{"id":330403,"date":"2025-03-21T14:52:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=330403"},"modified":"2025-03-23T11:00:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T05:30:49","slug":"equinox-solstices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/equinox-solstices\/","title":{"rendered":"Equinox &amp; Solstices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News- <\/strong>March 20, 2025, marks the vernal or spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere.<\/p>\n<h2>About\u00a0Equinox<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_330406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330406\" style=\"width: 523px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-330406\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Equinox.png?resize=523%2C286&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Equinox\" width=\"523\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Equinox.png?w=615&amp;ssl=1 615w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Equinox.png?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-330406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source- National Weather Service<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Equinoxes are astronomical events occurring twice a year when the <em>Sun appears directly above the Equator at noon<\/em>.It results in nearly <em>equal day and night<\/em> durations across the globe.<\/li>\n<li>They take place in March and September and are the only times when both the North and South Poles receive sunlight simultaneously.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vernal or Spring Equinox:<\/strong> Occurs between March 19 and 21, marking the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Autumnal Equinox <\/strong>: Occurs between September 21 and 24, signaling autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and spring in the Southern Hemisphere.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Earth\u2019s position during an Equinox<\/strong>&#8211; On equinox days, the <em>Earth&#8217;s axial tilt aligns in such a way that both hemispheres receive an equal amount of sunlight<\/em>. On all other days, the tilt of the Earth results in uneven distribution of sunlight, affecting seasonal changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Solstices<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Solstices occur when the Earth&#8217;s axial tilt is at its maximum inclination toward or away from the Sun, leading to significant differences in daylight hours.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Summer Solstice (Northern Hemisphere):<\/strong> It <em>falls between June 20 and 22<\/em>, marking the <em>longest day and shortest night of the year <\/em>as the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Winter Solstice (Northern Hemisphere)<\/strong>: It <em>falls between December 20 and 23<\/em>, marking the <em>shortest day and longest night of the year <\/em>as the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In the Southern Hemisphere, the solstices are reversed, meaning December experiences the summer solstice while June marks the winter solstice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News- March 20, 2025, marks the vernal or spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. About\u00a0Equinox Equinoxes are astronomical events occurring twice a year when the Sun appears directly above the Equator at noon.It results in nearly equal day and night durations across the globe. They take place in March and September and are the only&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/equinox-solstices\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Equinox &amp; Solstices<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":330406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-330403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Equinox.png?fit=615%2C336&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}