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What are equinox and solstices?

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Updated: 12/5/2022

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What are solstices and equinox and how are they related to the seasons?

There are two solstices. they are the summer solstice (first day of summer), and the winter solstices (first day of winter An equinox is when day and night are the same length. like solstices, there are two of them. The Autumn equinox (first day of autumn), and then the spring equinox (first day of spring).


What are solstices and equinox how are they related to seasons?

There are two solstices. they are the summer solstice (first day of summer), and the winter solstices (first day of winter An equinox is when day and night are the same length. like solstices, there are two of them. The Autumn equinox (first day of autumn), and then the spring equinox (first day of spring).


What are solstices and equinoxes and how are they related to the seasons?

There are two solstices. they are the summer solstice (first day of summer), and the winter solstices (first day of winter An equinox is when day and night are the same length. like solstices, there are two of them. The Autumn equinox (first day of autumn), and then the spring equinox (first day of spring).


Midway between the dates of the solstices occur the?

Equinox


What is the difference in position of earth and the sun at the summer solstice compared to there position during a winter solstice?

The maximum elevation of the Sun occurs at the summer solstice, and the minimum at the winter solstice. During an equinox, the Sun is directly above Earth's equator. Sorry, but if you are Savannah Schoenherr, DO NOT COPY


Describe the position of the earth and sun for the spring and winter solstices?

There is no "spring solstice", there is a spring equinox and a summer solstice.


What latitude for Arnold is the sun directly overhead at noon on the equinox and solstice?

There is no latitude on earth at which the sun would be directly overhead at noon on the equinox and the solstice.


Is the autumnal equinox the longest day?

An equinox is not the shortest day. It has the same amount of daylight and darkness. The solstices have the longest and shortest days. The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year in terms of the amount of daylight.


Which month does the winter equinox begin?

spring and autumn begin midway between the two solstices. these are the aquinoxes.


Describe the sun's positions relative to the equator during winter and summer solstices and equinox?

in the summer it is high in the air in the winter its low.


Describe the Sun's positions relative to the equator during winter and summer solstices and equinox.?

in the summer it is high in the air in the winter its low.


When are solstices and equinoxes each year?

Two equinoxes (from the word 'equal') occur each year: one in the Spring, called the vernal equinox from a word for green-ness, and also the autumnal equinox in the Fall. On the day and hour of the equinoxes, days and nights are the same length of time.