vernal equinox

English

Noun

vernal equinox (plural vernal equinoxes)

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

Synonyms

• spring equinox

Coordinate terms

• autumnal equinox
• summer solstice
• winter solstice

Translations

the point

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

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

• 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
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• Irish: cónocht an earraigh m, Túsphointe Aries m
• Japanese: 春分 (ja) (しゅんぶん, shunbun), 春分点 (しゅんぶんてん, shunbunten)
• Korean: 춘분점 (chunbunjeom) (春分點)
• 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: 春分點／春分点 (zh), 春分点 (zh) (chūnfēndiǎn)

• 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, Frühjahrs-Äquinoktium n, Frühlings-Äquinoktium n
• Greek: εαρινή ισημερία f (eariní isimería)
• Icelandic: vorjafndægur n pl
• Irish: cónocht an earraigh m
• Japanese: 春分点 (しゅんぶんてん, shunbunten)
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• Korean: 춘분점 (chunbunjeom) (春分點), 춘분 (chunbun) (春分 (ko))
• 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)

See also

• March equinox
• September equinox