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The equinoxes, along with solstices, are directly related to the seasons of the year. In the northern hemisphere, the vernal equinox (March) conventionally marks the beginning of spring in most cultures[4] and is considered the New Year in the Persian calendar or Iranian calendars as Nouroz (means new day), while the autumnal equinox (September) marks the beginning of autumn. In the southern hemisphere, the vernal equinox occurs in September and the autumnal equinox in March.
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equinox is the moment in which the plane of Earth's equator passes through the center of the Sun,[2]which occurs twice each year, around 20 March and 23 September.On an equinox, day and night are of approximately equal duration all over the planet. They are not exactly equal, however, due to the angular size of the sun and atmospheric refraction. To avoid this ambiguity, the word equilux is sometimes used to mean a day in which the durations of light and darkness are equal.[3][note 1]See Length of equinoctial day and night for further discussion.
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The equinoxes are the only times when the solar terminator (the "edge" between night and day) is perpendicular to the equator. As a result, the northern and southern hemispheres are equally illuminated. The word comes from Latin equi or "equal" and nox meaning "night".
In other words, the equinoxes are the only times when the subsolar point is on the equator, meaning that the Sun is exactly overhead at a point on the equatorial line. The subsolar point crosses the equator moving northward at the March equinox and southward at the September equinox.
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- Spring equinox and fall (or autumn) equinox: colloquial names based on the seasons. However, these can be ambiguous since the northern hemisphere's spring is the southern hemisphere's autumn, and vice versa. The Latinate names vernal equinox (spring) and autumnal equinox (fall) are often used to the same effect.
- March equinox and September equinox: names referring to the months of the year they occur, with no ambiguity as to which hemisphere is the context. They are still not universal, however, as not all cultures use a solar-based calendar where the equinoxes occur every year in the same month (as they do not in the Islamic calendar and Hebrew calendar, for example).
- Northward equinox and southward equinox: names referring to the apparent direction of motion of the Sun. The northward equinox occurs in March when the sun crosses the equator from south to north, and the southward equinox occurs in September when the sun crosses the equator from north to south. These terms can be used unambiguously for other planets.
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Durand Eastman Park
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With over 5,000 ft of glimmering sand along the Lake Ontario shore, amidst the backdrop of 1,000 acres of forested rolling hills, freshwater marsh, and mirror-like ponds, Durand Eastman is easily one of Rochester’s most beautiful parks. Situated in the Town of Irondequoit, west of the bay, the property, which once belonged to the City of Rochester, is now owned and managed by the Monroe County Parks Department. Despite its urban proximity, when walking within the park, much of the feeling of the surrounding development is removed and the sights, sounds and appreciation of nature take over.
The park’s main draw is its fantastic sandy beach, which is isolated from Lake Shore Blvd by a thick line of trees and is instantly accessible from the main road.
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More information:
Old Farmer’s Almanac
On the vernal equinox, day and night are each approximately 12 hours long (with the actual time of equal day and night, in the Northern Hemisphere, occurring a few days before the vernal equinox). The Sun crosses the celestial equator going northward; it rises exactly due east and sets exactly due west. See our First Day of Spring page...
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