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The beginning of spring and observance of Easter—events determined by the earth's relationship to the sun and moon—will fall within six days of each other this year.
Spring will begin at 6:34 p.m., March 20 when the sun arrives at the vernal equinox, directly above the earth’s equator, Dr. Paul H. Knappenbcrger Jr., director of the Science Museum of Virginia, noted. Only twice each year, he explained, on the first day of spring and the first day of autumn (usually
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