Day and night are only equal on the winter and summer equinox.
The number of hours of daylight is greater than the number of hours of darkness during summer solstice, and the opposite is true during winter solstice. At the equator, the hours of daylight and darkness are usually equal throughout the year.
Equinox
The day when the number of daylight hours is equal to the number of darkness hours is known as the equinox. This occurs twice a year, usually around March 20th and September 22nd. At these times, the Earth's axis is not tilted towards or away from the sun, resulting in almost equal day and night.
In 2012, the day when spring and fall had roughly equal hours of daylight and darkness was the equinox on September 22nd. On this day, the lengths of day and night are approximately equal all around the world.
I'm guessing march?
As it is the month of an equinox, there is a fairly equal amount of darkness and light, so about 12 hours of daylight.
It is called the Autumnal Equinox. It is the day of equal daylight and darkness following the Summer Solstice. The first day of Spring is called the Vernal Equinox. It is the day of equal daylight and darkness following the Winter Solstice.
No. At an equinox, which happens in March and September, the amount of daylight and darkness are about equal.
It depends on where you are Not Really, If you live on the Equator, Every 24 hour period has 12 hours of daylight, and twelve hours of darkness. For every one else, there are only two 24 hour periods during the year When daylight hours equal night hours. These two days are the Vernal and Autumnal Equinox. (Equinox means equal). If you account for the differences in the number of daylight and dark hours in a 24 hour period, over an entire year, the average is 4380 hours each for daylight and darkness.
The hours of darkness and daylight would be equal.
The hours of darkness and daylight would be equal.
The month in which the hours of daylight and darkness are closest to those of March is September. This is because both months are near the equinoxes, when day and night are approximately equal in length. In March, the vernal equinox occurs, and in September, the autumnal equinox does, resulting in similar day length patterns.