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SUNWHEEL GATHERINGS & DIRECTIONS

Sunwheel in Winter

PUBLIC GATHERINGS IN 2019 --
CELEBRATING 22 YEARS of SUNWHEEL EVENTS

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  • Vernal Equinox -- March 20, 2019, 5:58pm EDT
    Sunrise @ 6:45 a.m. & Sunset @ 6:00 p.m. (EDT)

  • Summer Solstice -- June 21, 2019, 11:54am EDT
    Sunrise @ 5:00 a.m.; Sunset @ 7:30 p.m. (EDT)

  • Autumnal Equinox -- Sept. 23, 2019, 3:50am EDT
    Sunrise @ 6:30 a.m. & Sunset @ 6:00 p.m. (EDT)

  • Transit of Mercury -- Nov. 11, 2019, 7:36am to 1:04pm EDT
    Safe solar telescopes will be set up at the Sunwheel throughout the transit, weather permitting.

  • Winter Solstice -- Dec. 21, 2019, 11:19pm EST
    Sunrise @ 7:00 a.m. & Sunset @ 3:30 p.m. (EST)

    (Click on the above links a week or two before each event to get more specific information about the gathering this year. Last year's information will be displayed until then.)

    DIRECTIONS TO THE SUNWHEEL:

    For directions from out of town, click here.

    For a map showing the Sunwheel on the UMass Amherst campus, click here.


    • A project conceived by Dr. Judith S. Young
    Professor of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    e-mail: Steve Schneider

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