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In its apparent motion on the day of an equinox, the Sun's disk crosses the Earth's horizon directly to the east at sunrise; and again, some 12 hours later, directly to the west at sunset. The March equinox, like all equinoxes, is characterized by having an almost exactly equal amount of daylight and night across most latitudes on Earth. [14]
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. [a]
English: Sunset at the equinox days from the site of Pizzo Vento, Fondachelli Fantina, Sicily Italiano: tramonto nei giorni dell'Eqionozio dal sito di Pizzo Vento, Fondachelli Fantina, Scilia Date
The equinox occurs at 5:24 p.m. EDT Monday, March 20, the latest start to astronomical spring since 2019. This differs from meteorological spring, which beings on March 1 every year.
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The first day of spring, also known as the spring equinox, is March 19 this year, if you are using the widely accepted astronomical date. But if you use the meteorological date, the first day of ...
In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20 or 21 marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere's March.
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