Figuring Out That Fall Equinox Thing
July 9, 2009 by Jennifer Walker-Journey
Filed under Fall, Parenting
Truman starts big school – Kindergarten – this fall. Actually, that’s not entirely true. He starts August 10th, which is still technically summer. In fact, it’s more than a month from fall, which doesn’t come official until the autumnal equinox, which falls on September 22nd this year. At 5:18 p.m. EDT, to be exact.
Of course, that applies only to those of us who live in the Northern Hemisphere. Those in the Southern Hemisphere celebrated their autumnal equinox on March 20th. And, I understand, Australia and New Zealand got the earliest start, celebrating the first day of fall on March 1.
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