Vernal equinox: Equal day, night
...2012? Get dates of the vernal equinox. Plus, springtime photos, folklore, and more on Almanac.com! Signs of Spring by Emily Carlin The Spring Equinox (also called the Vernal Equinox) is tomorrow. March 20, 2012 at 12:14AM EST The light and dark are in …...info
Spring or vernal equinox: either way, Spring 2012 is here
...20, 2012 is the spring equinox (often called vernal equinox) and that should tell you far more: it's the first day of Spring (at least in the Northern Hemisphere). To be specific, the spring equinox was at 0514 UTC (or 1:14 a.m. EDT) this morning. Some have...info
When is Spring? Vernal Equinox 2012 Marks End of Winter, Earliest in Over a Century [PHOTOS]
...The date of Easter is also based off of the vernal equinox, celebrated on the first Sunday after the full moon after the vernal equinox. Persian New Year, or Nowruz, is also celebrated by Iranians and Kurds on the vernal equinox with a 13-day festival for...info
Vernal Equinox Pictures: First-Day-of-Spring Celebrations
...sunrise at the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico, during a festival for the first day of spring in March 2010. The vernal equinox of 2012 falls on Tuesday, March 20. The spring equinox is the first day of the solar new year and one of two days each...info
Vernal Equinox 2012 Brings Spring And Folk Beliefs - PostChronicle.com
...traditional events are tied to the equinox: Easter always falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Nowruz, known widely as the Persian New Year, takes place on the vernal equinox. And at sunrise on the spring equinox, Egypt's...info
Vernal Equinox 2012: First Day of Spring Is March 20
...directly overhead at the equator, which results in approximately 12 hours of daylight and darkness at all latitudes. The vernal equinox, or spring equinox, marks the first day of spring here in the Northern Hemisphere, and the first day of fall for those in...info
Spring equinox heralds start of the season, even if it feels like summer
...on March 21. But this year, in the Mountain and Pacific time zones and points west, spring came as early as March 19. “Vernal equinox occurs when the sun crosses the celestial equator and night and day are equal,†says Philip Sadler, a Professor at the Harvard-Smithsonian...info
Marimekko Google Doodle Marks Vernal Equinox
...the first official day of spring with a homepage doodle designed by Finnish fashion house Marimekko. March 20 marks the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere with the arrival of spring, while those in the Southern Hemisphere welcome fall. As a result,...info
Marimekko Google Doodle Marks Vernal Equinox
...the first official day of spring with a homepage doodle designed by Finnish fashion house Marimekko. March 20 marks the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere with the arrival of spring, while those in the Southern Hemisphere welcome fall. As a result,...info
Marimekko Google Doodle Marks Vernal Equinox
...the first official day of spring with a homepage doodle designed by Finnish fashion house Marimekko. March 20 marks the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere with the arrival of spring, while those in the Southern Hemisphere welcome fall. As a result,...info