15:43 - 21.06.2022

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June 21, Fineko/abc.az. Summer has started in Azerbaijan at 13:13 today.

ABC.AZ reports that today is the longest day and the shortest night.

At this time, the axis of rotation of the Earth forms the smallest angle with the direction of the sun's rays, the Sun is at the minimum height above the horizon (73⁰.1). The duration of daylight is 15 hours 3 minutes 24 seconds, and the duration of night is 8 hours 56 minutes 36 seconds.

The autumnal equinox will fall on September 23 and will come at 05:03. At this time, the duration of the day and night becomes the same. The sun moves along the ecliptic and, crossing the equator, passes from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern, and from that moment on, astronomical autumn begins in the Northern Hemisphere.