arrives June 19, 2027), so the dawn-of-solstice sky has bright moonlight throughout the night — different to the dark, moonless predawn of June 2026.

The June solstice has anchored human ritual for over 5,000 years. Stonehenge, Karnak, Machu Picchu, and the Bighorn medicine wheel all encode the June sunrise.

What to expect

At London or Berlin the day runs about 16 hours of daylight on June 21, 2027; New York gets 15; Mumbai 13.5; everywhere north of the Arctic Circle has 24-hour daylight. With the bright moonlight after the June 19 full moon, the night is unusually short for noctilucent-cloud observers — bring stronger telephoto kit if you want to image the silvery summer-night clouds against the moonlit twilight.

The Stonehenge open-access gathering runs the evening of June 20 into the dawn of June 21 — English Heritage will publish the official guidance ahead of the night. International Yoga Day events run globally on June 21. In Sweden, Finland, and Norway, Midsummer falls on Friday June 18 with the public holiday Saturday June 19.

Past solstices

June 21, 2026 — solstice at 08:24 UTC
June 21, 2025 — solstice at 02:42 UTC
June 20, 2024 — solstice at 20:51 UTC (earliest in 228 years)
June 21, 2023 — solstice at 14:58 UTC
June 21, 2022 — solstice at 09:14 UTC
June 21, 2021 — solstice at 03:32 UTC

How to observe

The US Naval Observatory, UK Met Office and timeanddate.com publish the exact instant. English Heritage live-streams the Stonehenge dawn alignment. Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Danish public broadcasters cover Midsummer; the UN streams International Yoga Day events. For amateur astronomers in 2027, the run-up to the August 2 total solar eclipse means dedicated eclipse-tracking apps and NASA's eclipse pages already carry pre-solstice guidance.

The June solstice anchors the 2027 sky calendar alongside March equinox 2027, September equinox 2027, and December solstice 2027. Pair with Saturn opposition 2027, the Total solar eclipse August 2 2027, and Mars opposition 2027 for the year's astronomical highlights.

FAQ

When is the June solstice 2027? Monday, June 21, 2027 at 14:11 UTC. Why is the 2027 solstice almost six hours later than 2026? Because the calendar year is about a quarter-day shorter than Earth's orbital period, the solstice instant drifts forward by roughly six hours each non-leap year before correcting back. What's the big astronomy story near this solstice? The August 2, 2027 total solar eclipse — one of the longest totalities of the century — arrives only six weeks after the solstice. Is the solstice sunrise at Stonehenge open to the public? Yes — English Heritage opens the stones for the solstice gathering and the dawn alignment.

Date confidence

Scheduled date

June Solstice 2027 is tracked as a scheduled event. The date is suitable for countdown and calendar use, while final logistics should still be checked against the linked source.

Source

https://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/Earth_Seasons

Source host: aa.usno.navy.mil
Date precision: Single scheduled date from the linked source
Schema posture: Event startDate emitted because the record is single-date and scheduled/confirmed
Planning boundary: Use as a monitoring aid until the source trail is stronger

Structured data posture

This page emits Event structured data because the tracked record has a single scheduled or confirmed date. The linked source remains the final reference for time, venue, and operational changes.

Countdown evidence

Retention class

Date-first scheduled countdown

Evidence score

5/10 record signals

City-page readiness

Held to date-first

Evidence score5/10 signals present: primary source URL; tracked date; schema-safe date; place context; related event cluster
Date and schemaSchema-safe single date: Single-date event without a reliable public start time; date-first countdown only. Event structured data is emitted because the record is single-date and scheduled or confirmed.
Local-time readinessDate-first only: The record is not used as a city-local event page until it has a reliable time, timezone, and non-windowed date.
Record completeness1 concrete fields: country Global
Weak-field watchlist4 fields to improve: verified public start time; venue; manual official-source note; historical sequence
Source freshnessaa.usno.navy.mil; reviewed 2026-04-30: Related crawl path: FIFA Women's World Cup 2027 Opening Match, Xbox Games Showcase 2027, NASA Artemis III Launch, OpenAI GPT-6 Launch (Rumored 2027).

Planning notes

How to use this June Solstice 2027 countdown

Countdown pages are useful when they are honest about what is known, what is merely expected, and what still needs checking. This page keeps the live timer separate from the source confidence and structured-data posture.

Date confidence

June Solstice 2027 is tracked as scheduled for Monday, June 21, 2027; the countdown can support reminders while final logistics still belong to aa.usno.navy.mil. The page can emit precise Event structured data because the tracked record has a single scheduled or confirmed date.

What could change

Watch for date shifts, venue or access updates, broadcast windows, registration rules, and source corrections. The current precision is: Single-date event without a reliable public start time; date-first countdown only..

Local-time usefulness

No reliable source start time is attached yet, so the page stays date-first and avoids implying a midnight start. 228 days remain at render time.

Category context

June Solstice 2027 sits in Space with Global context. Related countdown links should help users compare similar events, not create unverified event-city pages.

Catalog-specific details

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No series history, end date, or what-to-expect field is attached.

Priority note

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Verification trail

source URL https://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/Earth_Seasons. trust checks: Source host: aa.usno.navy.mil, Date precision: Single scheduled date from the linked source, Schema posture: Event startDate emitted because the record is single-date and scheduled/confirmed, and Planning boundary: Use as a monitoring aid until the source trail is stronger. no manual editorial context is attached yet.

Record completeness

present fields: country Global. missing or weak fields: verified public start time, venue, manual official-source note, and historical sequence

Related crawl path

Nearby retained events: FIFA Women's World Cup 2027 Opening Match, Xbox Games Showcase 2027, NASA Artemis III Launch, OpenAI GPT-6 Launch (Rumored 2027), and Shrek 5. These links should support topical discovery without creating unverified event-city pages.

Review boundary: this page tracks the public date signal, source link, category, region, and calendar posture. It does not replace official ticketing, exchange, broadcaster, organizer, court, regulator, or government notices.

Source reviewed Apr 30, 2026. The countdown record is intentionally labeled as scheduled or expected; use the source link and any range notes before treating the date as final.

Live values rendered at Nov 5, 7:05 PM UTC.

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