Thursday is the first day of spring, or the vernal equinox, in the Northern Hemisphere. During an equinox, the center of the ...

The vernal equinox arrives on Thursday, marking the start of the spring season for the Northern Hemisphere and the fall in ...

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

The Earth is tilted approximately 23.5 degrees off a vertical axis, and because of this tilt, the most direct ... year every four years. On the winter solstice in December, the Sun’s most ...

The shortest day of the year is the winter solstice. A solstice is the moment the Earth's tilt toward or away from the sun is at a maximum, according to the National Weather Service.

The autumnal equinox occurs in September – when the Earth's axis is tilted neither ... March 20, 2025. Teh winter solstice is Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. Chris Sims is a digital content producer ...

The autumnal equinox occurs in September – when the Earth's axis is ... of the year occurs on the winter solstice, when the Northern Hemisphere reaches its maximum tilt from the sun, causing ...