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Sun over Earth’s equator at equinox
The 2016 autumnal equinox for the Northern Hemisphere (spring equinox for the Southern Hemisphere) will take place on Thursday, September 22, at 14:21 UTC. At this special moment – the instant of the September equinox – the midday sun is at zenith, or straight overhead, as seen from Earth’s equator. That’s the meaning of equinox. The September equinox sun crosses the sky’s equator, going from north to south.
http://earthsky.org/tonight/sun-over-earths-equator-at-equinox
