vernal equinox

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator while tilting towards the observer, taking place in March in the northern hemisphere (March equinox) and September in the southern hemisphere (September equinox).

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vernal equinox.wav

vernal equinox vernal equinoxes

northward equinox spring equinox

autumnal equinox southward equinox

vernal equinoctial

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.

Back to search All on V Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary