By the time the winter solstice arrives, the sun sits at the lowest possible position in the sky. As a result, the shadow you ...

Though the meteorological winter began last week with the start of December, the Northern Hemisphere remains in astronomical autumn for a bit longer.

As the Northern Hemisphere welcomes spring today, the Southern Hemisphere is marked with the first day of autumn.

We’re past the winter solstice and the days are getting longer, but that doesn’t mean we’re not sick of the sun setting around 5 in the afternoon. There is a way to get more sunlight through ...

The exact moment of the winter solstice varies from year to year due to a slight misalignment between the Gregorian calendar and the actual rate of the Earth’s rotation around the sun.

Thursday is the first day of spring, or the vernal equinox, in the Northern Hemisphere. During an equinox, the center of the sun is on the same plane as the equator. After the vernal equinox in March, ...

It, therefore, recognized 21 June as the International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice. A solstice — derived from the Latin sol ("sun") and ... (commonly known as "Winter Solstice ...

Meteorological spring starts on March 1 and is based on annual temperature cycles, while astronomical spring starts on March 20 and is based on the Earth's position relative to the sun.

Astronomical seasons depend on the Earth's position ... occur during the winter and summer and mark the shortest and longest days of the year, respectively. The summer solstice is considered ...

Astronomical seasons are marked by equinoxes and solstices, which relate to the position ... winter and summer and mark the shortest and longest days of the year, respectively. The summer solstice ...

This is the moment at which the sun will be at its highest position in the sky ... and between the ruler from the winter to summer solstice – the Oak King – and the ruler from summer to ...