When is the solstice this summer?

June 2 1. The summer solstice in 2023 is June 2 1, 1 1, 18, the fourth day of the fifth lunar month, Wednesday. Summer solstice is one of the 24 solar terms. Every year on June 2 1 or 22 of Gregorian calendar, the sun moves to 90 degrees of the yellow meridian, which is the summer solstice. At this time, the position where the sun shines directly on the ground reaches the northernmost point of the year, and it shines directly on the Tropic of Cancer, with the longest sunshine time in the northern hemisphere.