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Seasons in 2018

Here are the dates of seasons in 2018. 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'). 2018 is not a leap year

. spring or the vernal equinox occurs on March 20th at 16:15 UT
. summer or the summer solstice occurs on June 21st at 10:07 UT
. fall or the autumnal equinox occurs on September 23rd at 01:54 UT
. winter or the winter solstice occurs on December 21st at 22:22 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 3th at 02:59 UT
. Earth's aphelion occurs on July 6th at 15:59 UT

By 2018, the Jewish year 5779 begins on Sep. 9th, 2018, the Chinese year (the dog's year) on Feb. 16th, 2018, the Indian year 1940 on Mar. 22nd, 2018, and the Muslim year 1440 on Sep. 11th, 2018