2024 Solstices And Equinoxes Meaning. Solstices and equinoxes are the changing seasons on earth, but they are opposite to each other. Solstices and equinoxes are markers of the seasons, which are caused by earth's axis being tilted 23.5 degrees with respect to its orbit around the sun, according to nasa.
It marks the northern hemisphere’s shortest day (first day of winter) and southern hemisphere’s longest day. Solstices occur twice yearly, and in 2024 they arrive on june 20 at 4:50 pm edt (20:50 utc), and december 21 at 4:19 am est (9:18 utc).
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