{"id":2285,"date":"2014-03-18T11:14:46","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T18:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/?p=2285"},"modified":"2014-03-18T11:14:46","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T18:14:46","slug":"fascinating-facts-about-the-spring-equinox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/fascinating-facts-about-the-spring-equinox\/","title":{"rendered":"Fascinating Facts About the Spring Equinox"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year, the first day of spring, also called the spring or vernal equinox, is March 20 at 9:57 A.M. PDT. The word equinox comes from the Latin words meaning \u201cequal night.\u201d
\nThe spring equinox signals the start of nature\u2019s renewal in the Northern Hemisphere. And speaking of renewal, spring is a good time to save money and renew your car insurance with a new quote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Facts about the Vernal Equinox <\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\u2022\tThe first day of spring rarely has exactly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness.
\n\u2022\tThere is always a time each spring, and again in the fall, when the number of hours of light and darkness are equal, but it usually happens before the vernal equinox and after the autumnal equinox.
\n\u2022\tThe fall and spring equinoxes are the only two times during the year when the sun rises due east and sets due west.
\n\u2022\tThe equinoxes are the only days of the year when a person standing on the equator can see the sun passing directly overhead.
\n\u2022\tIf you’re at the equator during the vernal equinox, the sun will be directly overhead the entire day.
\n\u2022\tOn the Northern Hemisphere’s vernal equinox day, a person at the North Pole would see the sun moving across the horizon, starting six months of nonstop daylight.
\n\u2022\tPeople at the South Pole would also see the sun glide across the horizon, but for them it would mean the start of six straight months of darkness.
\n\u2022\tSpring almost always arrives on March 20 or 21, but sometimes comes on March 19.
\n\u2022\tThe first day of spring in the Southern Hemisphere is the date of the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, usually in September.
\n\u2022\tChildren grow faster in spring.
\n\u2022\tEaster always falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox.
\n\u2022\tEgyptians built the Great Sphinx so that it points directly toward the rising sun on the day of the vernal equinox.
\n\u2022\tIn Japan, during the March and September equinoxes, Higan is a week-long Buddhist celebration when families visit graves and hold reunions.
\n\u2022\tIn ancient Egypt and Persia decorated eggs were exchanged at the equinox (eggs were considered to represent creation and fertility).
\n\u2022\tThe first day of spring also marks the beginning of Nowruz, the Persian New Year.
\n\u2022\tHurricane season also begins in late spring.
\n\u2022\tTornado Alley is most active this time of year
\n\u2022\tSpring is fireball season, the nightly rate of bright meteors climbs during the weeks around the vernal equinox<\/p>\n

So get ready to welcome spring \u2013 catch a meteor shower or get a jump on your spring cleaning, And what better way to start the season than by saving money on your car insurance<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Do you have any special plans to welcome spring? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This year, the first day of spring, also called the spring or vernal equinox, is March 20 at 9:57 A.M. PDT. The word equinox comes from the Latin words meaning \u201cequal night.\u201d The spring equinox signals the start of nature\u2019s renewal in the Northern Hemisphere. And speaking of renewal, spring is a good time to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2287,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[695],"tags":[194,571],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}