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The March equinox [7] [8] or northward equinox [9] is the equinox on the Earth when the subsolar point appears to leave the Southern Hemisphere and cross the celestial equator, heading northward as seen from Earth. The March equinox is known as the vernal equinox (spring equinox) in the Northern Hemisphere and as the autumnal equinox (autumn ...
The Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, often near the autumnal equinox day, and is an official holiday in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and in many countries with a significant Chinese minority. As the lunar calendar is not synchronous with the Gregorian calendar, this date could be anywhere from mid ...
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.
Since the September Equinox occurs in the autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and coincides with the fall harvest, many ancient harvest festivals take place around this time, according to History.com.
The equinox will arrive at 6:50 a.m. UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) Saturday, September 23. For people in places such as Toronto and Raleigh, North Carolina, that’s 2:50 a.m. local time.
Our home planet, Earth, as seen at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, the day before the fall equinox. During the autumnal equinox, the sun shines directly on the equator, and the northern and southern ...
Frequency. annual. Autumnal Equinox Day (秋分の日, Shūbun no Hi) is a public holiday in Japan that usually occurs on September 22 or 23, the date of Southward equinox in Japan Standard Time (autumnal equinox can occur on different dates for different time zones). Due to the necessity of recent astronomical measurements, the date of the ...
Cooler weather and changing leaves aside, astronomy—and more specifically, the autumn equinox—tells us when the official first day of fall will arrive. The date varies slightly but is usually ...