What time do you enter Mexico this Thursday, June 20? – The monetary

The morning of this Thursday, June 20, tropical storm ‘Alberto’ made landfall in Veracruz, later heading to San Luis Potosí. Due to this fact, within the early morning and a part of the day, there will likely be rain in Durango, Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz, Oaxaca and Chiapas.

This identical day there may be additionally an necessary change: spring ends. Based on the Nationwide Autonomous College of Mexico (UNAM), the summer time solstice begins at 2:50 p.m.

This would be the longest day of the 12 months, with a daylight length of 13 hours. The time period “solstice” comes from Latin and means “nonetheless solar.” It is because it looks like the Solar will not be transferring within the sky today.

Why is June 20 the longest day of the 12 months?

Julieta Fierro Gossman, researcher on the UNAM Institute of Astronomy, explains that the Earth rotates on its axis with an inclination that causes the seasons.

All year long, totally different components of the Earth obtain the Solar’s rays straight. For instance, when the north pole is tilted in the direction of the Solar, it’s summer time within the northern hemisphere, whereas on the south pole it’s winter. Quite the opposite, when the southern hemisphere is tilted in the direction of the Solar, it’s summer time there and within the north it’s winter.

The phenomenon happens when the Solar is nearer or additional away from one of many Earth’s hemispheres, growing the size of the day in a single a part of the planet and lowering it within the different, the astronomer defined.

Throughout today, it appears as if the Solar doesn’t transfer from the sky, remaining fastened in the direction of the north. In winter, one thing related occurs, which is why it’s referred to as the winter solstice, and each happen in June and December.

All year long, there are two days wherein the size of day and night time is equal, that’s, 12 hours. Lately are referred to as equinoxes and at all times happen in March and September.

What’s the which means of the solstices in different cultures?

All nice cultures have a good time the day of the solstice with particular festivals. For instance, in Iceland, the Solar illuminates its territory at night time, permitting folks to go to the glaciers at midnight.

At Stonehenge, one of many oldest archaeological websites on this planet, the Solar rises or units behind particular sculptures, drawing crowds of vacationers to witness the spectacle.

In Sweden, a cross adorned with flowers is made to have a good time summer time, when vegetation start to develop and the chilly of winter has handed. In Puerto Rico, folks swim at night time as a result of the ocean is cool.

In Mexico, it’s custom to go to a very powerful Mesoamerican archaeological websites, from Teotihuacán to Chichén Itzá.

With data from Gaceta UNAM.