{"id":5969,"date":"2010-09-23T09:42:02","date_gmt":"2010-09-23T08:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5969"},"modified":"2010-09-23T10:45:23","modified_gmt":"2010-09-23T09:45:23","slug":"autumn-equinox-or-is-it-equilux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/09\/autumn-equinox-or-is-it-equilux\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Equinox &#8211; or is it Equilux?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Autumn Equinox is here. An\u00a0<strong>equinox<\/strong> occurs twice a year, once in spring and once in autumn when the tilt of the\u00a0Earth&#8217;s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the\u00a0Sun. This means that the number of daylight hours is the same as the number of darkness hours &#8211; 12 hours each.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, the equninox occurs as a specific point during the day rather than being a whole day. So, although the word\u00a0<em>equinox<\/em> is often understood to mean &#8220;equal day and night,&#8221; this isn&#8217;t strictly true as it really refers to a specific point in time during the two days of the year when the length of day and night are closest to being equal. Those days are actually <strong>equiluxes<\/strong>, not equinoxes\u00a0. Equiluxes are the days where sunrise and sunset are closest to being exactly 12 hours apart so today is the Autumn Equilux.<\/p>\n<p>Enough with the Pedantics, Sunrise today was at 7:03am, sunset is at 7:12pm &#8211; That is of course if we see the sun. The equinox actually occurred at 4:10 this morning. So, from now on it&#8217;s longer night than days, not something many people look forward to, but I quite like it.<\/p>\n<p>I like the cosy feeling of sitting in the house while it&#8217;s dark outside, there&#8217;s Hallowe&#8217;en and Bonfire Night to look forward to and of course Christmas (and my birthday) is on its way. 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