Equinox

Equinox

A solar equinox is a moment in time when the Sun appears directly above the equator, rather than to its north or south. On the day of the equinox, the Sun rises almost exactly in the east and sets almost exactly in the west. This occurs twice each year, around 20 March and 23 September.

Equinox (horse)

Equinox is a retired champion Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and current sire. He won both of his races as a two-year-old in 2021, taking the Grade II Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes on his second start. In the early part of his second season he finished second in both the Satsuki Sho and the Tokyo Yushun before emerging as a high-class horse in the autumn when he won the Autumn Tenno Sho and the Arima Kinen.

equinox

Noun

1. One of two times in the year (one in March and the other in September) when the length of the day and the night are equal, which occurs when the sun is directly overhead at the equator; this marks the beginning of spring in one hemisphere and autumn in the other.
2. The circumstance of a twenty-four hour time period having the day and night of equal length.