Summer Solstice 2024 Time Est. Summer solstice 2024 (beginning of astronomical summer) on the day of the summer (june) solstice, the solar disk, moving along the ecliptic, will fall into its northernmost. The summer solstice for the northern hemisphere occurs on june 20, 2024, at 4:51 p.m.

Summer solstice occurs at the moment the tilt of earth’s axis towards the sun is at a maximum. The summer solstice, which is when the sun reaches the most northerly point in the sky, is set to occur tonight at 21:50 bst/22:50 cest.