does the sun feel hotter on the equinox?

Answer 1

Yes - at the Equator. The sun will be directly overhead at noon on the Equator.

Other parts of the world

Thos coming out of summer will have less direct sun than they have been having. Those coming out of winter will have more direct sun than they have been having.

It aint difficult to understand. Seasons are all to do with the height the sun reaches in the sky (due to changing tilt of the Earth's axis in relation to the sun).

I am not sure why people do not understand this.

Answer 2

That's more a subjective question. Like, does ice feel colder on December 21st than it does on June 20th?

I think what you meant to say is: "Are the sun's rays hotter during equinox than any other day?"

The simple answer is that the earth does not waiver in its orbit around the sun, but it tilts which places the sun, in relation to any point on earth, in a different spot between the tropcs of cancer and capricorn.

The sun isn't any brighter.

The true answer would be equinox is the time when the sun is pretty much in the same position around the globe because the tilt of the earth has changed in relation to the sun, in the earth's orbit.

So no, it shouldn't be any hotter. But it should be shining roughly an equal amount of time during the day time as you will have during night time. Give or take. Just as the third week in December is the longest night, the third week in June is the longest day. The third week in March is roughly the same time for day and night.

But don't even get into daylight savings time, which appears to screw everything up!

Answer 3

I'm not sure, but, the earth does have an elliptical orbit around the sun. It is true that proximity to the sun (closer or further away) does increase the amount of radiation the said object is exposed to. However, I'm not really sure if it's a difference you could feel... (perhaps you could measure a slight difference) and it might not be on spring equinox. The spring equinox is caused by the earth's orientation towards the sun due to the planet's tilt. However, it would make sense that at two different points on an elliptical orbit we would be closer to the sun that at other points. I'm just to lazy to get out my astronomy textbook and check if it mentions anything about this :-P

Answer 4

No. But you are exposed to 15 minutes more daylight, so things have longer to heat up.