The summer solstice is this Friday at 7:41 p.m., marking the longest day of the year in Seattle, a fraction of a second under 16 hours. The sunrise will be at 5:11 a.m. and sunset at 9:10 p.m. The ...

The summer solstice is Thursday, June 20 at 1:50 p.m., marking the longest day of the year in Seattle at just under 16 hours by mere seconds. Sunrise will be at 5:11 a.m. and sunset at 9:11 p.m. The ...

Traditions to celebrate the summer solstice — the beginning of the astronomical summer, when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun — vary around this half of the globe, from maypole dances ...