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
More specifically, March 19, the spring, or vernal, equinox — also known as the first day of spring.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 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 other two systems, including the vernal equinox, are fixed on the celestial sphere, and so seem to us to perform a diurnal revolution from east towards west.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
