Equinox Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Modern dates==== The dates of the equinoxes change progressively during the leap-year cycle, because the Gregorian calendar year is not commensurate with the period of the Earth's revolution about the Sun. It is only after a complete Gregorian leap-year cycle of 400 years that the seasons commence at approximately the same time. In the 21st century the earliest March equinox will be 19 March 2096, while the latest was 21 March 2003. The earliest September equinox will be 21 September 2096 while the latest was 23 September 2003 ([[Universal Time]]).<ref name="YallopEtAl">{{cite book |last1=Yallop |first1=B.D. |last2=Hohenkerk |first2=C.Y. |last3=Bell |first3=S.A. |chapter=Astronomical Phenomena |editor1-last=Urban |editor1-first=S.E. |editor2-last=Seidelmann |editor2-first=P. K. |year=2013 |title=Explanatory supplement to the astronomical almanac |edition=3rd |location=Mill Valley, CA |publisher=University Science Books |isbn=978-1-891389-85-6 |pages=506β507}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page