• Lāhainā Noon (Hawai’i Island)

    Hawai'i Island HI, USA

    Lāhainā Noon is a phenomenon where the sun passes directly overhead, causing vertical objects to cast zero shadow. It occurs twice a year in the tropics. On the Big Island Lāhainā Noon will occur: Waimea: Hilo: Kailua-Kona: July 24 at 12:30 p.m. HST

  • September Equinox

    Worldwide

    14:02 HST (04:02 UTC); the Sun rises exactly in east traveling through sky for 12 hours, sets exactly in west; every place on Earth experiences a ~12-hour day.

  • Standard Time (USA) Begins

    Nationwide USA

    Change clocks back 1 hour from Daylight Saving to Standard Time; does not include Hawai’i, Arizona (except the Navajo Nation), American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico or U.S. Virgin Islands.

  • December Solstice

    Worldwide

    10:49 HST (00:49 UTC); the Sun reaches the point where it is farthest South of the celestial equator, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year (opposite in Southern Hemisphere).