This graphic shows the Earth's postition on its orbit around the sun on August 1st with colors that indicate the northern hemisphere's seasons. Based on this graphics we can say that we are in the middle of summer. Popularly seen August is the last summer month. Astronomically seen the days are getting shorter for fourty days already, and the sun's declination will decrease by almost 10° in August which will probably bring noticeable changes to the weather and temperature system and indicate that we are approaching autumn.
