This rainy and cold morning in the Aburrá Valley began a curious day that many may not know anything about: this June 20 is considered the longest day of the year for the metropolitan territory, a phenomenon that is experienced in other parts of the world.
Its about Summer Solstice, the astronomical event that occurs throughout the northern hemisphere and that occurs because the sun reaches its highest position in the sky, which means that the day is experienced with more hours of sunlight.
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From the Aburrá Valley Metropolitan Area (Amva) they explained how the event will be experienced in the 10 municipalities of this subregion, that is, Envigado, Caldas, La Estrella, Sabaneta, Itagüí, Medellín, Bello, Copacabana, Girardota and Barbosa.
To do this, they echoed the Siata data, according to which this territory will have a day on June 20 with 12 hours and 30 minutes of sunlight, which represents half an hour more than the normal average.
The entity also pointed out that in other areas of Colombia, such as Punta Gallinas, in La Guajira, the day will be approximately 12 hours 52 minutes, which makes it clear that the further north the location of a city is, the longer it will be. its solstice.
According to the researchers of the Siata project, despite the rains with which the Aburrá Valley woke up, The sun was visible from approximately 5:49 am and is projected to set around 6:19 pm
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Likewise, between this Thursday, June 20 and Friday, June 21, “the sun will point vertically directly at the Tropic of Cancer, offering us this unique phenomenon each year,” indicated from Amva. The additional 30 minutes of sunlight does not imply an increase in temperature nor does it mean that the Earth is closer to the Sun. However, this phenomenon does have positive effects on the productivity of crops, since they will have greater exposure to sunlight. .
“The summer solstice occurs when the Sun reaches maximum declination (minimum on the winter solstice from the northern hemisphere), projecting its light over the maximum geographic latitude on Earth. This year such a circumstance will occur this Thursday, June 20, at 8:51 p.m. UTC according to calculations from the National Astronomical Observatory,” they also indicated from Amva.
The National Astronomical Observatory also explained that this season will last around 93 days and 16 hours, and will end on September 22 with the beginning of autumn.
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