it is summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
winter
In North America, the season when the north pole points toward the sun is Summer.
It is Winter in the northern hemisphere.
When the North Pole points more directly towards the sun, the Northern Hemisphere is in summer.
Summer
Summer.
The Northern Hemisphere experiences winter when the South Pole is pointed toward the Sun.
The sun is always 'facing' the earth. If the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, the season is summer, in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern hemisphere.
Whatever is tilted toward the sun has summer. So the southern hemisphere will have winter.
Fall or winter.
It is winter in the northern hemisphere when the southern hemisphere tilts toward the sun. Interestingly enough, the Earth is closer to the Sun at that time! The (slight - 0.0167 ) eccentricity of the Earths orbit puts this planet at aphelion (furthest from the Sun) in the beginning of July and perihelion (closest to the Sun) in the beginning of January. This is one of the many factors that makes the Southern hemisphere seasons more extreme than those of the northern hemisphere.