SCIENCE-SOLSTICE AND EQUINOX

Samuel David Moreno /501

THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASONS (SPRING, SUMMER,
AUTUMN AND WINTER)
IS MARKED BY THE MOMENTS IN WHICH THE EARTH IS
IN CERTAIN POSITIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE SUN
EQUINOX (SAME NIGHT) S O L S T IC E
"solstice" means "the sun stops", because
The Equinox is the time of year when the
the apparent movement of the sun's path
day (only that day) is the same length as
to the north or south stops before
the night in all places on Earth. At that
changing direction.
moment the axis of the Earth is
It marks the beginning of summer and
perpendicular to the rays of the Sun
winter and occurs twice a year.
 MARCH EQUINOX
(March 20 and 21)
Spring Equinox / beginning of spring
Sun shines directhly on the
equator, meaning night and
day
are nearly equal in lenght.
 JUNE SOLSTICE
(June 20), exactly, at 11:43 p.m., Sunday
Summer Solstice / Northern Hemisphere
The summer solstice
occurs when the NORTH
semi-axis of the planet is
more inclined towards
the Sun resulting in the
North Pole (where it is
day for six months in a
row), is closer to the sun
and the sun is over the
tropic of Cancer;
resulting in the longest
day of the year and the
shortest night.
 SEPTEMBER EQUINOX
(September 23)08:30,Tuesday
 The distance of the Earth's axis with respect to the Sun
enters a kind of limbo: it is neither near nor far. A
phenomenon that occurs only twice a year and that will
leave us one day and one night with the same duration.
The autumnal equinox will arrive officially marking the
beginning of fall in the northern hemisphere and the
beginning of spring in the hemisphere. The season will
last 89 days and 20 hours, and will end on December 21
with the arrival of winter.
 The shortest day of the year
DECEMBER SOLSTICE: (WINTER SOLSTICE)
December 21, 05:02, Monday
Since the Earth is tilted on
its axis, the arc through
which the Sun moves
during the day will rise
and fall throughout the
year as the Earth's pole
points towards the Sun or
in the opposite direction.
The winter solstice occurs
at the lowest point in the
Northern Hemisphere,
when the Sun is lowest in
the sky.
Right now, the Earth's
North Pole is pointing
away from the Sun
On this solstice,
(which is why it is
much colder in the the Northern
Northern Hemisphere
Hemisphere). For
has the
people living in the
southern hemisphere, shortest day
the South Pole points and longest
towards the Sun, night of the
making it the 'Down
year.
Under' summer.