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Old March 18th 16, 09:07 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Spring Equinox

Joe Egginton Wrote in message:
Why is the spring equinox on the 20th March, when at my location today
we had 12 hrs daylight / nighttime? On the 20th March we have 12hrs 12
mins daylight.

The spring equinox occurs when the sun moves north of the equator,
not when a location has equal dark/light in a 24 hour
period.

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