southern hemisphere
noun
variants
or Southern Hemisphere
: the part of the earth that lies south of the equator
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Finally, the moon phase display at 6 o’clock shows the position of the moon in the northern and southern hemispheres.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2024
In the last solar cycle, for example, the polarity of the sun’s northern hemisphere started to reverse in early June 2012 and then wavered around the neutral point until late 2014, even though the southern hemisphere transitioned smoothly to the opposite polarity in mid-2013.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2023
The telescope picked up on the signature of water molecules in one of the largest craters in the moon’s southern hemisphere in 2020.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024
Also called the March equinox, the spring equinox occurs when the northern and southern hemispheres neither tilt toward or away from the sun, the Old Farmer’s Almanac, a weather and gardening guide that’s been publishing since 1782, said on its website.
—Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
Spring Equinox March 19 around 11 p.m. ET marks the start of spring in the northern hemisphere; the equinox also welcomes the coming of autumn in the southern hemisphere (here’s one of our favorite fall getaways down under).
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2024
Since Cape Town is in the southern hemisphere, summertime in the U.S. is wintertime for South Africans.
—Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
The Northern Lights are an astronomical phenomenon that are usually seen along the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres.
—Solcyre Burga, Time, 9 July 2023
In the southern hemisphere, Chile has been reeling from drought for the better part of a decade.
—Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2024
In the last solar cycle, for example, the polarity of the sun’s northern hemisphere started to reverse in early June 2012 and then wavered around the neutral point until late 2014, even though the southern hemisphere transitioned smoothly to the opposite polarity in mid-2013.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2023
The telescope picked up on the signature of water molecules in one of the largest craters in the moon’s southern hemisphere in 2020.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024
Also called the March equinox, the spring equinox occurs when the northern and southern hemispheres neither tilt toward or away from the sun, the Old Farmer’s Almanac, a weather and gardening guide that’s been publishing since 1782, said on its website.
—Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
Spring Equinox March 19 around 11 p.m. ET marks the start of spring in the northern hemisphere; the equinox also welcomes the coming of autumn in the southern hemisphere (here’s one of our favorite fall getaways down under).
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2024
Since Cape Town is in the southern hemisphere, summertime in the U.S. is wintertime for South Africans.
—Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
The Northern Lights are an astronomical phenomenon that are usually seen along the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres.
—Solcyre Burga, Time, 9 July 2023
In the southern hemisphere, Chile has been reeling from drought for the better part of a decade.
—Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
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“Southern hemisphere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southern%20hemisphere. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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