![]() Humans have known about this for thousands of years and celebrated the changing of the seasons. Those places include, but are not limited to:ĭuring Earth’s annual orbit around the Sun, different parts of the planet get different amounts of sunlight-except at the equinoxes. Only an equinox does the Sun rises due east and sets due west, which over the centuries has meant something to many ancient cultures.Īs well as simply watching the Sun rise and set with the cardinal points, you could also travel to an ancient place to see the various alignments. The Sun being directly over the equator isn’t much to see, is it? The best way to “see” an equinox or a solstice is to watch at sunrise or sunset. ancient obelisks remains an enigma getty How to see the equinox Standing Stones at Avebury, England, at sunrise on the Vernal (Spring) Equinox. However, equinox itself is this year an excellent time to go stargazing because the night skies will be as dark as they ever get. It makes a massive difference if you’re trying to find faint star clusters and constellations.Īs the weeks draw on after equinox the days get longer than the nights-culminating in solstice, the longest day of the year-making stargazing ever more difficult, particularly for those in northern latitudes, where is never truly gets dark in June. It thus makes the night as dark as possible. Since a New Moon is roughly between the Earth and the Sun it is utterly invisible and its light never features it the night sky. ![]() The very next day after the spring equinox, at 17:23 UTC, a New Moon occurs. Half Marathon course runs on a mix (50/50) of paved & dirt country roads. ![]() Why is this equinox a great time to go stargazing? Welcome to the 6th Annual MaHalf Marathon & 4-Mile Both races start & finish at The Biergarten Anheuser-Busch Brewery 2351 Busch Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80524 4-Mile course is a square loop around the brewery on paved county roads. Winter is the opposite.Įquinoxes are when the planet is side-on to the Sun-when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is not tilted towards or away from the Sun, which sends equal amounts of daylight and darkness to all parts of our planet. During March it is springtime in the Northern hemisphere and March Equinox is called Vernal Equinox and Spring Equinox while it is an autumn time in the. The days are longer and more sunlight reaches it. Summer in the northern hemisphere-marked by June’s solstice-is when that half of the planet is tilted towards the Sun. Seasons are the direct result of our planet’s tilted axis, which changes the amount and intensity of sunlight bestowed on each hemisphere. This is the audio from the live guitar set performed in Ajjas studio on the 20th of March, 2021. Equinoxes and solstices mark the start and end of seasons. ![]()
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