Equinox comes from the Latin for “equal” and “night.” As the sun crosses the equator (Earth’s midline), the hours of daylight ...

Most of us are familiar with the term equinox, and Wednesday, 20 March, was the spring equinox which marked the start of astronomical spring. This is when the sun passed over the equator or the ...

But we also have the spring equinox, when we have equal hours of day and night. After the spring equinox the days are longer than the nights, until we reach the autumn equinox. This is known as ...

This year, the spring equinox fell on Wednesday 20 March, and the astronomical spring lasts until the summer solstice on Thursday 20 June. BBC Weather Watchers were up early to capture the second ...