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Earliest sunrises come before the summer solstice

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Earliest sunrises come before the summer solstice
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The year’s earliest sunrises don’t happen on the summer solstice. For much of the Northern Hemisphere, they’re happening now. In the Southern Hemisphere, it’s the earliest sunsets that come before the winter solstice in June. The yearly cycle of sunrise and sunset times is easy to miss. But once you start noticing this cycle, it reveals the deeper rhythm of Earth’s journey around the sun … and your place in it.
When to look: The exact dates of the earliest sun

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