Spring is blooming and with it comes the spring equinox. This celestial event occurs annually, marking the moment when the Earth's axis is neither tilted away from nor toward the sun, resulting in ...
South of the equator in the Southern Hemisphere, it's known as the vernal or spring equinox and marks the beginning of spring. During the autumnal equinox, the Earth's axis is tilted neither ...
For the southern hemisphere, this equinox rings in the opposite season: the beginning of spring. There are two reasons for these all-important seasonal shifts: the Earth's tilted axis and the ...
Meteosat-9, a European weather satellite, has in the past captured a snapshot of Earth’s terminator during the vernal equinox, which denotes the astronomical start of spring. The fall equinox ...
If there’s any astrological moment that captures this vibe, it’s the fall equinox, a moment each year where day and night are essentially equivalent. We’re not knocking the spring equinox ...
22 in the Northern Hemisphere (just days after the Harvest full moon), the autumn equinox signifies the arrival of the fall season. There is also a spring equinox which signifies a similar ...
You can find equinox celebrations in cultures across the world. Buddhists in Japan celebrate Higan during the week of the fall and spring equinoxes as a time of reflection. Map: These 20 states ...