Tropic of Capricorn
Line of southernmost latitude at which the Sun can be directly overhead
Tropic of Capricorn
The Tropic of Capricorn is the circle of latitude that contains the subsolar point at the December solstice. It is thus the southernmost latitude where the Sun can be seen directly overhead. Similarly, at the latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn, at solar midnight on the June solstice, the Sun will be 90 degrees below the horizon in all directions. The Tropic of Capricorn is one of the five major circles of latitude marked on maps of Earth. Its latitude is currently 23°26′08.9″ (or 23.4358°) south of the Equator, but it is very gradually moving northward, currently at the rate of 0.47 arcseconds, or 15 metres, per year. It is the southern of the two tropics: its Northern Hemisphere counterpart is the Tropic of Cancer.
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