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Fall equinox: Why the first day of fall isn’t as equal as you might think

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The equinox will arrive at 12:44 UTC ( Coordinated Universal Time ) Sunday, September 22 .

It comes at 7:43 a.m. in St. Louis , 6:43 in Mexico City .

For people south of the equator, it actually heralds the coming of spring.

The Earth rotates along an imaginary line that runs from North to South Pole .

The fall equinox marks the return of the goddess Persephone to the underworld for three months .

The day is a bit longer at higher latitudes than at the equator because it takes the sun longer to rise and set the closer you get to the poles .

In Japan , Autumnal Equinox Day is a national holiday.

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