June Solstice 2025
The June solstice of 2025 is on Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:42 UTC, when the Sun reaches 0°00' Cancer. It starts summer in the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere. Your time:
Status as of November 2, 2026: 499 days ago.
What time is the June solstice 2025?
At 02:42 UTC on June 21, 2025: Fri, Jun 20, 07:42 PM in Los Angeles, Fri, Jun 20, 10:42 PM in New York, Sat, Jun 21, 03:42 AM in London.
What date is the June solstice 2025 where I live?
It depends on the time zone: June 20 in Los Angeles, New York; June 21 in London, India, Sydney.
Is the June solstice the first day of summer?
Astronomically, yes in the Northern Hemisphere and no in the Southern, where the June solstice on June 21, 2025 starts winter; weather services often count seasons by whole months instead.
How long is the season that starts at the June solstice 2025?
93 days 16 hours: summer in the north (winter in the south) runs until the September equinox on September 22, 2025 at 18:19 UTC.
Why is the June solstice 2025 at a different time than in 2024?
It comes 5 h 51 min later on the clock than in 2024 (June 20, 2024, 20:50 UTC), because the 365-day calendar year is about a quarter of a day shorter than the solar year.
How long is the day on the June solstice 2025?
From sunrise to sunset on June 21, 2025: 16 h 38 min in London, 15 h 06 min in New York, 13 h 18 min in Mexico City, 12 h 24 min in Bogotá, 10 h 41 min in São Paulo, 9 h 54 min in Sydney; it is the longest day of the year north of the equator and the shortest south of it.
What does the Sun entering Cancer mean in astrology?
It is the Cancer ingress: astrologers cast a chart for 02:42 UTC on June 21, 2025 and read it for the season ahead, and in 2025 that chart has the Moon at 0°29' Taurus (waning crescent, 25% lit).
Local clock readings
| Place | Local time |
|---|---|
| UTC | June 21, 2025, 02:42 UTC |
| Los Angeles | Fri, Jun 20, 07:42 PM |
| New York | Fri, Jun 20, 10:42 PM |
| London | Sat, Jun 21, 03:42 AM |
| India | Sat, Jun 21, 08:12 AM |
| Sydney | Sat, Jun 21, 12:42 PM |
The sky at the June solstice 2025
| Body | Position |
|---|---|
| Sun | ♋︎ 0°00' Cancer |
| Moon | ♉︎ 0°29' Taurus |
| Mercury | ♋︎ 21°51' Cancer |
| Venus | ♉︎ 15°20' Taurus |
| Mars | ♍︎ 2°06' Virgo |
| Jupiter | ♋︎ 2°33' Cancer |
| Saturn | ♈︎ 1°31' Aries |
| Uranus | ♉︎ 29°12' Taurus |
| Neptune | ♈︎ 2°07' Aries |
| Pluto | ♒︎ 3°20' Aquarius R |
| Moon phase | waning crescent, 25% lit |
Geocentric tropical positions at the exact instant; R = retrograde.
Day length on June 21, 2025
| City | Daylight |
|---|---|
| London | 16 h 38 min |
| New York | 15 h 06 min |
| Mexico City | 13 h 18 min |
| Bogotá | 12 h 24 min |
| São Paulo | 10 h 41 min |
| Sydney | 9 h 54 min |
Sunrise to sunset on that calendar date at each city, computed for the Sun’s upper edge with standard refraction.
The Sun enters Cancer
Cancer is a cardinal water sign ruled by the Moon; its keywords: protective, intuitive, loyal. The Sun’s 30 days in Cancer start at this instant.
Retrograde at the June solstice 2025: Pluto.
Data: seasons/2025.json (CC0 JSON).