It's the first day of spring, and here are some facts about it to make you sound smart!

Spring is here! This is what we're expecting in North Texas.

Sure, Meteorological Spring has already arrived back on March 1 , but the beginning of Astronomical Spring is marked by the Vernal Equinox, which takes place today.

Equinox is a Latin word that rough translates to"equal nights" -- fitting, since the Vernal Equinox marks when daytime and nighttime are nearly equal. Today, it gets pretty darn close here in North Texas: Sunrise was at 7:33 a.m., and sunset will happen at 7:39 p.m. The reason the hours of daylight and nighttime are not exactly equal has to do with how we measure sunrise and sunset. We measure sunrise/sunset by when the first sliver of the sun arrives on the horizon and when the last sliver disappears, which causes the hours of daylight and nighttime to not be exactly equal on the equinox. If we measured sunrise and sunset by when the center point of the sun crossed the horizon, then the hours of daylight and nighttime would be equal.

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