The sun rises to the north of east on the solstice and sets to the north of west, and is visible in the sky for a longer period of time, according to timeanddate.com.
'Solstice' is Latin for 'solstitium' meaning 'sun-stopping.' The 2016 North American summer solstice happens at 6:34 p.m. That’s the time when the sun is at its northernmost point.
In the tri-state area, there will be 15.05 hours of daytime. The Farmer's Almanac has a sunrise and sunset calculator to check daylight hours all year around.
A full moon on summer solstice won't happen again for 70 years. There are conflicting reports over when the last one occurred, 1948 or 1967.
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