Autumn Equinox 2019

 Timing the Autumn Equinox 2019

Although the equinox happens at the same moment worldwide, your clock time will depend on your time zone.
The occurrence of the Autumnal (Southward) Equinox, the entry of the Sun into the Sign of Libra (Sun at 0° Libra), occurs on September 23, 2019, 7:50:06 AM UT/GMT.
The time is earlier moving west, September 22, 2019 9:50:06 PM in Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time.

The Equinox in other time zones:
September 23, 2019
UT/GMT 07:50:06 AM
UK/BST 08:50:06 AM
EDT 03:50:06 AM
CDT 02:50:06 AM
MDT 01:50:06 AM
PDT 12:50:06 AM
September 22, 2019
HST 09:50:06 PM Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time

This is via physics.mcgill.ca.

 NCP-SCP - north and south celestial poles of earth, the green spot in the center, extended into space. Earth's equator extended into space is the celestial equator. From our earth perspective the Sun appears to orbit earth annually, that's the "Ecliptic." When the sun seems to cross the celestial equator we get equinoxes.

At the equinox, the Sun shines directly on the equator and there are nearly equal amounts of day and night throughout the world. It is the first day of Fall (autumnal equinox) in the northern hemisphere and the first day of Spring (vernal equinox) in the southern hemisphere. Instead of the Earth tilting away from or toward the sun, its axis of rotation becomes perpendicular to the line connecting the centers of the Earth and the sun. From Autumnal Equinox to Winter Solstice (December 21) the nights get longer.
Mayan monuments, such as this one at Chichén Itzá on the Yucatan Peninsula were used to track the solar season cycle. The photograph via Time and Date shows the sunset equinox illuminating the snake head you see at bottom left and extending to tail at the top of the pyramid.

Maybon is one “name for the autumnal equinox, also known as the Second Harvest Festival, Festival of Dionysus, Wine Harvest, Cornucopia, Feast of Avalon, etc. The first Thanksgiving was held on or near this date, and it is from these early harvest festivals that the modern Thanksgiving feasts developed.” - Kristin Madden (Llewellyn Publications)

The Wheel of the Year Turns Toward Darkness.

Following the Fall Equinox, the energies of the Dark Gods and Goddesses begins to increase and gain attention. The balance described by the Taoist symbol of Yin and Yang reflects the Equinoxes but an imbalance begins at the point of this Equinox as night begins to overtake daylight's duration. The processes of inward turning gain significance. Persephone returns to her throne with Hades in the Underworld.

This is a solar marker of the continual heartbeat of creation, what some traditions know as "the Word." While the heartbeat may slowly alter over eons of time, Earth's relationship with the center cycles rhythmically through the centuries. That essential relationship of Earth to Sun establishes the core pattern that is the basis of tropical astrology, astrology based on the seasons.

And just a reminder, in a few weeks, on November 3, 2019, Daylight Saving Time ends – turn clocks back one hour, 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am.

Because night and day are nearly in balance, the equinox is a great time to work on personal balance. This is the perfect time of year to re-evaluate where you are and take the steps necessary to get your personal and spiritual lives in order.
--Nasco – don’t know who this is or where I got it but I still like it.