First Day of Summer

By Jim Gerard, INSPIRE, KSC

This Friday, June 21, is the first day of summer. The Summer Solstice, when the earth's tilt is most directly pointed at the sun, occurs at 1:04am EDT. This has created some confusion in our western states as it would still technically be Thursday, June 20.

But two points to consider:
1) The sun, as does most of the world, does not follow Daylight Saving Time so it would be 12:04am EST which would make the Solstice in all the country on Thursday except the east coast by 4 minutes. 2) When do we celebrate day at night? It would always be the next dawning which is Friday for everyone.

So if you west coasters start your summer celebrations on Thursday, remember it is still spring until almost midnight and you are being a little premature. But then it is never to early to party.

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