Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. What day is the first day of spring 2026? Friday, March 20, ...

Spring is a glorious, warm season after the harsh cold of winter—filled with light and more sun-induced vitamin D. Friday, March 20, 2026 (at exactly 10:46 a.m. ET), marks both its triumphant return ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite months of cold weather and frigid Ohio temperatures, the March equinox marks the official astronomical start of spring, ...

The Earth’s equator is aligned directly with the Sun on the vernal equinox. @NOAASatellitePA / X Astronomically, an equinox occurs when the sun is directly above the equator. The term combines the ...

Many parts of the country have already had teases of spring-like weather, but the actual first day of the new astronomical season will come this Friday. Here are 10 things to know about the spring, or ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Meteorological spring has already arrived, and with temperatures climbing this week in Northeast Ohio, it may finally feel like it. But the astronomical start of spring — marked by ...

The astrology of winter has been a doozy, and the past month has been especially intense. Between back-to-back eclipses, a messy Mercury retrograde period, and a series of game-changing planetary ...

Despite months of cold weather and frigid Ohio temperatures, the March equinox marks the official astronomical start of spring, and it's finally upon us. Spring officially arrives today. Here's the ...

Astronomical spring begins with the vernal equinox on Friday, March 20, 2026, at 10:46 a.m. The spring equinox occurs when the sun shines directly over the Earth's equator, resulting in nearly equal ...