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  2. Furina (Genshin Impact) - Wikipedia

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    Furina de Fontaine (Chinese: 芙宁娜·德·枫丹; pinyin: Fúníngnà dé Fēngdān) is a character from Genshin Impact, a 2020 action role-playing gacha game developed by miHoYo. First introduced to Genshin Impact in an August 2023 update, she serves as the game's Hydro Archon, the in-game equivalent of a god, as well as the leader of ...

  3. Solstice - Wikipedia

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    For locations not too close to the equator or the poles, the dates with the longest and shortest periods of daylight are the summer and winter solstices, respectively. Terms with no ambiguity as to which hemisphere is the context are " June solstice " and " December solstice ", referring to the months in which they take place every year.

  4. March equinox - Wikipedia

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    In its apparent motion on the day of an equinox, the Sun's disk crosses the Earth's horizon directly to the east at sunrise; and again, some 12 hours later, directly to the west at sunset. The March equinox, like all equinoxes, is characterized by having an almost exactly equal amount of daylight and night across most latitudes on Earth. [14]

  5. First point of Aries - Wikipedia

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    The first point of Aries, also known as the cusp of Aries, is the location of the March equinox (the vernal equinox in the northern hemisphere, and the autumnal equinox in the southern), used as a reference point in celestial coordinate systems. In diagrams using such coordinate systems, it is often indicated with the symbol ♈︎.

  6. September equinox - Wikipedia

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    The September equinox (or southward equinox) is the moment when the Sun appears to cross the celestial equator, heading southward. Because of differences between the calendar year and the tropical year, the September equinox may occur from September 21 to 24. At the equinox, the Sun as viewed from the equator rises due east and sets due west ...

  7. Equinox (celestial coordinates) - Wikipedia

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    In astronomy, an equinox is either of two places on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator. [1] [2] [3] Although there are two such intersections, the equinox associated with the Sun's ascending node is used as the conventional origin of celestial coordinate systems and referred to simply as "the equinox".

  8. Meridian altitude - Wikipedia

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    This is usually done with the equinox Sun at solar noon to determine the observer's latitude, but can be done with any celestial object. Solar noon is the time when the Sun crosses the meridian. For example, imagine that the equinox Sun is overhead (at the zenith ) at a point on the Equator (latitude 0°), and Observer A is standing at this ...

  9. Summer solstice - Wikipedia

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    Earth during the summer solstice in June 2017. The summer solstice or estival solstice [i] occurs when one of Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun.It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere (Northern and Southern).