vernal equinox

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Noun

vernal equinox (plural vernal equinoxes)

1. (astronomy) The moment at which the Sun crosses the celestial equator, appearing to tilt toward the observer, occurring in March in the Northern Hemisphere and in September in the Southern Hemisphere.

   Synonyms: northward equinox, spring equinox

   Antonyms: autumnal equinox, southward equinox

   Coordinate terms: summer solstice, winter solstice

Derived terms

• vernal equinoctial

Translations

the point

• Basque: udaberriko ekinokzio
• Catalan: equinocci de primavera m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 春分點 / 春分点 (zh) (chūnfēndiǎn)

• Estonian: kevadine pööripäev, kevadine võrdpäevsus
• Finnish: kevätpäiväntasaus (fi)
• French: équinoxe de printemps (fr) m
• Georgian: გაზაფხულის ბუნიობა (gazapxulis bunioba), გაზაფხულის დღეღამტოლობა (gazapxulis dɣeɣamṭoloba)
• German: Frühlingspunkt m, Widderpunkt m
• Greek: εαρινή ισημερία f (eariní isimería)
• Hindi: वसंत विषुव m (vasant viṣuv)
• Icelandic: vorpunktur m
• Irish: cónocht an earraigh m, Túsphointe Aries m
• Japanese: 春分点 (ja) (しゅんぶんてん, shunbunten)
• Korean: 춘분점(春分點) (chunbunjeom)
• Persian: برابران بهاری (barâbarân-e bahâri)
• Polish: równonoc wiosenna (pl) f
• Portuguese: equinócio de primavera m, equinócio vernal m
• Romanian: punct vernal (ro) n
• Russian: весе́ннее равноде́нствие (ru) n (vesénneje ravnodénstvije)
• Scottish Gaelic: co-fhad-thràth an earraich m
• Spanish: equinoccio vernal m
• Swedish: vårdagjämningspunkt c
• Thai: วสันตวิษุวัต (wasantawisuwat)

the moment

• Basque: udaberriko ekinokzio
• Catalan: equinocci de primavera m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 春分 (zh) (chūnfēn)

• Czech: jarní rovnodennost f
• Faroese: várjavndøgur n
• Finnish: kevätpäiväntasaus (fi)
• Georgian: გაზაფხულის ბუნიობა (gazapxulis bunioba), გაზაფხულის დღეღამტოლობა (gazapxulis dɣeɣamṭoloba)
• German: Frühjahrs-Tagundnachtgleiche f, Tagundnachtgleiche im Frühjahr f, Frühlings-Tagundnachtgleiche f, Frühjahrsanfang m, Frühjahrs-Äquinoktium n, Frühlings-Äquinoktium n
• Greek: εαρινή ισημερία f (eariní isimería)
• Icelandic: vorjafndægur n pl
• Irish: cónocht an earraigh m
• Japanese: 春分 (ja) (しゅんぶん, shunbun)
• Korean: 춘분(春分) (chunbun)
• Navajo: dąągo shá ałnííʼ hanádááh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vårjevndøgn (no) n

• Persian: اعتدال بهاری (fa) (e'tedâl-e bahâri)
• Polish: równonoc wiosenna (pl) f
• Portuguese: equinócio de primavera m, equinócio vernal m
• Romanian: echinocțiu de primăvară n
• Russian: весе́ннее равноде́нствие (ru) n (vesénneje ravnodénstvije)
• Scottish Gaelic: co-fhad-thràth an earraich m
• Spanish: equinoccio vernal m
• Swedish: vårdagjämning (sv) c
• Thai: วสันตวิษุวัต (wasantawisuwat)
• Turkish: ilkbahar ekinoksu

Further reading

• vernal equinox on Wikipedia.Wikipedia