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Keywords: total solar eclipse, equinox
![Равноденствие. Протуберанец](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/11/13/0001217714/equinoxprom_eit_big.preview.jpg)
23.09.1999
Today, the Sun crosses the celestial equator and seasons change from Summer to Fall in the north and Winter to Spring in the southern hemisphere. Defined by the Sun's position in sky the event is known as an equinox - the length of daylight is equal to the length of night.
![Марафон Мессье](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/07/22/0001207342/messmara_gitto_big.preview.jpg)
18.03.1999
Gripped by an astronomical spring fever, this week many amateur stargazers embark on a Messier Marathon. The Vernal Equinox occurs Saturday, March 20, marking the first day of Spring for the Northern Hemisphere.
![Сатурн в равноденствие](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/09/30/0001236315/saturnequinox_cassini.preview.jpg)
30.09.2009
How would Saturn look if its ring plane pointed right at the Sun? Before last month, nobody knew. Every 15 years, as seen from Earth, Saturn's rings point toward the Earth and appear to disappear.
![Потемневшее небо](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2008/10/02/0001231205/Tse2008_200_mo1_c800.preview.jpg)
20.09.2008
For a moment on August 1st, the daytime sky grew dark along the path of a total solar eclipse. While watching the geocentric celestial event from Mongolia, photographer Miloslav Druckmuller recorded multiple images with two separate cameras as the Moon blocked the bright solar disk and darkened the sky.
![Закат в Манхеттене](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/05/28/0001198185/nycsunset_tyson.preview.jpg)
28.05.2004
Today, if it is clear, Manhattan will flood dramatically with sunlight just as the Sun sets precisely on the centerline of every street. Usually, the tall buildings that line the gridded streets of New York City's tallest borough will hide the setting Sun.
![Гибридное солнечное затмение](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/05/06/0001205498/hybrid_merge_1.preview.jpg)
6.05.2005
April's spectacular geocentric celestial event was a rare hybrid eclipse of the Sun - a total or an annular eclipse could be seen depending on the observer's location. For Fred Espenak, aboard...
![Закат за Портарой](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/03/20/0001233975/solar-scenic-portara-03-800x600pixels.preview.jpg)
20.03.2009
Today, the Sun crosses the celestial equator heading north at 11:44 UT. Known as an equinox, this astronomical event marks the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the south. It also marks the beginning of Norouz, the Persian (Iranian) new year. Equinox means equal night.
![Моменты восхода Солнца на аналемме](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/03/21/0001187990/analemma0600UT_ayiomamitis_c2.preview.jpg)
20.03.2003
Astronomically speaking, at the Equinox on March 21, 01:00 UT (March 20, 8:00 PM ET) the season changes. For this Equinox the Sun rises due east as it crosses the celestial equator heading north. In celebration, consider this spectacular sunrise analemma!
![Полное солнечное затмение над Турцией](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/04/04/0001212785/eclipse2006_seip.preview.jpg)
4.04.2006
Some views of last week's total eclipse of the Sun were better than others. One spectacular view occurred over Adrasan (near Antalya), Turkey and was captured there by industrious astrophotographer Stefan Seip. The above digital mosaic caught the Moon in several stages as it moved between the Earth and the Sun.
![Когда бриллианты не вечны](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/03/30/0001212672/tse2006_ayiomamitis_f.preview.jpg)
30.03.2006
The track of totality for the first solar eclipse of 2006 began early yesterday on the east coast of Brazil and ended half a world away at sunset in western Mongolia. In between...
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