September 22
In 2011, the Autumnal Equinox begins on September 23rd.
Another expression for the fall equinox is the "autumnal equinox." This event marks the point in the year when day and night are approximately equal in length, typically occurring around September 22 or 23 in the Northern Hemisphere. It signifies the transition from summer to autumn.
The Fall Equinox of 2014 is on Tuesday, September 23. It will be at 10:29 PM Eastern Standard Time. This is when the day and night are equal.
The vernal equinox is in March in the northern hemisphere and in September in the southern hemisphere.
On March 20, the subsolar point, where the sun is directly overhead at noon, is located at the equator (0° latitude). This date marks the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, resulting in nearly equal day and night lengths across the globe. As the sun moves northward after this point, the Northern Hemisphere begins to experience spring while the Southern Hemisphere transitions into autumn.
Subsolar PointBy definition, the subsolar point is the point on the Earth's surface at which the Sun is at its highest (or lowest) latitude at local solar noon. The Subsolar point changes continually as the Earth rotates and seasonally moving from 23.5 degrees South to 23.5 degrees North (the solstices) and back throughout the year. To the extent that the subsolar point is directly beneath the sun (i.e., when the sun's rays are exactly perpendicular to the Earth's surface), it would also be true that the closest point on Earth to the sun at that particular point in time would be the subsolar point.
The "autumnal equinox" is a single point in time, not a period. In 2015, the autumnal equinox will happen at 08:20 (UT) on the 23rd September.
The Subsolar Point is the shortest distance between the Earth and Sun. The distance constantly changes, because of orbits, drifts, shifts, tilts, etc. However, by definition, the subsolar point is the point on the Earth's surface where the Sun is at its highest (or lowest) latitude at local solar noon. Subsolar points change daily moving from 23.5° South to 23.5° North (the solstices) and back throughout the year. To the extent that the subsolar point is directly beneath the sun (i.e., when the sun's rays are exactly perpendicular to the Earth's surface), it would also be true that the closest point on Earth to the sun at that particular point in time would be the subsolar point. NOTE: The shortest distance between two bodies forms a perpendicular line between the closest parallel planes of both bodies. Subsolar point is the term used to identify the point on a planet which is closest to the sun at any given moment.
No. The "sub-solar" point is that point on the Earth where the Sun is STRAIGHT UP from there.
On March 21, the subsolar point is located at the Tropic of Cancer at approximately 23.5 degrees north latitude. This is because the tilt of the Earth's axis causes the Sun to be directly overhead at either the Tropic of Cancer (23.5 degrees North) on the March equinox or the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degrees South) on the September equinox.
Yes, on December 22 the subsolar point is at the Tropic of Capricorn, not the Tropic of Cancer. The subsolar point shifts between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn throughout the year as the Earth moves along its orbit around the Sun.
The location where the sun's rays are striking at a 90-degree angle is called the subsolar point. This point moves throughout the day due to Earth's rotation and tilt.
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) .
No. September has an equinox.
The fall equinox occurs in September in the Northern Hemisphere.
The spring equinox is March 21, The fall equinox is September 23