This year, the vernal equinox falls on Wednesday, March 20. At exactly 21:58 UTC, the sun will be exactly above the Earth’s equator. The word vernal comes from the Latin word vernalis, meaning “of the spring.” And equinox comes from the Latin words aequus, meaning equal, and nox, meaning night. The day has 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night time. In the Northern Hemisphere, the day marks the beginning of spring. On this day, people living in colder areas of the Northern Hemisphere hope they can put away their winter clothes. They also may soon start planting flowers and vegetables in a garden. Here in Washington, D.C., Wednesday also marks the first day of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. Each year, people from around the world come to see the beautiful pink and white blossoms on the thousands of flowering cherry trees. For Washingtonians, the cherry blossoms are a welcome sign that spring has arrived.
Title: Vernal Equinox: The Arrival of Spring
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3226/eb3d2f8d-dfd9-4aef-b329-6545d02d3fd6_hq.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Vernal Equinox: The Arrival of Spring' data-article-id='3707'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='6146'>This year, the vernal equinox falls on Wednesday, March 20.</span> <span data-start-time='6146' data-end-time='17042'>At exactly 21:58 UTC, the sun will be exactly above the Earth’s equator.</span> <span data-start-time='17042' data-end-time='24479'>The word vernal comes from the Latin word vernalis, meaning “of the spring.”</span> <span data-start-time='24479' data-end-time='33729'>And equinox comes from the Latin words aequus, meaning equal, and nox, meaning night.</span> <span data-start-time='33729' data-end-time='40313'>The day has 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night time.</span> <span data-start-time='40313' data-end-time='45604'>In the Northern Hemisphere, the day marks the beginning of spring.</span> <span data-start-time='45604' data-end-time='56542'>On this day, people living in colder areas of the Northern Hemisphere hope they can put away their winter clothes.</span> <span data-start-time='56542' data-end-time='62542'>They also may soon start planting flowers and vegetables in a garden.</span> <span data-start-time='62542' data-end-time='72458'>Here in Washington, D.C., Wednesday also marks the first day of the National Cherry Blossom Festival.</span> <span data-start-time='72458' data-end-time='84333'>Each year, people from around the world come to see the beautiful pink and white blossoms on the thousands of flowering cherry trees.</span> <span data-start-time='84333' data-end-time='92500'>For Washingtonians, the cherry blossoms are a welcome sign that spring has arrived.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3226/C974FFBF-A3DD-4C57-9B5F-F84E894466BD_cx0_cy6_cw0_w1023_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=12529 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