How to Use celestial equator in a Sentence

celestial equator

noun
  • During the equinox, the sun moves north along the celestial equator.
    — Lisa Stardust, Teen Vogue, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Due to the sun crossing the celestial equator, there are an equal number of day and evening hours.
    — Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
  • During the equinox, the sun travels south to north across the celestial equator.
    — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The Sun will rise due east, follow an arc along the celestial equator and then set due west.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The Sun will rise due east, follow an arc right along the celestial equator and set due west.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2021
  • The sun may be crossing the celestial equator, but sunlight can be a fickle thing.
    — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 28 Feb. 2023
  • That’s when day and night are roughly equal in length, and the sun crosses the celestial equator heading south.
    — Vanessa Countryman, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Since late last March, the sun has been north of the celestial equator, giving us long days and a high sun angle.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2019
  • Both terms describe the moment when the sun crosses the celestial equator, moving from south to north.
    — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2024
  • At this time, the sun moves above the equator, where the two elliptic points and the celestial equator connect.
    — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Nowruz begins on the spring equinox, when the sun crosses the celestial equator, equalizing day and night.
    — Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The spring equinox marks the moment when the sun crosses the celestial equator, heading northward.
    — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2024
  • In the summer, full moons appear lower in the sky due to the moon’s orbit being below the celestial equator.
    — Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2025
  • Equinox is the moment in Earth’s orbit around the Sun when our star appears to cross the celestial equator.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
  • The vernal equinox, also known as the March equinox, occurs when the sun crosses the celestial equator from south to north.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • According to the Farmer’s Almanac, the sun will cross the celestial equator from south to north.
    — Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 16 Mar. 2020
  • That puts the sun high in our sky at its maximum separation north of the celestial equator, making our days much longer than our nights.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
  • That puts the sun very low in our sky at its maximum separation south of the celestial equator, making our nights longer than our days.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
  • On this day, the sun crosses the celestial equator, resulting in nearly equal amounts of daylight and darkness across the globe.
    — Vytas Reid, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • In the summer, the moon is closer to the celestial equator, as well as Earth's horizon due to the tilt of the planet's axis.
    — Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 24 May 2024
  • During the equinox, the sun crosses the Earth's celestial equator, an imaginary line that stretches from the north to the south.
    — Leada Gore, AL.com, 22 Sep. 2017
  • After this Monday, the sun’s path in the sky will sink lower and lower, south of the celestial equator, and the days will get shorter.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2019
  • The angular distance of the object north or south of the celestial equator is its declination.
    — Curtis Roelle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 6 Mar. 2021
  • That's when the sun hits the northernmost point from the celestial equator and marks the official beginning of summer with the longest day of the year.
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 6 June 2024
  • This equinox happens when the sun crosses the celestial equator, an imaginary line above the Earth’s equator, going from south to north.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The objects are found in the constellation Ophiuchus, near the celestial equator.
    — Rebecca Boyle, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2020
  • The sun’s path across the daytime sky is right along the celestial equator, an imaginary line in the dome of the sky that is a projection of the Earth’s equator.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2019
  • On this date the Sun moves across the celestial equator, essentially moving into the other hemisphere.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 17 June 2021
  • During an equinox, the sun crosses an imaginary extension of Earth’s equator line called the celestial equator.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2020
  • This month's full moon coincides with the summer solstice, which happens as the sun hits the northernmost point from the celestial equator, making the start of summer.
    — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2024

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