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 Translation for 'autumnal equinox' from English to Polish
NOUN   an autumnal equinox | autumnal equinoxes
SYNO autumnal equinox | fall equinox | September equinox
astron.
równonoc {f} jesienna
autumnal equinox
astron.
jesienne zrównanie {n} dnia i nocy
autumnal equinox
jesienny {adj}autumnal
równonoc {f} wiosennavernal equinox
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Usage Examples English
  • September 22 or 23 is the vernal equinox and March 20 or 21 is the autumnal equinox.
  • The period of the lunar nodal precession is defined as the time it takes the ascending node to move through 360° relative to the vernal equinox (autumnal equinox in Southern Hemisphere).
  • In particular, there is a short period around the autumnal equinox when most of the objects can be seen.
  • The French Republican Calendar was similar, but began its year at the autumnal equinox.
  • In addition he commissioned the observance of the ohigan holiday for both spring and autumnal equinox.

  • while the "autumnal equinox" (September) marks the beginning of autumn.
  • Gordon cites college statutes for the celebration of May Day and the autumnal equinox and suggests that these and the Montem ceremony were instigated by Henry to show his links back to Celtic kings.
  • Diana was also a subject of worship in certain Feraferian rites, particularly those surrounding the autumnal equinox, beginning in 1967.
  • Libeskind's design proposed that the current station house's site be left as an open plaza, forming a "Wedge of Light" so that sun rays around the autumnal equinox would hit the World Trade Center footprints each September.
  • The final live performance of Theatre of Ice (at least that is what it was believed to be at the time) took place during the autumnal equinox in 1983 in a vast alkaline desert flat, littered with hundreds of dead animal skeletons, and located about 25 miles from the family's farm in remote Fallon, Nevada.

  • Luminata is held annually on the autumnal equinox.
  • The equinox may be taken to mark the end of astronomical summer and the beginning of astronomical autumn (autumnal equinox) in the Northern Hemisphere, while marking the end of astronomical winter and the start of astronomical spring (vernal equinox) in the Southern Hemisphere.
  • In 1980 Irish-American researcher Martin Brennan discovered that Cairn T in Carnbane East is directed to receive the beams of the rising sun on the spring and autumnal equinox - the light shining down the passage and illuminating the art on the backstone.
  • It started on the day of the autumnal equinox, which fell between 22 September and 24 September, inclusive.
  • From the 18th century to the 4th century BC, the Sun was in Libra on the autumnal equinox, shifting into Virgo thereafter.

  • Two meetings took place a year, one at the Thermica festival which was held at Thermos on the autumnal equinox and another in spring at the Panaetolica festival which took place at a different site each year.
  • In September 2010, Wiccans conducted a wicker man burning ceremony at the Wrekin to celebrate the autumnal equinox.
  • According to a solar calendar, Mārtiņdiena marks the midpoint between the autumnal equinox (Miķeļi) and winter solstice (Ziemassvētki), and is celebrated in the middle of November.
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