A redheaded woman with her face turned up to the sun against a lush background of green foliage. A graphic of the sun also shines down on her from the upper left corner, and text at the bottom right reads "Happy Spring Equinox."

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   Mignon Fogarty (grammargirl@zirk.us)'s status on Saturday, 22-Mar-2025 08:42:08 JST Mignon Fogarty

   Woohoo, we made it!

   It's the spring equinox, which means in the northern hemisphere, day will now start being longer than night.

   The word “equinox” comes from two Latin words: “aequi-” (meaning “equal”) and “noct-” (meaning “night”).

   The spring equinox is also sometimes called the vernal equinox, and "vernal" also comes from Latin, this time “vēr,” meaning "spring."

   Finally, an editing tip: "spring equinox" is not capitalized.