The Autumn Equinox: How to Apply This Change of Seasons to Your Business
The Autumnal (or “Fall”) Equinox happens in the Northern Hemisphere on September 22, 2021. For the Southern Hemisphere, this event is called the Spring Equinox. At this time, the equinox sun is exactly above the equator of the Earth as it is moving from north to south, and the days around the equinox are approximately equal in length. There are differences between the calendar year and the tropical year, so the actual date of the Autumn Equinox occurs. annually anytime from September 21 to September 24.
According to the EarthSky organization, although the equinox happens at the same moment worldwide (at 19:21 UTC on September 22), your clock time depends on your time zone. For time zones in the continental U.S., this equinox comes during the daylight hours on September 22 (3:21 p.m. EDT, 2:21 p.m. CDT, 1:21 p.m. MDT, and 12:21 p.m. PDT). The name equinox comes from two Latin words: aequus (equal) and nox (night).
The official annual Labor Day Holiday in the United States and Canada occurs on the first Monday in September and is thought of as the unofficial end of summer, with children returning to school and businesses getting back to full-time non-summer schedules, etc. In actuality, however, summer ends and fall begins for the Northern Hemisphere during the Autumn Equinox.
