Autumnal Equinox (also known as September Equinox or Fall Equinox) marks the moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator – the imaginary line in the sky above the Earth’s equator – from north to south and vice versa in March.
It arrives on September 22, 2023 at 1421 UTC. Although the equinox happens at the same moment worldwide, your clock times will depend on your time zone. For time zones in the continental U.S., this equinox comes at 10:21 a.m. EDT, 9:21 a.m. CDT, 8:21 a.m. MDT or 7:21 a.m. PDT.
At the equinox, days and nights are approximately equal in length. For those people who live in the Northern Hemisphere, the sun is rising later now, and nightfall comes sooner. They're enjoying the cooler days of autumn. Meanwhile, south of the equator, spring is about to begin.
During Autumnal Equinox, birds and butterflies are migrating southward along with the path of the sun.
Chill is in the air. In New York City and other fashionable places, people have stopped wearing white. Creatures of the wild are putting on their winter coats.
Autumn flies by in a flash, so take advantage of the crisp weather and beautiful foliage with this list of fun things to do in the fall shared by Realsimple.com.