As Spring equinox approaches, hours of day and light to be equal on Wednesday

CAIRO - 14 March 2024: A week left for the end of the winter season, where the spring equinox begins next Wednesday, March 20.

 

On this day, the sun rises exactly at the east point and sets at exactly the west point, where the sun’s rays are perpendicular to the equator, so the amount of solar radiation falling on the two hemispheres (northern and southern) is equal, which results in the number of hours of day and night being equal, each of which is approximately 12 hours.

 

The sun will be completely above your head at noon if you are a resident of the equator or close to it, as you will not have a shadow on the ground there, or your shadow will be as short as possible, noting that that day represents the autumnal equinox in the southern hemisphere.

 

Dr. Ashraf Tadros, professor of astronomy at the National Institute for Astronomical Research, revealed that the conjunction of celestial bodies means seeing one near the other in the sky within a specific range of degrees of arc when viewed from Earth, which is an apparent, unreal, angular proximity that has no relation to the real distances between them, because they are very large. Hundreds of millions or billions of kilometers.

 

Tadros pointed out that the best places to watch astronomical phenomena in general are far from light pollution, such as coasts, fields, deserts, prairies, and mountains.