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Monday, 23 September 2013

Happy equinox!

I always wondered what the multi-hemispherical term for the Southern hemisphere's spring equinox/Northern hemisphere's autumn equinox was, and finally found one: the Southward equinox.
It's the moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator, heading southward, which this year happens today at 20:44. At the equinox, the sun rises directly in the east and sets directly in the west. Before the Southward equinox, the sun rises and sets more and more to the north, and afterwards, it rises and sets more and more to the south, which basically means summer is coming in the South, and Northeners need to start thinking about getting their winter woolies out...
Sunrise, spreading.

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