Vernal Equinox
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2015-03-20 Time
Friday, March 20, 2015 6:45 pm
Location
Worldwide (time is EDT)
Ohio
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Equinox is when the sun passes directly over the equaor. There are two equinoxes each year, and are the beginning of spring, and autumn.  On these days, the nights are equal in length at latitudes L° North and L° South. The word equinox comes from two Latin words meaning "equal" and "night". Around the day of the equinox, the length of the day is a little over twelve hours and the length of the night is a little under twelve hours because the sun is not a point in the sky and because the sunlight bends as it comes to earth. The exact day and time when this happens depend on how far away from the equator it is being measured.


The Vernal Equinox comes about 12 hours after the Solar Eclipse. A New Year begins on a day charged with the New Moon of the Solar Eclipse. This points to a year of numerous endings and beginnings, and a year of self discovery.



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Kahaluu Girl
I am so put of touch these days, so glad to see this, thanks Marge!
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