World Garden Commons Welcomes the Vernal Equinox

The World Garden Commons welcomes the vernal equinox

MARCH 20, 2018 Tuesday is the vernal equinox, the beginning of Spring, the season for renewal. The world over, days and nights are nearly equal length, although not exactly.

Right here at the World Garden Commons, dawn brakes at 5:47AM, the sun rises at 7:30AM and the sun sets at 7:39PM making our vernal day 12 hours 9 minutes long.

During the equinoxes, the line on the earth which separates night and day, is vertical and connects the north and south poles. During our summer months, the dark line tilts past the north pole shedding more daylight and providing us warmer temperatures.  This line is called earth’s terminator. Read more about it.

Spring means planning for summer activities, the completion of winter construction and the start of new projects. It means new garden planning for Growing Together community garden, and new season of research.

Seeing Equinoxes and Solstices from Space:
Credit: NASA, Meteosat, Robert Simmon