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What is the Spring/Vernal Equinox?

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What is the Spring/Vernal Equinox?

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From Wikipedia- An Equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator. The name is derived from the Latin aequus (equal) and nox (night), because around the Equinox, the night and day are approximately equally long. The term “Equinox” can also be used in a broader sense, meaning the date when such a passage happens. The word is also used for the same event happening on other planets and in setting up a celestial coordinate system; see Equinox (celestial coordinates). At an Equinox, the Sun is at one of two opposite points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator (i.e. declination 0) and eclipticintersect. These points of intersection are called equinoctial points: the vernal point and the autumnal point. By extension, the termEquinox may denote an equinoctial point. An Equinox happens each year at two specific moments in time (rather than two whole days), when

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