The vernal equinox occurs today at 12:15 Eastern Daylight Time. That...  ...today is when winter ends and spring begins! The equinox involves science, space, weather, history, folklo...  ...ead about all these things as they pertain to the equinox at Vox. (Image credit: Flickr...

The Autumnal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere occurs on Friday, mean...  ...lobal, the date is now often called the September Equinox . The exact equinox point will be at 4:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, y...  ...ight Time, your mileage may vary. We say that the *strong class...

Shine on, shine on Harvest Moon, up in the sky&hel...  ...full moon that occurs the closest to the autumnal equinox . In 2017, the equinox falls almost exactly halfway between two full moo...  ...arvest Moon, because it is slightly closer to the equinox on September 22 than the...

Embed from Getty Images Nowruz is the Persian Ne...  ...sian New Year holiday, which starts at the vernal equinox . Although it has a Zoroastrian origin, it is cele...

This amazing sundial at the Ecole Supérieure...  ..."solstice." On the days of the spring and autumn equinoxes , the sunlight forms the word " equinoxe ." Link | Photo: Jean-Marc Mari

The vernal equinox is a day earlier than usual this year because we...  ...rn part of the country. Some people celebrate the equinox by standing a broom on end or standing an egg on...  ...r standing an egg on its end. Why? One thing the equinox does not not NOT NOT mean is tha...

[caption id="attachment_26443" align="aligncenter"...  ...Day is gorgeous!  September 22nd was the Autumn equinox , where we all experienced nearly 12 hours of dayl...