Today’s Solar Eclipse occurs just after midnight Dec 26 EST (still Dec 25 in other US time zones). It’s annular (meaning ring-like) which means that the Moon’s apparent diameter will be a bit smaller than the Sun’s, making the light of the Sun appear as a ring around the Moon. Read more…
Image Public Domain Most folks know that the word equinox comes from Latin, meaning “equal (equi) night (nox).” We talk about it as one of the two days of the year when there is an equal amount of daylight and darkness over the whole Earth. We’re taught that the Sun spends Read more…
Day and night are not really equal on the equinox, which occurred here on the east coast of USA on Saturday 21:54. Daytime starts when sun’s orb begins to come over horizon and ends when it disappears. Also, sunlight is refracted over horizon. That means on fall equinox, day is Read more…