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Does the autumnal equinox mean that autumn is half over? When is the autumnal equinox in 2020?

Does the autumnal equinox mean that autumn is half over?

Yes, the arrival of the autumnal equinox means that autumn is half over.

The autumnal equinox means that day and night are equally divided, that is, day and night are 12 hours, because the sun in the autumnal equinox shines directly on the equator, and the sunlight in the northern and southern hemispheres is the same. One second means that autumn is already halfway through. Autumn is the most comfortable time, half cold and half warm.

Therefore, the autumnal equinox also means that autumn has passed by half.

When is the autumnal equinox in 2020?

Gregorian calendar time: September 22, 2020 2 1:30:32

Lunar calendar date: Tuesday, the sixth day of August (big)

Start time: 2 1:30 on September 22nd, 2020.

End time: 20201October 8, 03:55 65438.

The autumnal equinox is the sixteenth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar, usually on September 22nd or 23rd every year. The climate in the south began to decline from this solar term. From this day on, the position of direct sunlight continued to move from the equator to the southern hemisphere, and the days became shorter and the nights became longer in the northern hemisphere. According to China's autumnal equinox theory, this day is exactly half of the ninety days in autumn, so it is called autumnal equinox. But in astronomy, it is stipulated that autumn in the northern hemisphere begins with the autumnal equinox.

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