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

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

Then, in March, nature will once again bring us the vernal equinox, the time of year that ushers in spring in the North.

From National Geographic • Sep. 21, 2023

“The vernal equinox is a momentous poem among moments, overspilling its borders like the swelling of sunlight it heralds.”

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2023

Thus the errors of the calendar continued to increase until 1582, when the vernal equinox fell on the 11th instead of the 21st of March.

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