I was literally looking at my phone's weather app earlier this morning, and I noticed it said that we were suppose to get 12 hours of daylight today. And I was thinking "that's impossible! The equinox is still several days away! How can that be?" Little did I know that you were going to post about this topic later in the day lol. Thanks for clarifying at a truly convenient time!

It's incredible how you are able to explain this correct in just 2 minutes, really really cool!

I replayed this 5 times and still not got the idea

I didnt know the word "equinox". Does that count?

The video has been up for one whole hour and no flat earthers showed up yet?

As a kid,, I remember my science teacher asking my class what day it was, and no one would answer. I didn't want to, but finally said that it was the fall equinox. I only knew because I noticed it on my calendar that morning, lol.

Title is incorrect; The Equinox is exactly what I thought it was.

"You keep using the word. I don't think it means what you think it means."

With the spring equinox right around the corner, don't you think it's time you learned what the equinox REALLY is?

equinox: the time when there’s equal day and night WTF MIND IS ALREADY BLOWN WHY HAVE I NEVER REALIZED THIS (prob cuz ive never questioned it till 1:12am insomnia hit)

I'm so glad your channel was suggested to me! I'm looking forward to seeing your other videos!

Yeah. The Equinox is one of the most overated Skrillex songs, that's what it is

0:55 how can the equator be perpendicular to the sun. Shouldnt it be the Axis of the earth that is perpendicular to the line drawn from the centre of the sun to the earth?

Great, so equinox is actually exactly what I thought it was. Thought there would be mythological or cultural twist, like a "it's actually the day that the French used to pluck their chickens, which people tried to time with the time when the earth's equator was directly facing the sun" type twist. Still love your videos, guys. Keep 'em comin'!

“Is today the equinox?” “No.” “Then what is it?” “Today is your luxy day.”

I feel Smarter Every Day when I watch this channel.

1:02 No no no no, no! I am not falling for this again! "But, the sun's there!!" - "NO. NOT THERE. Mirage..."

Thank you. I learnt something.

Yes, it is what I thought it was. That said, people should really stop using the outrageously elongated elliptical orbit in illustrations. It perpetuates the notion that we have winter 'when we're further away from the sun'. Minimum distance of Earth from Sol is roughly 146 million km, whereas maximum is only 152 million km...hardly enough of a variance to warrant these ridiculous egg-shaped orbits we see so often. Bad scientist!

This is so refreshing as I try to read through Copernicus’ work

that's some great editing! thanks for the video!

This is kind of a well placed video cause I just learned about Equinoxes today

Hey Joe! Great video man! Keep it up!

This is the best concept. Short and concise. Would you please make a 2 minute video to clearly explain to all these earth flat dreamers that the earth is NOT flat and yes a nice ball! Thank you. Trying to convince my best friend to wake up... Thank you so much

I remember watching a TV show similar to this that explained how our entire solar system worked. Can’t remember the name though. It was all graphics and just a voice over. And less than 5 minutes. Sigh. Simpler times.

please add more about this!

Very nice explanation.

Turns out it is exactly what I thought it was.

You explain quite well 👍👍👍😁

Equinox is a Styx album released in 1975. The song 'Midnight Ride' is included.

Thank you

"When the earth's axis isn't pointing towards or away from the sun, at all". Hmm, I think you'll find, Joe, that the earth's axis is pointing in the same direction all year 'round (apart from the minor polar motion) - it's how and why we get seasons. Your statement would make more sense if the animation had been from a view above the plane of orbit, rather than the side view (with it's incorrect moving axial positioning) as shown.

that was so unfamiliar that nobody but a few can even dislike this video!... nice video and like by the way... keep it up!

Let me guess, we cant use the definition for sunrise&set "when the sun is half dipped into horizon" for practical reasons.

I knew summer lasted longer than winter!

Can it be said that time moves slower when we are further away from the sun than at the closer point of the elliptical orbit of earth? As you mentioned in another video that the farther we are from source of gravity the slower time goes or was it the other way? 🤔

I was always just told that the equinox is when the equator points directly at the sun. that's not wrong. why complicate?

you just blew up my mind

Great graphics!

just awesome thanks man

The Equinox is exactly what I think it is. The day I get pissed off that my days riding my motorcycle are getting too short, and start watching way, way too much KZfaq. Summer, here I come.

What justifies the angles from which the lower hanging equinox sun is visible from both sides of the equator at noon relative to the horizon?

That last bit on Acceleration experiments and observing a distinction between Acceleration and Gravitation is very important. Gravity is a force, it at least produces waves, and Acceleration is merely a symptom that can be made by more forces than just gravity, In a long term space flight, would a fake Gravity chamber being rotated at high speeds be enough to protect the samples from low gravity effects?

more for this subject! 😆✨

Awesome video :)

i really dont understand anything..during summerwe r near to sun and in winter we are far from sun but the diagram at the last made me confuse sir...plz explain

I recently read that to make yogurt you have to add a little yogurt to your mixture. And this brings in the question in my mind which I hope you can answer; how was the first yogurt made and how people discovered it?

Thank you.

OK, as long as we're nitpicking, your video should be titled "The Equinox isn't exactly What You Think It Is", because it's still pretty much what I thought it was. That said, it is still interesting and valuable content!

How do determine when is the equilux?

Is there a day that has equal daytime/nightime that does not necesarilly mean the equinox. Or does it just not happen.

I wish the channel was still called “itsokaytobesmart”

I'M EAQIN NOXBERRY!

jokes on you I didn't know what the fake equinox was and I only split my season in 4 for aesthetic symmetrical pleasure

This video tells the truth because a few days BEFORE the 2019 Equinox, our sunrise in LA was 7:05am-7:05pm. Now on the actual Equinox it's 6:56am-7:05pm.

So it turns out the equinox is exactly what I thought it was.

Of course the length of day also changes depending on your height, so if you have a tall enough building, you can experience more than 2 equiluxes in a year. Also anyone know of an equilux calculator?

yay, my birthday is on 20th on march, whole world celebrates it!!

1:45 this proves why Winter is so painfully long. haha *help us*

I love this show

On the Equinox I saw the first geese of the year. Coincidence or conspiracy?

I just finished reading that fact in a Neil degrasse Tyson book, I'm really thankful you did a longer graphic explanation.

Should I use this in my science test?

What is the song name for the intro?

This dude just broke my brain

"I need every bad bitch up in equinox, I wanna know right now if u a freak or not, oh lorrddd"

Enjoyed this. I was in error. (The earth is an ellipse?)

I live near equator, Everyday is equal

is there anyway to record earths rotation around the sun? i mean live recording

1:08 the sun is a disk? you trying to 'tilt' the flat earthers? hehe

today was the equilux in chicago!

Temp in the Philippines now is 37°C. Is it because of the equinox?

Nice

pls make a video about negative refraction

subscribed!

After the hottist February EVER here in Oz I wish winter was comming but I don't think we will get one in 2016

Just a note: for annotating your graphics it might be helpful to realize that some of your audience is in the southern hemisphere, meaning that the annotations in a video like this don't fit our frame of reference. We may be accustomed to making the flip mentally, but notes on the graphics might be more considerate especially if someone here is using videos like this as visual aids in class.

nice

Could this be why winter seems so much longer than summer?

And here I was thinking the Equinox was a Nova-class starship.

Why wouldn't we consider sunset to be the entire event from when the disk of the sun touches the horizon until it is completely gone? We do say the sun is setting don't we? For that matter, sunrise would be looked at the same way. So if you factor in the event itself, you would average the two or just take the measurement at 50% coverage. Just curious.

I wish you had told me this before I arranged the 10 ton stones.

Wow

Equinoxe is a great album by Jean Michele Jarre.....equinox really doesn't get things going around here, Mile High, Spring doesn't show up until after Mother's Day and Summer comes in about 15 minutes after that and hangs until October, Autumn hits and Winter sits in from Hallowed's Eve until Mother's Day. it's the mid-Summer and mid-Winter that make things interesting. April comes to visit in January usually for a few days or a week, and January reciprocates in April. And in Summer we've been getting out of the ordinary Fry Days, not the good kind that end the work week, (Fried-A, because your A$$ is fried by that end of the week)...Fry Days that soar over 100F and just frys all the flowers and leaves right on the stems. we're used to Every Afternoon Rain Showers with Thunder and the occasional tornado. not Azrionia Frying at Mile High. Equinox is a Very Good Reason to throw a Bigg Whoopin' Party, 2 times a year!

days an nights used be counted and sun up to sun down. sun down to sun up so there would be times u felt they we're equal

I know what it is! Its a Skrillex song

Mind blown!

Another curious fact, during the summer solstice, here in the UK we don't have night, instead we have twilight.

Whoa!

Equilux 👌🏼

Nice❣️

Funny that this ends with "sure as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west". Depending on your latitude and the time of year, the sun can actually rise northeast and set southwest, not due east and due west! A fun fact

Lol you got that last quote from GOT

2:42 What is UTC?

Well it was what I thought it was, but still a great video.

This is semantics. Quibbling. Most of us would rather have the year neatly split into fourths.

So we have a bit more summer than winter every year. Correct? And southern hemisphere has more winter?

why so litie suscribers this guys need more

What if aliens already found us with their present technology

All I know is that the equinox means no leg day which is every day