During the two equinoxes in spring and fall, the days and nights are of equal length. This is because of the position of the earth in its orbit around the sun.
Equinox means the length of a day and night are equal for all parts of the world. This happens twice a year and happens on one day each time.
the length of day time for the autumnal equinox is 12 hours day and night
24 hours, just like all the other 363 days of the year.
The length of day at the autumn equinox - is 12 hours.
O none silly there is no such thing
24 hours of "dusk"
The adjectives vernal and autumnal mean "of spring" and "of autumn (fall)" respectively. The equinox, when the day and night are even, occurs twice a year. Once in spring and once in autumn (fall) as we move from the extremes of the summer and winter solstices. Therefore we have a vernal equinox (in spring) and an autumnal equinox (in autumn/fall).
I was doing a search myself about this and came across a site which said: Friday 20th March 2009. On the day of the Autumn Equinox, the Earth's poles are the same distance from the Sun. The Sun rises due east, sets due west and reaches 52 degrees above the horizon at noon. There are roughly 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night. Peace Manda {| |+ |- ! valign="top" | | ! valign="top" | | |}
Sun rises and set due to rotation of earth. As sun moves from equator length of day increases or decreases depend upon which hemisphere sun is i.e. deceleration of sun. Length of the day rapidly increases towards the pole. As per your question it depended upon your position w.r.t. latitude. If you are close to pole length of the day increases more than if you are close to equator.
Far from being an arbitrary indicator of the changing seasons, March 20 (March 21 in some years) is significant for astronomical reasons. On March 20, 2008, at precisely 1:48 A.M. EDT (March 20, 05:48 Universal Time), the Sun will cross directly over the Earth's equator. This moment is known as the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. For the Southern Hemisphere, this is the moment of the autumnal equinox.This also happens on September 22/23The days and nights are of equal length
There is no such things as summer and winter equinoxes. You have spring and autumn equinoxes, when the amount of daylight and darkness are equal. In summer and winter you have solstices, when you have the longest and shortest days in terms of the amount of daylight. The equinoxes are when the Equator transits the Ecliptic making the Sun appear as if it is moving either North or South depending on what part of the Ecliptic the Earth is in relative to it's rotation around the Sun. March and September. Called the Spring and Autumn equinoxes and when one hemisphere is in the Spring Equinox, the other is in the Autumn Equinox. Same point on the Ecliptic. "Beware the Ides of March."
Both.
The length of day and night is equal at the Vernal and Autumnal equinox.
The length of day and night is equal at the Vernal and Autumnal equinox.
During the Autumn equinox the length of the day and night are nearly equal. The length of the day on the equinox is approximately twelve hours.
An equinox occurs when the length of the day is equal to the length of the night. Here on Earth, it occurs around March 21 (the Vernal Equinox) and September 21 (the Autumnal Equinox).
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The word is "equinoctial" = equal day and night. It occurs twice a year, on the first day of Spring, and the first day of Autumn.
Google it. Or read what I have wrote: An Autumnal equinox occurs on September 2. It is a day when the day time approximately equals night time.
The autumnal equinox is also known as the fall equinox and the September equinox. An example of a sentence using "autumnal equinox" is "This year's autumnal equinox falls on a full moon. "
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At any of the equinoxes, both the day and the night have about 12 hours each, almost anywhere on Earth.