The times when the sun reaches its greatest declination away from the equator The times of longest day and shortest night, and vice versa Occur in June and December
One of two days in the year when the day (as opposed to the night) is either longest or shortest, 20 or 21 June and 21 or 22 December
{i} either of the two times of the year when the sun is farthest from the equator (Astronomy)
1 One of the two points of the ecliptic farthest from the celestial equator; one of the two points on the celestial sphere occupied by the sun at maximum declination
The times of the maximum and minimum solar declination Summer Solstice occurs on about June 23, when the declination of the sun is +23 5 degrees, and marks the first day of summer Winter Solstice occurs on about December 23, when the declination of the sun is -23 5 degrees, and marks the first day of winter These are, respectively, the longest and shortest days of the year
The point in the ecliptic at which the sun is farthest from the equator, north or south, namely, the first point of the sign Cancer and the first point of the sign Capricorn, the former being the summer solstice, latter the winter solstice, in northern latitudes; so called because the sun then apparently stands still in its northward or southward motion
The point at which the sun is the furthest on the ecliptic from the celestial equator The point at which sun is at maximum distance from the equator and days and nights are most unequal in duration The Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn are those parallels of latitude which lies directly beneath a solstice In the Northern Hemisphere, the winter solstice falls on or about December 21 and the summer solstice on or about June 21
Either of two times of the year, in June and December, when the sun is farthest from the celestial equator
Either of the two instants during the year when the Sun, as seen from Earth, is farthest north or south of the equator The summer solstice (when the Sun is over the Tropic of Cancer) occurs around June 21st; the winter solstice (when the Sun is over the Tropic of Capricorn) happens around December 21st In the Northern Hemisphere, summer and winter officially begin at the instants of the summer and winter solstices, respectively
This is the time when the Sun reaches its most northerly or southerly point (around June 21st & December 22nd respectively ) It marks the beginning of Summer and Winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere
The summer solstice is the day of the year with the most hours of daylight, and the winter solstice is the day of the year with the fewest hours of daylight. the time when the sun is furthest north or south of the equator the summer/winter solstice (=the longest or shortest day of the year) equinox (solstitium, from sol + status, past participle of sistere ). Either of the two moments in the year when the Sun's apparent path is farthest north or south from Earth's Equator; also, either of the two points along the ecliptic that the Sun passes through at these times. In the Northern Hemisphere the summer solstice occurs on June 21 or 22; the winter solstice on December 21 or
Dates when the declination of the sun is at 23 5 degrees North or South of the equator For the Northern Hemisphere this date falls on June 21 or 22 (Summer Solstice) In the Southern Hemisphere the date is December 21 or 22 (Winter Solstice)
The time of the year when the Sun's position is the sky is most distant from the celestial equator To a good approximation, north of the equator the day (around June 21) and the night (around December 21) are at their longest at the summer and winter solstices, and that is when those seasons are assumed to begin (the dates themselves, however, are known as midsummer day and midwinter day, respectively) Summer north of the equator coincides with winter south of it (and vice versa), and solstice names are also interchanged there
The moment when the sun farthest from the Earth's equator The summer solstice (in June) marks the official first day of summer The winter solstice (in December) marks the official first day of winter As soon as the solstice is passed, the sun starts accelerating toward the equator
The time of the year when the Sun appears furthest north or south of the celestial equator The solstices mark the beginning of the Summer and Winter seasons