#Candlemas is a #CrossQuarterDay & falls midway between the #WinterSolstice & the #SpringEquinox. At these latitudes about 3/8 of the day is light & 5/8 dark. Daylight is now lengthening by nearly 4 minutes each day. As #GroundhogDay it traditionally marks the first stirrings of spring.

Happy Cross-Quarter day everyone. It has been 45 days since the Spring Equinox and we are just 45 days away from the summer solstice here in the southern hemisphere! Here's a picture of an analemma which I took which shows the motion of the sun in the sky over the course of a year if you photograph it at the same time each day. The figure 8 shape is caused by earth's tilt and the shape of our orbit. #analemma #crossquarterday