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Equinox Day Night Equal Length Occurs A Year March

知识 The equinox, when day and night are of equal length, occurs twice a year: about March 21, and again about September 21 or 22. The adjective is equinoctial.
拓展 etymologically, “equal night,” a combination of aequus and nox, noctis, night.
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