Vernal Equinox 2024. The vernal equinox, the astronomical beginning of spring, occurs this year today, tuesday, 19 march, 2024 at 3:06 utc (11:06 pm edt). Why are day and night not really equal at the vernal equinox?
An equinox is one of two days in the year when the sun crosses the equator and day and night become equal in length. At the date of announcement, consideration totaled $995 million and consisted of: