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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]
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.
The Persian calendar begins each year at the northward equinox, observationally determined at Tehran. [15] The Indian national calendar starts the year on the day next to the vernal equinox on 22 March (21 March in leap years) with a 30-day month (31 days in leap years), then has 5 months of 31 days followed by 6 months of 30 days. [15]
In 2024, the autumnal equinox falls on Sunday, Sept. 22 at 8:43 a.m. EDT, the earliest start to astronomical fall since 1796, when it occurred on Sept. 22 at 3:27 a.m. LMT. While this equinox ...
Updated September 16, 2024 at 4:31 PM. Labor Day, often called the "unofficial end" to summer, has ushered a new season. With it come pumpkin spice lattes and harvest decorations lining store ...
The winter solstice, also called the hibernal solstice, occurs when either of Earth 's poles reaches its maximum tilt away from the Sun. This happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere (Northern and Southern). For that hemisphere, the winter solstice is the day with the shortest period of daylight and longest night of the year, and when the ...
Fall aboard! The autumnal equinox marks the start, happening at 8:43 a.m. ET on Sunday, Sept. 22. Here's everything you need to know about the season.
In the higher latitude countries in the Northern Hemisphere, autumn traditionally starts with the September equinox (21 to 24 September) [8] and ends with the winter solstice (21 or 22 December). [9] Popular culture in the United States associates Labor Day, the first Monday in September, as the end of summer and the start of autumn.