What is the Fall Equinox?
So long, summer. Saturday is the first day of fall and we have an idea for celebrating near Weston.
Summer is officially behind us; the fall (or autumnal) equinox is today. But what is the autumnal equinox? Most people don't quite know, so let Weston Patch serve as the great explainer for all things equinoctial. Equinoxes fall on the halfway point between solstices and occur, according to the Washington Post, "when the sun crosses the equator and day and night are of roughly equal length, everywhere in the world." The nearly equal 12 hours of light and darkness can be attributed to the Earth's lack of an axial tilt on the day of the equinox. In fact, the word equinox is derived from the Latin words aequus, meaning equal, and nox, meaning night. In Weston on the autumnal equinox, according to sunrisesunset.com, the sun will come up at 6:…
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