Autumn Arrives in Hermosa Beach

Summer is gone and fall is here. Friday marked the autumnal equinox, according to NASA.

The equinox, which occurred at 9:05 a.m., not only marked the changing of the season but also indicated that the amount of daytime and nighttime Friday were almost of equal lengths.

An equinox—which translates to "equal night" in Latin—happens when the Earth does not have an axial tilt to the sun, according to NASA, which produces an equal shadow of nightfall and sunlight on the Earth’s surface.

The sun rose Friday at 6:42 a.m., according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and then set at 6:49 p.m., which resulted in about 12 hours of light and darkness in Hermosa Beach.

In June the marked the start of summer, when the earth's tilt toward the sun was at a maximum.