Jump to content
Bills Fans Gear Now Available! ×

Spring Equinox Tomorrow


Sherpa

Recommended Posts

Tomorrow is a big day in the astronomy world.

At 9:37 GMT, occurs the vernal, or spring equinox, as the sun will pass the celestial equator, crossing from the south to north hemisphere.

No matter where you live on earth, the sun will rise due east and set due west.

(Unless, of course, you are at the north or south pole, where there is no east or west).

 

A commonly stated error is that there will be precisely as much time in daylight and darkness.

That is not true because since the earth's atmosphere refracts sunlight giving us about eight mins more daylight at the equinox.

The day of exact equal daylight and darkness is always a few days earlier.

  • Like 4
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.



×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue., Guidelines