Vernal equinox two moments in the year when the sun is exactly above the equator and day and night are of equal length.
Spring equinox solar system.
Learn facts about the solar system s genesis plus its planets moons and asteroids.
Equinoxes and solstices happen twice a year.
On the equinoxes the sun shines directly on the equator and the length of day and night is nearly equal but not quite.
Also either of the two points in the sky where the ecliptic the sun s annual pathway and the celestial equator intersect.
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Marking the equinox ancient cultures have tracked the equinoxes in different ways over the millennia.
Not entirely equal day night.
Seasons on other planets vernal equinox summer solstice.
In the northern hemisphere the vernal equinox falls about march 20 or 21 as the sun crosses the celestial equator going north.
When the vernal equinox takes place on march 20 earth will join venus and jupiter as the only planets in the solar system where it is now northern spring.
The word is derived from the latin.