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Seasons in 2019

The year 2019 is not a leap year, as the Jewish calendar will have the year 5780 beginning on Sept. 29, the Islamic calendar the year 1441 on Aug. 31, and the Chinese New Year -- Year of the Pig -- occurring on Feb. 5

Here are the dates of seasons in 2019. Seasons are astronomical events in relation to the position of the Earth on its orbit around the Sun (for more about how seasons work, check our tutorial 'Seasons')

. spring or the vernal equinox occurs on March 20th at 21:58 UT
. summer or the summer solstice occurs on June 21st at 15:54 UT
. fall or the autumnal equinox occurs on September 23rd at 07:49 UT
. winter or the winter solstice occurs on December 22nd at 04:19 UT

Each year Earth, further, is reaching its perihelion (its closest to the Sun) and aphelion (its farthest from the Sun). for more about how those concepts work, check too our tutorial 'Seasons'

. Earth's perihelion occurs on January 3rd at 09:59 UT
. Earth's aphelion occurs on July 4th at 18:59 UT