Peak Sunshine has reached the northern hemisphere – the summer coup.
Friday is the longest day in the year north of the equator, as the coup is the beginning of the astronomical summer. It is the opposite of the southern hemisphere, as it will start the shortest day in the year and winter.
The word “coup” comes from the Latin words “Sol” for the sun and “Stitium”, which can mean “stop” or “stop”. The coup is the end of the sun’s annual march higher in the sky, when it makes the tallest and higher arc. Bad news for sun lovers: Then you start to retreat and the days will become a little shorter every day until late December.
People expanded the sphere of the coup for the eyes with celebrations and antiquities, including Stonehenge, which were designed to match the sun’s paths in the coup. But what happens in the sky? Here is what to know about the Earth’s orbit.
The coups are when the days and nights are in their extreme
While the Earth moves around the sun, it does it at an angle relative to the sun. During most of the year, the Earth’s axis tends either towards or away from the sun. This means that the warmth of the sun and light are not equal to the northern and southern planet half.
The coup represents times during the year in which this tendency is in the utmost degree, and the days and nights are in the most uneven.
During the summer coup in the northern hemisphere, the upper half of the Earth tends to the sun, creating the longest day and shortest night per year. This coup is between June 20 and 22.
Meanwhile, in the winter coup, the northern hemisphere tends away from the sun – which leads to the shortest day and longest night per year. The winter coup decreases between 20 and 23 December.
Moderation is when there is an equal amount of day and night
During moderation, the Earth’s axis and its orbit line up so that both hemispheres get an equal amount of sunlight.
The word moderation comes from two Latin words, meaning equal and night. This is because in moderation, the day and night lasts almost the same time – although one may get a few additional minutes, depending on where you are on the planet.
The northern hemisphere – or Vernal – can land between 19 and 21 March, depending on the year. Its fall – or autumn – can land between September 21 and 24.
On the equator, the sun will be in the tooth sky directly at the back. Moderation is the only time that the northern and southern sunlight has been illuminated at the same time.
What is the difference between meteorological and astronomical seasons?
These are just two different ways to sculpt the year.
While astronomical seasons depend on how the Earth moves around the sun, meteorological seasons are defined by weather. They collapse the year to three months on the basis of annual temperature cycles. By this calendar, the spring begins on March 1, summer on June 1, on September 1 and winter on December 1.