Precisely when will the fall equinox happen? Here are the answers to some fall equinox questions.
By Forrest Brown, CNN Twice a year, the sun doesn’t play favorites. Everyone on Earth is seemingly on equal status – at least when it comes to the amount of light and dark that they get.
People are also reading… But during the equinox, everyone from pole to pole gets to enjoy a 12/12 split of day and night. Well, there’s just one rub – it isn’t as perfectly “equal” as you might have thought. “Meteorological fall is different … in that the dates never change and are based on climatological seasons rather than Earth’s angle relative to the sun. These are perhaps the seasons that more people are familiar with,” Chinchar says.
Why does fall equinox happen?The Earth rotates along an imaginary line that runs from North Pole to South Pole. It’s called the axis, and this rotation is what gives us day and night. What did our ancestors know?Long before the age of clocks, satellites and modern technology, our ancient ancestors knew a lot about the movement of the sun across the sky – enough to build massive monuments and temples that, among other purposes, served as giant calendars to mark the seasons.• Stonehenge : Many mysteries about these giant slabs remain, but we do know they are aligned to mark the yearly passage of the sun.
What are some fall equinox festivals and rituals?All around the world, the fall equinox has weaved its way into our cultures and celebrations.
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