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Vernal Equinox Comes to Northern Hemisphere on March 20, 2009
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by Tina Kells | March 10, 2009 at 11:36 am
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The vernal equinox will come to the Northern Hemisphere on March 20, 2009 marking one of two annual dates when the day and night are of equal lengths. The other equinox, called the autumnal equinox, occurs in September.
Equinox literally means "equal night". On the vernal (spring) and autumnal (fall) equinoxes, day and night are the same length. Neither hemisphere gets more sunlight than the other, so both have similar seasons (fall in one hemisphere and spring in the other).
How high the Sun gets in your sky, and how long it is above the horizon during the day, depend not only on the season, but also on your latitude.
During an equinox the Sun is at the Earth's equator meaning that both hemispheres of the planet are exposed to the same amount of sunlight. The Sun's equatorial positioning also means that the day and night are the same length.
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at 19:01 on March 20th, 2009
YES VERY TRUE AND I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE EQUINOX...A TIME FOR NEW BEGINNINGS.MAY YOU ALL AS WELL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL YEAR TO COME..
at 11:16 on August 4th, 2009
ohh…nice post but really?/? :P
at 15:30 on August 7th, 2009
Im excited about the equinox, if given a chance i want to see that coz it sounds pretty amazing and cool.
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at 10:41 on August 19th, 2009
Cheers for the post, interesting stuff.
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