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Is Spring Really — Finally
The equinox causes nearly equal day and night duration as Earth’s hemispheres receive balanced sunlight, with the event occurring precisely at 10:46 a.m. EST, meteorologists said.
- On March 20, the vernal equinox arrives, marking spring and fall across hemispheres, the Associated Press reports.
- Because Earth's axis is tilted, the equinox happens when the tilt is neither toward nor away from the sun, causing day and night to last nearly equal amounts and the word 'equinox' means equal night.
- Cultural traditions mark the equinox worldwide, with visitors gathering at sites like Chichen Itza and observing the serpent shadow at the El Castillo pyramid, Mexico.
- Immediate effects include changing day lengths and the sun rising almost exactly due east and setting almost exactly due west on the equinox.
- Astronomically, equinoxes can occur between March 19 and 21, while meteorologists define meteorological spring as beginning March 1 and note solstices fall between June 20 and 22.
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Is spring really — finally — here?
It’s far from clear if the weather is planning to cooperate, but spring arrives — technically, at least — Friday. The vernal equinox arrives on Friday, marking the start of the spring season for the Northern Hemisphere and the fall in the Southern Hemisphere. On the equator, the sun will be directly overhead at noon. Equinoxes are the only times when both the North and South poles are lit by sunshine at the same time. Equinoxes have been marked …
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