vernal equinox

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Noun

vernal equinox (plural vernal equinoxes)

1. (astronomy) The moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator while tilting towards the observer, taking place in March in the northern hemisphere and September in the southern hemisphere.

Derived terms

• vernal equinoctial

Synonyms

• March equinox
• northward equinox
• spring equinox

 

Antonyms

• autumnal equinox
• September equinox
• southward equinox

 

Coordinate terms

• summer solstice
• winter solstice

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)
• 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