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the day the sun calls a brief, perfect truce between light and dark
means One of the two days each year when day and night are of roughly equal length, marking the start of spring or autumn.
from From Latin aequinoctium, a tidy welding of aequus, 'equal,' and nox, 'night' — literally 'equal night.' The same nox lurks in 'nocturnal,' while aequus shows up everywhere we want fairness: 'equal,' 'equity,' 'equator.' So the word means exactly what it says: the night, for once, matches the day.
- latin roots
- means equal night in Latin
- not exactly equal
- sunlight refraction makes day slightly longer
- egg myth
- eggs balance no better than any other day
- twice yearly
- happens every March and September
- sun crosses
- sun sits directly above the equator
march equinox 2024 — occurred on march 19, 2024 at 11:06 pm utc, marking equal day/night in northern hemisphere spring
september equinox 2024 — occurred on september 22, 2024 at 8:43 pm utc, marking equal day/night in northern hemisphere fall
chichen itza shadow — mayan pyramid in mexico creates serpent shadow effect during equinoxes, visible to thousands annually