September Equinox

For the Northern Hemisphere, as in the United States, Canada and most of Europe, Fall begins on September 22, 2009 at 5:18 pm EDT. On the equinox, the sun rises directly in the east and sets directly in the west. This is true for both the fall and spring equinoxes.


So on two days of the year you can find the exact cardinal directions of East and West by using the sun. The ancients did this when they set up their calendars at Stonehenge and the Mayan pyramid, among others.



In celebration of the first day of autumn, some photos of what it looks like here on the shores of a great lake in the great Midwest ~































have a beautiful day!