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Autumnal equinox, Autumnal equinox - Astronomy, Autumnal equinox - Holidays, Autumnal equinox - The solar term <i>Qiufen</i> in Chinese astronomy, Equinox, March equinox, September equinox, Solstice, Summer solstice, Winter solstice
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ARTICLES RELATED TO Autumnal equinox - Astronomy | | | |  Autumnal equinox - Astronomy: Encyclopedia II - Autumnal equinox - AstronomyThe Celestial Equator and the Ecliptic are two Great Circles. As such, they intersect at two points, the Equinoxes. When the Sun, which moves along the Ecliptic, occupies the point that crosses the Equator while heading South, it is the time of the Autumnal Equinox.
Due to the Precession of the Equinoxes, the point of intersection moves completely around the sky in a 25,800-year cycle. This century it is in the western end of Virgo near the star Z ...
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| | | | Autumnal equinox - Astronomy: Encyclopedia II - Autumnal equinox - Holidays Autumnal Equinox Day (秋分の日, Shūbun no hi) is an official national holiday in Japan, and is spent visiting family graves, and holding family reunions.
In the UK Harvest festival falls around this time.
The autumnal equinox is when the Wiccan Sabbat of Mabon is celebrated.
Autumnal Equinox Day is also "New Year's Day" in the French Republican Calendar, which was in use from 1793 to 1805. The French First Republic was proclaimed and the French monarchy was abolished on September 21, 1792, making the following day, Autumnal Equinox Day that year, the ...
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