About this episode
The episode discusses the arrival of spring and the significance of the spring equinox.
On Friday, March 20, at 9:46 a.m., the sun crossed the celestial equator — marking the spring equinox. As the term “equinox” indicates, there is roughly equal time between sunrise and sunset around the globe.
Topics covered
- spring
- equinox
- seasonal changes
- nature
- daylight
Keywords
- spring equinox
- celestial equator
- sunrise
- sunset
- seasonal changes
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