Autumn equinox 2025
When is the Autumn equinox 2025?
The Autumn equinox 2025 is on
Monday, September 22, 2025 (in 324 days).
Calendar for 2025
The Autumn equinox 2024 has already passed: it was on Sunday, September 22, 2024 (41 days ago).
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 Autumn 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.
What is the Autumn equinox?
The autumn 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 autumn 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 autumn 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 autumn 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 autumn equinox 2025 in your area use this
seasons calculator.
The autumn 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 autumn equinox through the centuries
Graph demonstrating the movement (caused by leap shifting) of the exact moment of the autumn 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 autumn 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 autumn 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 autumn equinox moves forward in time compared to the same moment in the year before.
Further reading:
Overview: seasons, equinoxes and solstices
Dates shown apply to the Northern Hemisphere and are based on UTC (GMT)
When is the Autumn equinox 2026?
The Autumn equinox 2026 is on
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 (in 690 days).
Calendar for 2026
Dates for the Autumn equinox in other years
The next occurrence of the Autumn equinox is marked in
red.
When is ...? |
Date |
Day of the week |
Days away |
Autumn equinox 2020 |
September 22, 2020 |
Tuesday |
1502 days ago |
Autumn equinox 2021 |
September 22, 2021 |
Wednesday |
1137 days ago |
Autumn equinox 2022 |
September 23, 2022 |
Friday |
771 days ago |
Autumn equinox 2023 |
September 23, 2023 |
Saturday |
406 days ago |
Autumn equinox 2024 |
September 22, 2024 |
Sunday |
41 days ago |
Autumn equinox 2025 |
September 22, 2025 |
Monday |
in 324 days |
Autumn equinox 2026 |
September 23, 2026 |
Wednesday |
in 690 days |
Autumn equinox 2027 |
September 23, 2027 |
Thursday |
in 1055 days |
Autumn equinox 2028 |
September 22, 2028 |
Friday |
in 1420 days |
Autumn equinox 2029 |
September 22, 2029 |
Saturday |
in 1785 days |
Autumn equinox 2030 |
September 22, 2030 |
Sunday |
in 2150 days |
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