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National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin wrote a short story titled \u201cSummer Solstice,\u201d which tackles pagan love and fertility. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO<\/p><\/div>\n

MANILA, Philippines\u2014Friday was the longest day of 2013 in this part of the world, an event known as the summer solstice, the state weather bureau said.<\/p>\n\n

The Philippines and other countries in the northern hemisphere experienced the longest daytime and shortest nighttime on June 21, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).<\/p>\n\n

The sun rose at 5:28 a.m. on Friday and set at 6:27 p.m., the weather bureau said.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cSo you\u2019ll notice that there\u2019s almost an extra hour of daylight to the usual 12 hours,\u201d said Mario Raymundo, chief of Pagasa\u2019s weather observatory.<\/p>\n\n

Start of summer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The summer solstice is the time when the sun attains its greatest tilt at +23.5 degrees and passes directly overhead at noon for all observers at latitude 23.5 degrees North, which is known as the Tropic of Cancer, Pagasa said.<\/p>\n\n

The event indicates the beginning of summer in some countries.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cIn the United States, they use the summer solstice to mark the start of summer. Here, it\u2019s the opposite\u2014our rainy season just began. That\u2019s because we\u2019re so near the equator,\u201d Raymundo said.<\/p>\n\n

The cultural significance of the summer solstice varies around the world, but many folk beliefs associate it with increased fertility.<\/p>\n\n

Literary giant Nick Joaquin\u2019s well-known story, \u201cThe Summer Solstice,\u201d revolves around a three-day pagan ritual performed by apparently crazed women to invoke the gods of fertility.<\/p>\n\n

Supermoon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Raymundo said the association was probably due to the cosmic coincidence of the summer solstice always being so close to the \u201csupermoon,\u201d the time when the full moon comes closest to the earth.<\/p>\n\n

This year, the supermoon or perigee full moon occurs on June 23.<\/p>\n\n

Some folks suspect the supermoon to have certain effects on people\u2019s behavior, but Raymundo said there\u2019s no scientific evidence yet to prove this.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never personally felt the effect of the full moon but I know someone who seems more hyperactive, more eccentric every time there\u2019s a full moon. But that\u2019s just one person,\u201d he quipped, but would not say who he referred to.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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