Sunset on the Autumnal Equinox
A Warm Welcome to a chilled out meeting
held by The Lincolnshire Geocaching Community.
Come and join us at Harmston Hill, to see the sunset over the Trent Valley and celebrate the Autumnal Equinox.
Just 10 mins from Lincoln City Centre.
Monday 23rd September 2019
at
1857hrs BST
Photo; The 2012 Equinox from Harmston Hill.
Thanks to Stevrac
Parking within the village may be restricted at the coords, please come at least 30 minutes early so you can find a suitable place to park up and bring a chair with you and a drink. We will be there from 18.30 until the 19.30 when sunset is over.
Please park sensibly and respect local residents. Thank you.
If it rains or it's cloudy, we will still be in attendance.
This is a no frills event, just turn up, chat and hopefully watch the sun go down!
Bring your own chair and flask if you wish.
Souvenir for attendance
The Autumn Equinox
The Autumn Equinox is the first day of the autumn season and occurs when the sun passes the equator moving from the northern to the southern hemisphere. The North Pole begins to tilt away from the sun.
Day and night have approximately the same length.
Did you know?
Equinoxes do not always occur on the same day each year, and generally will occur about 6 hours later each year, with a jump of a day (backwards) on leap years.
The reason is due to the time the Earth takes to go around the Sun and our calendar.
The Earth takes approximately 365.25 days to go around the Sun, yet our year is 365 days. Every 4 years, we have a leap year where another day is added to our calendar to make up for the 4 missing quarters. It is important to do this so that there is not a gradual drift of date through the seasons.
For the same reason the precise time of the equinoxes are not the same each year.