Equinox

UTC Date and Time of solstices and equinoxes
year	Equinox Mar		Solstice June		Equinox Sept		Solstice Dec
	day	time	day	time	day	time	day	time
2010	20	17:32:13	21	11:28:25	23	03:09:02	21	23:38:28
2011	20	23:21:44	21	17:16:30	23	09:04:38	22	05:30:03
2012	20	05:14:25	20	23:09:49	22	14:49:59	21	11:12:37
2013	20	11:02:55	21	05:04:57	22	20:44:08	21	17:11:00
2014	20	16:57:05	21	10:51:14	23	02:29:05	21	23:03:01
2015	20	22:45:09	21	16:38:55	23	08:20:33	22	04:48:57
2016	20	04:30:11	20	22:34:11	22	14:21:07	21	10:44:10
2017	20	10:28:38	21	04:24:09	22	20:02:48	21	16:28:57
2018	20	16:15:27	21	10:07:18	23	01:54:05	21	22:23:44
2019	20	21:58:25	21	15:54:14	23	07:50:10	22	04:19:25
2020	20	03:50:36	20	21:44:40	22	13:31:38	21	10:02:19
2021	20	09:37:27	21	03:32:08	22	19:21:03	21	15:59:16
2022	20	15:33:23	21	09:13:49	23	01:03:40	21	21:48:10
2023	20	21:24:24	21	14:57:47	23	06:49:56	22	03:27:19
style="background-color:gold"2024	20	03:06:21	20	20:50:56	22	12:43:36	21	09:20:30
2025	20	09:01:25	21	02:42:11	22	18:19:16	21	15:03:01
2026	20	14:45:53	21	08:24:26	23	00:05:08	21	20:50:09
2027	20	20:24:36	21	14:10:45	23	06:01:38	22	02:42:04
2028	20	02:17:02	20	20:01:54	22	11:45:12	21	08:19:33
2029	20	08:01:52	21	01:48:11	22	17:38:23	21	14:13:59
2030	20	13:51:58	21	07:31:11	22	23:26:46	21	20:09:30
2031	20	19:40:51	21	13:17:00	23	05:15:10	22	01:55:25
2032	20	01:21:45	20	19:08:38	22	11:10:44	21	07:55:48
2033	20	07:22:35	21	01:00:59	22	16:51:31	21	13:45:51
2034	20	13:17:20	21	06:44:02	22	22:39:25	21	19:33:50
2035	20	19:02:34	21	12:32:58	23	04:38:46	22	01:30:42
2036	20	01:02:40	20	18:32:03	22	10:23:09	21	07:12:42
2037	20	06:50:05	21	00:22:16	22	16:12:54	21	13:07:33
2038	20	12:40:27	21	06:09:12	22	22:02:05	21	19:02:08
2039	20	18:31:50	21	11:57:14	23	03:49:25	22	00:40:23
2040	20	00:11:29	20	17:46:11	22	09:44:43	21	06:32:38
2041	20	06:06:36	20	23:35:39	22	15:26:21	21	12:18:07
2042	20	11:53:06	21	05:15:38	22	21:11:20	21	18:03:51
2043	20	17:27:34	21	10:58:09	23	03:06:43	22	00:01:01
2044	19	23:20:20	20	16:50:55	22	08:47:39	21	05:43:22
2045	20	05:07:24	20	22:33:41	22	14:32:42	21	11:34:54
2046	20	10:57:38	21	04:14:26	22	20:21:31	21	17:28:16
2047	20	16:52:26	21	10:03:16	23	02:07:52	21	23:07:01
2048	19	22:33:37	20	15:53:43	22	08:00:26	21	05:02:03
2049	20	04:28:24	20	21:47:06	22	13:42:24	21	10:51:57
2050	20	10:19:22	21	03:32:48	22	19:28:18	21	16:38:29

An equinox is when the sun passes directly over the equator. There are two equinoxes each year. Equinox can also mean either of the two days when this happens. 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".

How the Sun lights the Earth on the day of equinox

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. They are not exactly equal 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. They occur on or around March 21 and September 21. Solstices fall around June 21st and December 21st at odd intervals.

The equinoxes are the beginning of spring, and autumn (or fall in the US).

The time of daylight is quite easy to measure. This was done in many cultures where festivals were celebrated at the equinoxes.

Related pages

• Solstice