Today is the local equinox in Seattle, by the way. Just under 12 hours between sunlight and sunset. Yes, it's after the official one - globes and orbits are weird like that! :)

· · SubwayTooter · 1 · 0 · 3

@starkatt I started to write out why that was, realized my mental model had a hole in it, then checked the real reason why "equinox" doesn't exactly mean equal day and night - timeanddate.com/astronomy/equi

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