Australians at the moment are dealing with six months of longer nights after yesterday marked the southern hemisphere’s autumn equinox.
The autumn and spring equinoxes, which happen in March and September yearly, are days when the solar is positioned immediately over the equator, and the time of day and evening are about equal.
Whereas the equinox in September alerts the beginning of longer days, yesterday’s occasion means six months of longer nights are underway.
“This transformation in Earth’s tilt relative to the solar causes nights to develop into longer than days in every single place south of the equator.”
Complementing the equinoxes are the solstices, which mark in winter and summer season the shortest and longest days of the yr.
In Australia, the winter solstice for 2024 is about for Friday, June 21.
