Today, September 22nd 2024, marks the autumn equinox as the Sun passes Earth's equator at 13:44.
The equinox marks the point of equal night and day throughout the world although at certain latitudes, such as in Ireland, this won't happen for a few more days.
But it's fair to say that it's as close to the point of shorter days than nights in the northern hemisphere and lengthening in the southern hempisphere that we have, especially as the Sun is rising due east and setting due west.
The equilux is the actual point of equal day and night in any location and as mentioned it occurs a few days after the autumn equinox, in spring it occurs a few days before the spring equinox.
Hours of daylight will shorten until the winter solstice and then we will and lengthening again.
In the meantime, expect images of the colour that autumn brings to the Irish countryside.
