Equinox commonly refers to: *

Equinox A solar equinox is a moment in time when the Sun crosses the Earth's equator, which is to say, appears directly above the equator, rather than north or south of the equator. On the day of the equinox, the Sun appears to rise "due east" and se ...

, 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 ve ...

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 anyt ...

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 co ...

, 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 fictional character, 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 cr ...

, 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'' (2020 TV series), a Danish TV series * "Equinox" (''Star Trek: Voyager''), an episode of the 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'') was a periodical that served 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, ...

'', 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) Equinox is a Norwegian thrash metal band from Fredrikstad that started in 1987. The initial band members were Grim Stene (guitar/vocals), Ragnar 'Raggen' Westin (drums) and Skule Stene (bass guitar) who were all ex-Rebellion members. In 1988 Tom ...

, 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 L ...

, a 1998 project of Front Line Assembly *

Equinox (Bulgarian band) Equinox was a supergroup (music), supergroup of five artists that represented Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon with the song "Bones (Equinox song), Bones", coming 14th with 166 ...

, 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'' (EP), by Northlane and In Hearts Wake, 2016 * ''

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

'', by Jean Michel Jarre, 1978 * ''

Equinoxe Infinity "Equinoxe Infinity" is the twentieth studio album by French musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, released on 16 November 2018 by Columbia Records. It is the sequel to his fourth studio release, '' Équinoxe'' (1978), released forty years pri ...

'', 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 the 2008 album '' Iconoclast (Part 1: The Final Resistance)'' * "

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 succe ...

" by Skrillex, 2011

Businesses and organizations

* Equinox Group, an American luxury fitness company * Equinox Minerals, 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 fo ...

, a defunct multi-level marketing company * Equinox Systems, manufacturer of serial communications devices, acquired by

Avocent Avocent, a business of Vertiv, is an information-technology products manufacturer headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Avocent formed in 2000 from the merger of the world's two largest manufacturers of KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) equipment ...

* Equinox Payments, formerly

Hypercom Hypercom was an Australian company which was a pioneer of electronic payment processing hardware and software. It was acquired by rival VeriFone in 2011. History Hypercom was founded by Hungarian born George Wallner, David Saul and Leslie Fritz ...

, an electronic payment processing company * Equinox (organization), European anti-racist organization * Equinox Publishing (Sheffield), an independent academic publishing based in Sheffield, UK *

Equinox Publishing (Jakarta) Equinox Publishing is a Jakarta-based publisher of books. History Equinox was launched on the vernal equinox, 21 March 2000 at the Shangri-La Hotel in Jakarta. Its aim was to publish "fiction, non-fiction, and luxury illustrated and specially-com ...

, Jakarta-based publisher of books

Computing

Equinox (Amiga demogroup) Equinox is an Amiga demo group with an active period between the years 1987-1996. The name Equinox was not used from the beginning. In the early days the group were called themselves "The Powerlords", or sometimes "The Powerlords Corporation" ( ...

, 1987–1996 *

Equinox (Atari demogroup) The demoscene is an international computer art subculture focused on producing demos: self-contained, sometimes extremely small, computer programs that produce audiovisual presentations. The purpose of a demo is to show off computer programming, ...

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

Places

Equinox Mountain Equinox Mountain is a mountain in Bennington County, Vermont, United States, in the town of Manchester. The mountain is the highest peak of the Taconic Range, and the highest point of Bennington County. It is one of thirteen peaks in Vermont wi ...

, Vermont, U.S.

Sports

Vin Gerard Vince Gerard Durling (born February 4, 1986) is an American former professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in Chikara, where he was a one time Young Lions Cup Champion. Currently he is the owner/operator of Indiewrestling.tv. Pro ...

(born 1986), ring name Equinox * Jimmy Olsen (wrestler) (born 1986), ring name Equinox *

Equinox Marathon __NOTOC__ The Equinox Marathon is an annual marathon held in Fairbanks, Alaska near the time of the September equinox, autumnal equinox. It is one of the most difficult marathon courses in the world and includes 3285 ft. (1001 m) of elevation ...

, an annual running marathon in Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S.

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 . ''Celebrity Equinox'' entere ...

'', cruise ship launched in 2009 *

Chevrolet Equinox The Chevrolet Equinox is a series of crossover SUVs from Chevrolet introduced in 2004 for the 2005 model year. It replaces the North American Chevrolet Tracker and Chevrolet S-10 Blazer. The third-generation Equinox also replaced the first-g ...

, a General Motors SUV