celestial equator
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On this day, the sun crosses the celestial equator – "the imaginary line in the sky above the Earth’s equator – from south to north," the National Weather Service in Jackson, Mississippi explained in a tweet.
From Fox News
Sample questions include: What is the Sun’s greatest distance from the celestial equator?
From New York Times
This causes the sun to appear at its farthest below the celestial equator when viewed from Earth.
From Seattle Times
Up in the heavens, the sun will cross the celestial equator.
From New York Times
What happens on March 20 is that the sun moves from south of the celestial equator to north of the equator.
From Scientific American
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