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What does equinox mean?

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  1. (astronomy) The intersection of the apparent path of the sun in the sky (the ecliptic) with the celestial equator.
  2. One of the two days on which this intersection occurs each year: (for the Northern hemisphere) March 20 or 21 in the spring and September 22 or 23 in the autumn.
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Well, I use the Autumn equinox as a time to say goodbye to Summer and to welcome the fall.
The determination of the date of Easter is governed by a computation based on the vernal equinox and the phase of the moon.
The tropical year when the earth in its revolution passes from one equinox or tropic to the same again.
They are seasonal visitors which migrate to warmer waters when the days get shorter after the autumn equinox.
The autumnal equinox is the first day of autumn and occurs when the North Pole begins to lean away from the sun.
Although it marks the autumnal equinox here, it is still a good time for tree planting and a time of vigorous growth.

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