The sun will be over the equator on the Autumnal equinox. Everyone in the world gets a day and night lasting around 12 hours each.
The first day of autumn is marked by the September equinox. The Autumnal equinox marks the beginning of spring in the south.
The sun will rise from the east and set from the west on the day of the autumnal equinox.
The myths of the polar night and the autumnal equinox are related.
One of the two equinoxes is the Autumnal equinox. The start of spring in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern hemisphere is marked by the March equinox.
The sun and Earth are tilted in relation to each other. Not all parts of the planet get the same amount of light from the sun at different times.
Throughout the year, this direction points towards the North Star, but it does not point towards the sun.
Imagine taking a giant pencil and pushing it through the center of Earth so the tip comes from the South Pole and the end sticks out of the North Pole.
The northern hemisphere gets more sunlight than the southern hemisphere due to the fact that the pencil is tilted toward the sun. Summer is in the north and winter in the south.
The tip of the eraser is pointed away from the sun in December. The southern hemisphere has its summer and the northern hemisphere has its winter.
Twice a year, this imaginary pencil is pointed in a certain direction. The sun is positioned above the equator and both the north and south get the same amount of sunlight.
The day for both hemispheres lasts almost exactly 12 hours at these times.
The time of the equinoxes is shifted back by 5 hours and 48 minutes each year due to the Earth's position around the sun.
The Autumnal and March equinoxes will occur on Sept. 23 and March 20 respectively.
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