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The March equinox is known as the vernal equinox (spring equinox) in the Northern Hemisphere and as the autumnal equinox (autumn equinox or fall equinox) in the Southern Hemisphere. [ 8 ][ 7 ][ 10 ] On the Gregorian calendar, the northward equinox can occur as early as 19 March or as late as 21 March at 0° longitude.
Equinox. A solar equinox is a moment in time when the Sun crosses the Earth's equator, which is to say, appears directly above the equator, rather than north or south of the equator. On the day of the equinox, the Sun appears to rise "due east" and set "due west". This occurs twice each year, around 20 March and 23 September.
The September equinox (or southward equinox) is the moment when the Sun appears to cross the celestial equator, heading southward. Because of differences between the calendar year and the tropical year, the September equinox may occur from September 21 to 24. At the equinox, the Sun as viewed from the equator rises due east and sets due west.
17:37. 21. 14:14. A solstice is the time when the Sun reaches its most northerly or southerly excursion relative to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere. Two solstices occur annually, around 20-22 June and 20-22 December. In many countries, the seasons of the year are defined by reference to the solstices and the equinoxes.
Vernal Equinox Day, a holiday in Japan (in March) Spring Equinox: Moon's Milk or Under an Unquiet Skull, a 1998 EP by Coil. Vernal Equinox (album), by Jon Hassell, 1977. "Vernal Equinox", a song by Can from the 1975 album Landed.
For example, according to the Western (Gregorian) calendar, the first Paschal Full Moon after the Spring Equinox (March 21) fell on Monday, April 14, 2014. The following Sunday, April 20, was, therefore, Easter Day. According to the Orthodox (Julian) calendar (which is 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar), the Spring Equinox also falls on ...
The Wheel of the Year in the Northern Hemisphere.Some Pagans in the Southern Hemisphere advance these dates six months to coincide with their own seasons.. The Wheel of the Year is an annual cycle of seasonal festivals, observed by a range of modern pagans, marking the year's chief solar events (solstices and equinoxes) and the midpoints between them.
Equinox (celestial coordinates) In astronomy, an equinox is either of two places on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator. [1][2][3] Although there are two such intersections, the equinox associated with the Sun 's ascending node is used as the conventional origin of celestial coordinate systems and ...