Autumnal Equinox????

[Hilary B]

If you are counting 'sundial' time, and excluding complication due to mountains, sunrise on the equinox is 6am, and sunset is 6pm, EVERYWHERE (see later about peri-polar zones). Of course we are usually on Daylight Saving Time (by its local name) on these dates, which makes it 7am and 7pm, and not many of us actually live on the lines of longtitude, so it will be a little 'out' because of that, but the equinoxes are the only days in the year that lattitude does not affect the times of sunrise and sunset (not sure about the arctic and antarctic regions, which may simply experience the begining or end of the summer-long day instead).

[bluemoon]

If the winter months start on 23rd of September, meaning there's 7 days left until the end of the month, add 31 days in October = 38 + November 30 = 68 + Dec 31 = 99 + Jan 31 = 130 + Feb 28 = 158 and finally + first 21 days of March, = 179 days in Winter
Summer is March last 10 days + 30 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 31 + 23 = 186
So this means that technically British summers are longer than the winters by a week. Funny how it never seems like it. Unless my maths is wrong, which is more than possible.

[Nicos]

So it's winter now then.....or Autumn????
( says she who has just has lunch in the garden with trousers and sleeves rolled up and has nipped indoors for a cool refreshing glass of water!)

[bluemoon]

Sorry, I just meant the colder half of the year. Yep it's still autumn.

[Nicos]

Yep it's still autumn.

Phew.......I thought I'd had a touch too much sun today!!!