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The Sun is directly overhead the equator two times per year, known as the Equinoxes.

In the northern hemisphere, the Spring Equinox occurs on March 20 and the Fall

Equinox occurs on September 22.

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The day in which the sun is directly over the equator is called?

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What is it called when the sun is directly over the equator and the day experiences equal amounts of light and dark?

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Does a equinox have sun rays that shine directly over head?

The sun's rays are always directly overhead somewhere on earth. Twice a year,at the moment of each equinox, that place is somewhere on the equator.


Where does the sun shine directly overhead on September twenty first?

It is called the Equinox. It is when both axis of the world are facing away from the sun. The sun's plane then is directly over the Equator. It happens twice a year, there is the September Equinox and the March Equinox.


What is it when the sun is directly over earth's equator?

The equinox.


How many times a year does the sun pass direclty over the equator?

technically it passes twice around the equator each year because the earth moves really slow.


The sun is directly over the equator on October 16 or 17?

No. The sun is directly over the equator once near March 21 and again near September 21.


During an equinox the sun is directly over what part of earth?

During an equinox, the sun is directly over the equator of the Earth. This causes the length of day and night to be nearly equal all over the world.


When the sun passes directly over the equator that is a?

That is known as the equinox, which occurs twice a year in spring and autumn. During the equinox, day and night are approximately equal in length all over the world.


An equinox occurs when?

There is an equinox in the spring called the vernal equinox, and one in the fall called the autumnal equinox. They happen at the moment that the center of the sun is in the earth's equatorial plane. In other words, they occur at the moments when the sun passes directly over the equator.


How would the meridian appear if you are directly over the equator?

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What is the term when the sun is directly over the equator?

It's called the Equinox, which happens biannually, one called Vernal Equinox (Spring), and one called Autumnal Equinox (Fall).