Woodcut: L’Atmosphere – Météorologie Populaire, by Nicolas Camille Flammarion, Paris, 1888
2026 September Equinox: A Question of Days and Nights
The September Equinox is experienced on September 22, 2026, at 7:05 p.m. CDT; by Universal Time it occurs just after midnight on September 23 at 00:05 UTC. The moment is a universal event though the Time and Date depends on where you are.
On the Equinox the Earth experiences nearly equal hours of Day and Night across the entire planet. The September Equinox marks the exact moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator from north to south.
The Equinox is One of Two Days of the Year when we consider, “Days and Nights are equal.” There’s more than one way to see everything. Though we count the Day as 24 hours by Solar Time, the Big Picture as seen from a second Star is 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.09 seconds. Sidereal Time accounts for Earth’s tilt, elliptical orbit, and perpetual rotation — a “third-party view” from a 2nd Star beyond the Sun… an agreement of Divine Trinity among 2 Lights Above and 1 Below.
There is more to The Creation than we can ever know. The Truth can only be known by Faith in a Creator who knows. According to the Word, Evening came first.
“The Evening and the Morning Were the First Day”
Genesis 1:1-5 KJV
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
