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1 he season of spring arrives late Sunday night, March 20, at 11:39 p.m. EST—the moment when the sun moves directly above Earth’s equator marking the vernal equinox. from now until the beginning of summer, the sun will move higher in the northern hemisphere and warmer temperatures will prevail.
The sun’s annual motion through the sky can be traced from the Tropic of Capricorn to the Tropic of Cancer. When the sun crosses the equator—the midpoint in its journey from south to north— spring officially begins.
According to Dr. Paul H. Knappenberger, Jr., director of the Science Museum of Virginia, the sun will rise due east and set
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