vernal equinox
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The odds also tend to increase around equinoxes — the vernal equinox occurred last week — due to a more favorable tilt in the Earth’s axis, Murtagh said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2024
In the Northern Hemisphere, the vernal equinox will officially take place this Tuesday, March 19, at 11:06 p.m.
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2024
Pretty much aligned with the vernal equinox, give or take a few days, St. Patrick’s Day lands just right on the calendar for a celebration.
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2024
More specifically, March 19, the spring, or vernal, equinox — also known as the first day of spring.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2024
In the first place we may notice that in the time of Hipparchus the vernal equinox was in the first degree of the Ram, from which our own arrangement has originated.
From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.
