March equinox, March 20, 2027

March equinox: March 20, 2027 at 4:25 PM in New York (20 Mar 2027, 20:24 UTC).

What happens

At the March equinox the Sun crosses the celestial equator heading north. Day and night are close to equal in length everywhere, and the Sun rises almost due east and sets almost due west. Spring begins in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern.

Calculated with Astronomy Engine, an open-source library verified against the US Naval Observatory and NASA JPL. Data sources

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