The Tropic of Capricorn is an imaginary line of latitude located at approximately 23.5 degrees south of the equator. It is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark the Earth's axial tilt, along with the Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle, Tropic of Cancer, and the Equator. The Tropic of Capricorn passes through several countries including Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, South Africa, Australia, and Chile. It is significant because it represents the southernmost point on Earth where the sun is directly overhead at noon on the December solstice. This marks the beginning of the southern Hemisphere's summer and the northern Hemisphere's winter.
The Tropic of Capricorn is an imaginary line of latitude located at approximately 23.5 degrees south of the equator. It is one of the five major circles of latitude on Earth, along with the equator, the Arctic Circle, the Antarctic Circle, and the Tropic of Cancer. The Tropic of Capricorn marks the southernmost point at which the sun can be directly overhead at noon on the December solstice. It gets its name from the fact that, when it was named thousands of years ago, the sun was in the constellation Capricornus (the Sea Goat) during the December solstice. The exact location of the Tropic of Capricorn is not fixed and can shift slightly over time due to variations in the Earth's axial tilt.
