Hello Readers,

Hello, Readers,

On September 22/23, 2018, the day and night will be almost equal in most locations. Equinoxes are not day-long events, even though many choose to celebrate all day. Instead, they occur at the moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator - the imaginary line in the sky above Earth’s Equator.

At this instant, Earth’s rotational axis is neither tilted away from nor towards the Sun.

This year, the Sun crosses the celestial equator from north to south on September 23, at 01:54 UTC. Because of time zone differences, the equinox will take place on September 22, 2018 at locations that are at least two hours or more behind UTC (Universal Time Coordinated). These include some cities in Greenland, all of Canada, the United States and South America. As the September equinox rolls by, the chances to see the aurora borealis display increases for those located at high Northern Hemisphere latitudes. According to NASA, the equinoxes are prime time for Northern Lights – geomagnetic activities are twice more likely to take place in the spring and fall time, than in the summer or winter.