{"id":7416,"date":"2026-01-15T08:50:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.centralcoastclsa.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7416"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:54:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:54:24","slug":"vernal-equinox","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.centralcoastclsa.org\/index.php\/event\/vernal-equinox\/","title":{"rendered":"Vernal Equinox"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From Wikipedia (Full article here<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A solar equinox<\/strong> is a moment in time when the Sun<\/a> appears directly above<\/a> the equator, rather than to its north or south. On the day of the equinox, the Sun appears to rise directly east and set directly west. This occurs twice each year, around 20 March<\/a> and 23 September<\/a>.[a]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An equinox is equivalently defined as the time when the plane<\/a> of Earth’s equator passes through the geometric center of the Sun<\/a>‘s disk.[7]<\/a><\/sup>[8]<\/a><\/sup> This is also the moment when Earth’s rotation axis<\/a> is directly perpendicular to the Sun-Earth line, tilting neither toward nor away from the Sun. In modern times[when?<\/a><\/em>]<\/sup>, since the Moon (and to a lesser extent the planets) causes Earth’s orbit<\/a> to vary slightly<\/a> from a perfect ellipse<\/a>, the equinox is officially defined by the Sun’s more regular ecliptic longitude<\/a> rather than by its declination<\/a>. The instants of the equinoxes are currently defined to be when the apparent geocentric longitude of the Sun is 0\u00b0 and 180\u00b0.[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n

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