The Sun in the sky during the Spring and Fall Equinox in the Northern
hemisphere.
The Sun is at its lowest path in the sky on the Winter Solstice. After
that day the Sun follows a higher and higher path through the sky each
day until it is in the sky for exactly 12 hours. On the Spring Equinox
the Sun rises exactly in the east travels through the sky for 12 hours
and sets exactly in the west. On the Equinox this is the motion of the
Sun through the sky for everyone on earth. Every place on earth
experiences a 12 hours day twice a year on the Spring and Fall Equinox.
After the Spring Equinox, the Sun still continues to follow a higher and
higher path through the sky, with the days growing longer and longer,
until it reaches it highest point in the sky on the Summer Solstice.
Sun
Path
sundials
Summer Solstice