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Q: What day in 2012 is does spring and fall have equal hours of daylight and darkness?
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In the spring and fall, the hours of daylight and darkness are the same on what two days?

March equinox and September equinox : Daylight and darkness are of equal length on both the Vernal Point (Spring/March 20th 2011) and the Autumnal Point (Autumn/September 23rd 2011) .


Which phenomenon occurs when the Sun crosses the plane of Earths equator?

The Equinoxes - Autumnal and Vernal (or Spring). The hours of daylight equal the hours of darkness.


What is the name of the day in which the hours of daylight and darkness are equal?

Equinox


The hours of daylight and darkness in September are nearest equal to the hours of?

I'm guessing march?


What is the day when the hours of daylight are equal to the hours of darkness?

Thats the equinoxes, halfway between longest and shortest days, happens twice a year: Once in the spring and once in the autumn


On the fall equinox the hours of daylight are less than the hours of darkness?

No. The hours of darkness and day light are equal during autumnal equinox. (Both 12 hours)


The hours of daylight and darkness in September are nearest to hours of daylight and darkness in which month?

march


How does the number of hours of daylight compare to the number of hours of darkness on March 20 the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere?

March 20 and September 23 are the two equinox days when there are 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness at any place on the Earth.


How much daylight is there in Ireland in September?

As it is the month of an equinox, there is a fairly equal amount of darkness and light, so about 12 hours of daylight.


How would day and night be different if earth's axis were not titled?

The hours of darkness and daylight would be equal.


How would night and day be different if earth's axis were not titled?

The hours of darkness and daylight would be equal.


How many hours of darkness in 1 year?

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.