‘Imiloa September 2024 Sky Watch Admitted the Autumnal Equinox Sunday

Summary: ‘Imiloa September 2024 Sky Watch admitted the Autumnal Equinox Sunday, Sep. 22, even as Saturday, Sep. 28, most accurately approximates the Fall Equinox.

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Imiloa Astronomy Center, via Facebook Aug. 27, 2024

‘Imiloa September 2024 Sky Watch admitted the Autumnal Equinox Sunday, Sep. 22, 2024, even as Saturday, Sep. 28, 2024, most accurately approximates the equal day, the equal night in the Fall Equinox.

The Northern Hemisphere’s Autumnal Equinox of the United States’ mainland states and mid-ocean state that brings together the Hawaiian islands becomes the Southern Hemisphere’s Spring Equinox. Its Spring Equinox of United States’ mainland states and 50th, mid-ocean state Tuesday, Mar 19, 2024, counterparts the Southern Hemisphere’s Autumnal Equinox, also called Fall Equinox. ‘Imiloa Sky Watch (from Hawaiian ‘imi loa, “to search far”) designates the March equinox and the September equinox as respectively developing in Malaki and in Kepakemapa.

The University of Hawaii-Hilo astronomy center, Hawaii County and island, Hawaii state (from Hawaiian ha wai ‘i, “breath life-force supreme”; hilo, “thread”) employs one Hawaiian equivalent.

Each main island in the Hawaiian archipelago’s (from Greek ἀρχι-, “main”; πέλαγος, “sea”) eight-main, many-Northwest islands features in the ancient, Polynesian-ancestored, traditional culture island-specific month names.

Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Oahu island (from Hawaiian kapi’o, “arched”; lani, “heaven”; hono, “bay”; lulu, “sheltered”; o’ahu, “gathering-place”) gives four names from two-season Hawaii. Cool, wet hooilo rainy, wintry and dry, hot kau (from Hawaiian ho’oilo, “to cause to germinate/sprout”; kau, “roost”) summer, warm seasons respectively have March and September. The month March of Northern Hemisphere’s Spring Equinox is Nana or Welo (from Hawaiian nana, “to gaze, examine, view”; welo, “to float, flutter, stream [windwardly], [sun-]set”).

‘Imiloa September 2024 Sky Watch jubilated the Autumnal Equinox the fourth Sunday in Hilinama or in Ikuwa (from Hawaiian hilinama, “confident[-plant-growth] fading”?; ʻikuwā, “cloudburst-, surf-, thunder-roaring”?).

Polynesian-ancestored, traditional Hawaiian calendars keep each lunar month within three sets of 10-day periods known as ekolu anahulu (from Hawaiian ‘ekolu anahulu, “three 10 days[’ period]”).

The ancient, traditional Hawaiian calendars of the Pacific Ocean-linked Polynesian voyagers and of Polynesian-ancestored Hawaiians lodge first-quarter, full and last-quarter phases in their three-phase lunar-month calendars. Anahulu hoonui (“10 days to enlarge”), anahulu poepoe (“10 days to round”), anahulu emi (“10 days to diminish”) manifest themselves in each such Hawaiian-calendar lunar month. ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center nestles four lunar phrases into each month such that Sep. 2-9, 10-16, 17-23 and 24-30 respectively niche new, first-quarter, full and last-quarter moons.

‘Imiloa September 2024 Sky Watch observed officially Sunday, Sep. 22 the Autumnal Equinox (from Latin aequus, “equal”; nox, “night” via aequinoctium) occurring unofficially Saturday, Sep. 28.

Full-moon mahina piha/poepoe, after new-moon mahina hou and first-quarter mahina hapalua mua and before last-quarter mahina hapalua hope, officially possesses the Autumnal Equinox Sunday the 22nd.

The Autumnal Equinox quantifies one 12-hour day and one 12-hour night in one 24-hour period even as September quarters no date that qualifies for that definition. Saturday, Sep. 28, 2024, reveals itself as the closest realization of that 12-hour day, 12-hour night reunion rendered by the due-east rising, the due-west setting sun. That date during the last-quarter moon, not the full moon, nevertheless supplies a day, at 11 hours and 59 minutes, short one minute of 12 hours.

‘Imiloa September 2024 Sky Watch tendered Autumnal Equinox Sunday (Hawaiianized Ka māuiili o ka hāʻulelau) the 22nd officially even as it tenders it unofficially the 28th.

Haleakalā National Park, via Facebook Sep. 11, 2024

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Imiloa Astronomy Center, via Facebook Aug. 27, 2024, @ https://www.facebook.com/imiloaastronomycenter/posts/908459324634347/; via Facebook Aug. 27, 2024, @ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=908459324634347&set=a.451186320361652; via Facebook Aug. 27, 2024, @ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=908459324634347&set=pb.100064108621874.-2207520000

Haleakalā National Park, via Facebook Sep. 11, 2024, @ https://www.facebook.com/HaleakalaNPS/posts/pfbid0k2t2vU9Sd3Xp17axUmvGQL8ebwzA4Tzdhk8C2gp4Jn4D3VG9xzhArdPtS9tHEgUvl; via Facebook Sep. 11, 2024, @ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=920729433427902&set=pb.100064725609050.-2207520000

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