As the Northern Hemisphere welcomes spring today, the Southern Hemisphere is marked with the first day of autumn.

The spring equinox will occur at 5:01 a.m. EDT on Thursday. Here's what to know about the start of the spring season.

The vernal equinox arrives on Thursday, marking the start of the spring season for the Northern Hemisphere and the fall in ...

Astronomically speaking, however, the Earth’s equator is aligned directly with the Sun on the vernal equinox. In 2025, that occurs at 5:01 a.m. EDT on March 20. Astronomical seasons are based on ...

Spring is almost here — officially, at least. The vernal equinox arrives on Thursday, marking the start of the spring season for the Northern Hemisphere and the fall in the Southern Hemisphere. On the ...

The spring equinox marks the start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, bringing longer days, cultural celebrations, and seasonal changes.

Thursday is the first day of spring, or the vernal equinox, in the Northern Hemisphere. During an equinox, the center of the ...

Every six months, the equinox splits Earth's day almost in half. Here's how it happens—and why people have celebrated it since ancient times. A flock of swans fly at sunrise on the first day of ...

Spring 2025 technically begins at 5:01 a.m. Eastern time that day as the sun moves directly over the Earth’s equator — the central line between the North Pole and the South Pole — bringing almost ...

The spring equinox marks the start of astronomical spring. Wherever you are on the planet, the equinox occurs at the same ...

The vernal equinox heralds the arrival of spring in the Northern Hemisphere (finally). But have you heard the myth about ...

The first day of spring, or the vernal equinox, is determined by where the Earth is in its orbit around the sun. On this day, the Earth's axis is not tilted toward or away from the sun ...