Equinox commonly refers to: *

Equinox A solar equinox is a moment in time when the Sun appears directly above the equator, rather than to its north or south. On the day of the equinox, the Sun appears to rise directly east and set directly west. This occurs twice each year, arou ...

, the instant of time when the plane of Earth's equator passes through the center of the Sun **

March equinox The March equinox or northward equinox is the equinox on the Earth when the subsolar point appears to leave the Southern Hemisphere and cross the celestial equator, heading northward as seen from Earth. The March equinox is known as the ver ...

September equinox The September equinox (or southward equinox) is the moment when the Sun appears to cross the celestial equator, heading southward. Because of differences between the calendar year and the tropical year, the September equinox may occur from ...

Equinox (celestial coordinates) In astronomy, an equinox is either of two places on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator. Although there are two such intersections, the equinox associated with the Sun's ascending node is used as the c ...

, either of two places on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator Equinox may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

Equinox (comics) Equinox (Terrance Sorenson) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history Equinox, the Thermodynamic Man, first appeared in '' Marvel Team-Up'' #23 (July 1974), and was created by Len Wein an ...

, a Marvel Comics supervillain * Equinox (DC Comics), a DC comics character, son of Power Girl * Equinox, a character in ''Batman: The Brave and the Bold''

Film and television

* ''Equinox'' (1970 film), an American horror film * ''Equinox'' (1986 film), a Canadian drama film * ''Equinox'' (1992 film), an American film * ''Equinox'' (TV programme), a British science and documentary programme 1986–2006 * "Equinox" (''Star Trek: Voyager''), a two-part episode of the TV series 1999 * ''Equinox'' (2020 TV series), a Danish TV series

Gaming

* ''Equinox'' (1986 video game) * ''Equinox'' (1993 video game)

Literature

* ''Equinox'' (novel), a 1973 novel by Samuel R. Delany * ''

The Equinox ''The Equinox'' (subtitle: ''The Review of Scientific Illuminism'') is a periodical that serves as the official organ of the A∴A∴, a magical order founded by Aleister Crowley (although material is often of import to its sister organization, Or ...

'', a occultism periodical 1909–1998 * ''EQuinox'', the official magazine of ''

EverQuest II ''EverQuest II'' is a 3D fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) originally developed and published by Sony Online Entertainment for Microsoft Windows PCs and released in November 2004. It is the sequel to the original ...

Music

Bands

* Equinox (thrash metal band), from Norway, started in 1987 *

Equinox (electro-industrial band) ''Holon'' is the only album by electro-industrial and drum and bass band Equinox, released in 1998 by Hypnotic. Equinox was a side project of Canadian industrial musicians Bill Leeb and Chris Peterson of Canadian industrial band Front Line Asse ...

, a 1998 project of Front Line Assembly *

Equinox (Bulgarian band) Equinox was a supergroup (music), supergroup consisting of Bulgarian singers Zhana Bergendorff, Georgi Simeonov, and Vladimir Mihaylov, and American singers Johnny Manuel and Trey Campbell. They represented Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contes ...

, Eurovision Song Contest 2018 contestants

Opera

* ''Equinox'' (opera), a Slovene-language opera by Marjan Kozina

Albums

* ''Equinox'' (Sérgio Mendes album), 1967 * ''Equinox'' (Red Garland album), 1979 * ''Equinox'' (Omar Rodríguez-López album), 2013 * ''Equinox'' (Styx album), 1975 * ''Equinox'' (JO1 album), 2023 * ''Equinox'' (EP), by Northlane and In Hearts Wake, 2016 * ''

Équinoxe ''Équinoxe'' (, ) is the fourth studio album by French electronic music, electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, released in December 1978 on the Disques Dreyfus, Dreyfus record label, licensed to Polydor Records for its worldwide d ...

'', by Jean Michel Jarre, 1978 * '' Equinoxe Infinity'', by Jean Michel Jarre, 2018 * ''The Equinox'' (album), by Organized Konfusion, 1997

Songs

* "Equinox" (jazz standard), by John Coltrane, 1964 * "Equinox", by Heaven Shall Burn from '' Iconoclast (Part 1: The Final Resistance)'', 2008 * "Équinoxe", by C418 from ''

Minecraft – Volume Alpha ''Minecraft – Volume Alpha'' is the first soundtrack album by the German electronic musician Daniel "C418" Rosenfeld. Created for the 2011 video game ''Minecraft'', it is the first of two albums by Rosenfeld to come from the game's soundtrac ...

'', 2011 * "

First of the Year (Equinox) "First of the Year (Equinox)" is a song by American electronic music producer Skrillex. It was released on June 7, 2011, as the lead single from his third EP, '' More Monsters and Sprites''. The song has since become a moderate commercial succ ...

", by Skrillex, 2011 * "Vernal Equinox", a song by Can from '' Landed'', 1975

Businesses and organizations

Equinox Group Equinox Holdings, Inc. is an American luxury fitness company and health club headquartered in New York City, New York. The company operates more than 300 club facilities in major cities in the United States, as well as in London, Toronto, and Va ...

, an American luxury fitness company *

Equinox Minerals Equinox Minerals is a mining and exploration company with corporate offices in Perth, Australia and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It has operations in Peru and Australia. In Zambia it owned the Lumwana Mining Company, but that was bought by Barrick ...

, a mining company headquartered in Canada and Australia *

Equinox (MLM) Equinox International was a multi-level marketing company founded in 1991 and headed by Bill Gouldd. In 1996, Equinox was listed #1 on Inc Magazine's list of the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the United States. The company and its f ...

, a defunct multi-level marketing company *

Equinox Systems Equinox Systems, Inc., was an American manufacturer of computer networking hardware and developer of networking software based in Miami, Florida, and active from 1983 to 2000. The company started out selling a well-regarded series of enterprise d ...

, manufacturer of serial communications devices, acquired by Avocent * Equinox Payments, formerly Hypercom, an electronic payment processing company *

Equinox initiative for racial justice ''Equinox'' is a European anti-racism organization, launched in March 2021 with the support of the European Commissioner Helena Dalli. Equinox was co-founded by Alfiaz Vaiya Claire Gilder and Sarah Chander. The Ireland-based human rights activist ...

, European anti-racist organization *

Equinox Publishing (Sheffield) Equinox Publishing Ltd is an independent academic publisher incepted in 2003 by Janet Joyce and based in Sheffield. It publishes textbooks, anthologies, monographs, and reference books in the areas of archaeology, linguistics, cultural history, r ...

, an independent academic publishing based in Sheffield, UK *

Equinox Publishing (Jakarta) Equinox Publishing is a Jakarta Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital an ...

, Jakarta-based publisher of books * Equinoxe TV, a television channel in Cameroon * Équinoxe (political party), a French political party

Computing

* Equinox (Atari demogroup), 1988–2007 * Equinox (OSGi), an Eclipse project to implement OSGi R4.x

Places

Equinox Mountain Equinox Mountain is the highest peak of the Taconic Range and the second-highest point in southern Vermont, after Stratton Mountain. It rises nearly 3,000 feet (914 meters) above its eastern footings in Manchester, giving Equinox the third-g ...

, Vermont, U.S.

Sports

Vin Gerard Vince Gerard Durling (born February 4, 1986) is an American former Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in Chikara (professional wrestling), Chikara, where he was a one time Chikara Young Lions Cup, Young ...

(born 1986), ring name Equinox *

Jimmy Olsen (wrestler) Jimmy Olsen (born October 16, 1986) is an American former Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in Chikara (professional wrestling), Chikara, under his real name and the ring name Equinox. Professional wr ...

(born 1986), ring name Equinox * Equinox Marathon, an annual running marathon in Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S. *

Equinox (horse) Equinox（, Foaled March 23, 2019）is a retired Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and current sire. He won both of his races as a two-year-old in 2021, taking the Grade II Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes on his second start. In the early part of ...

, a Japanese thoroughbred racehorse

Transportation

* ''

Celebrity Equinox ''Celebrity Equinox'' is a built by Meyer Werft in Germany. ''Celebrity Equinox'' is the second of the five ''Solstice''-class vessels, owned and operated by Celebrity Cruises. She is a sister ship of , , , and the . Construction officially star ...

'', cruise ship launched in 2009 *

Chevrolet Equinox The Chevrolet Equinox is a crossover SUV introduced by Chevrolet in 2004 for the 2005 model year. It was intended to replace the North American Chevrolet Tracker and Chevrolet S-10 Blazer. The third-generation Equinox also replaced the fir ...

, a General Motors SUV