Autumnal equinox 2024


When is the Autumnal equinox 2024?

The Autumnal equinox 2024 is on Sunday, September 22, 2024 (in 178 days).  Calendar for 2024
Please note: The dates given on this page are based on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), which for practical purposes is equivalent to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). While the Autumnal equinox occurs at the same moment in time all over the world, the date and local time differ from location to location depending on a location's time zone. For more details see the explanations below.
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What is the Autumnal equinox?

The autumnal equinox marks the beginning of autumn. Photo: flickr.com/photos/flatworldsedge/5140846204The autumnal equinox marks the beginning of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere
In the Northern Hemisphere, the moment in time when the Sun stands directly above the equator while crossing from the north to the south is called autumnal equinox (also known as fall equinox, September equinox or southward equinox). It is the moment summer ends and autumn (fall) begins in the Northern Hemisphere (where nearly 90% of the world's population live). For the Southern Hemisphere, it is the vernal equinox (also called spring equinox) as it is the moment winter ends and spring begins.

In the Northern Hemisphere the autumnal equinox occurs every year between September 21 and 24. The dates given on this page are based on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), which for practical purposes is equivalent to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT - the time zone of the United Kingdom). While the autumnal equinox occurs at the same moment in time all over the world, the date and local time differ from place to place depending on the year and a location's time zone. For locations that are ahead of UTC (further east) it may fall on the day after, and for locations that are behind UTC (further west) it may fall on the day before. To find out the exact date and time of the autumnal equinox 2024 in your area use this seasons calculator.

The autumnal equinox is one of four days with solar events (two equinoxes and two solstices) throughout the year that mark the beginning of a new season. The other days are the vernal equinox (beginning of spring), the summer solstice (beginning of summer) and the winter solstice (beginning of winter).

The word "equinox" is derived from Latin and means "equal night". On the day of an equinox, day and night are of approximately equal length all over the world, as the Earth's rotational axis is neither tilted away from nor towards the Sun. At all other times the length of day and night will be different.


The exact moment of the autumnal equinox through the centuries
The exact moment of the autumnal equinox between 1900 and 2520. Originally by Frank Klemm, de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Herbstanfang.png, Creative Commons, CC-by-sa 3.0/de
Graph demonstrating the movement (caused by leap shifting) of the exact moment of the autumnal equinox between 1900 and 2520. X axis (bottom, horizontal): Calendar years, Y axis (left, vertical): day in September (21 to 23).

In a non-leap year, the moment of the autumnal equinox is about 5 hours 49 minutes after that moment in the previous year (in UTC), and in a leap year it is about 18 hours 11 minutes before that moment in the previous year, as can be seen in this graph. In this way the time of the autumnal equinox constantly shifts back and forth so it always stays between September 21 and 24. This four year cycle is clearly visible in the graph.

To adjust for the gradual movement backwards on the calendar (as visible for the period 1900 to 2099), in years divisible by 100 (1900, 2100, 2200, 2300 and 2500 on the graph), which should be leap years as they are divisible by 4, the leap day is omitted (except when they are divisible by 400, eg. 2000 and 2400) and the moment of the autumnal equinox moves forward in time compared to the same moment in the year before.

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Overview: seasons, equinoxes and solstices

Dates shown apply to the Northern Hemisphere and are based on UTC (GMT)
Season Start End
Spring Spring equinox
(vernal equinox, March equinox)
March 19 to 21
Summer solstice
(June solstice)
June 20 to 22
Summer Summer solstice
(June solstice)
June 20 to 22
Autumn equinox
(Fall equinox, September equinox)
September 21 to 24
Autumn
(Fall)
Autumn equinox
(Fall equinox, September equinox)
September 21 to 24
Winter solstice
(December solstice)
December 20 to 23
Winter Winter solstice
(December solstice)
December 20 to 23
Spring equinox
(vernal equinox, March equinox)
March 19 to 21

When is the Autumnal equinox 2025?

The Autumnal equinox 2025 is on Monday, September 22, 2025 (in 543 days).  Calendar for 2025

Dates for the Autumnal equinox in other years

The next occurrence of the Autumnal equinox is marked in red.

When is ...? Date      Day of the week      Days away     
Autumnal equinox 2019      September 23, 2019      Monday      1648 days ago
Autumnal equinox 2020      September 22, 2020      Tuesday      1283 days ago
Autumnal equinox 2021      September 22, 2021      Wednesday      918 days ago
Autumnal equinox 2022      September 23, 2022      Friday      552 days ago
Autumnal equinox 2023      September 23, 2023      Saturday      187 days ago
Autumnal equinox 2024      September 22, 2024      Sunday      in 178 days
Autumnal equinox 2025      September 22, 2025      Monday      in 543 days
Autumnal equinox 2026      September 23, 2026      Wednesday      in 909 days
Autumnal equinox 2027      September 23, 2027      Thursday      in 1274 days
Autumnal equinox 2028      September 22, 2028      Friday      in 1639 days
Autumnal equinox 2029      September 22, 2029      Saturday      in 2004 days
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Autumnal equinox 2024
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