What is solar equinox?
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I don't think a solar equinox exists. There is a Vernal Equinox and an Autumnal Equinox.
An Equinox according to Dictionary.com is:
e·qui·nox ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kw-nks, kw-)
n.
Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.
Either of the two times during a year when the sun crosses the celestial equator and when the length of day and night are approximately equal; the vernal equinox or the autumnal equinox.
The word equinox derives from the Latin word for equal night. The equinoxes are the two days each year when the middle of the Sun is an equal amount of time above and below the horizon for every location on Earth.
The Sun is at its lowest path in the sky on the Winter Solstice. After that day the Sun follows a higher and higher path through the sky each day until it is in the sky for exactly 12 hours. On the Spring Equinox the Sun rises exactly in the east travels through the sky for 12 hours and sets exactly in the west. On the Equinox this is the motion of the Sun through the sky for everyone on earth. Every place on earth experiences a 12 hours day twice a year on the Spring and Fall Equinox.
Its when there is an equal amount of daytime to night time in a single day.
Solar Equinox doesn't exist.
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