Today marks the autumnal equinox, or the first day of astronomical fall. Have you ever wondered why it occurs on a different day and at a different time each year?

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Today is the first day of Autumn but why is the first day of Fall different each year?

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Astronomical seasons depend on how the Earth moves around the sun. Equinoxes, when the sun lands equally on both hemispheres, ...

Sunday, Sept 22, at 8:34 a.m., summer, keeping to a strictly-kept celestial clock, packs its balmy bag and departs to make ...

Astronomical fall has officially arrived in the northern hemisphere. The suns most direct rays have been slowly shifting southwards on the planet.

EDT on Sunday, September 22, 2024, the sun will cross the celestial equator, putting the magnetic fields of Earth and the ...

Today is the autumnal equinox, or better known as the first day of fall. Daylight hours have been decreasing since the summer solstice and will continue slowly decreasing until the winter solstice ...

Autumn officially begins today! It’s apparent in the crisp dawn air and the rapidly shifting leaf colors. I saw my breath ...

The weekend takes a turn to wet and cool weather; Sunday’s highs 20 degrees cooler than Saturday’s summery weather The ...

PM IST, the September equinox will occur, marking a significant astronomical event. This moment signals the Sun's crossing of ...

The equinox is an annual event that happens twice a year, in March and September, when the Sun's rays fall directly on the ...