Across
- 3. Time when the sun reaches its daily summit
- 4. Relating to the sun or its energy
- 5. Relating to the sky or outer space
- 10. Emit bright light
- 11. Maximum level, as with solstice daylight
- 12. Traditional term for the period around the June solstice
- 15. Cancer line where the June sun shines directly down
- 16. Highest point reached by the sun overhead
Down
- 1. Bi-annual astronomical event marking extreme daylight hours
- 2. Ancient monument aligned with the midsummer sunrise
- 6. The star at the center of the solstice celebration
- 7. Word describing the solstice day's hours of light
- 8. The late-arriving shadow period on a long summer day
- 9. Month when the Northern Hemisphere reaches peak tilt
- 13. It lasts longer today than any other day of the year
- 14. A beam of light from the June sky