The Sun crosses the celestial equator southward, so that for the next six months day will be shorter than night for north-hemisphere countries.
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Happy Equinox!
I got a clear sight of the noon Sun today, but my measurement and timing of the Sun’s maximum height were poor. I put myself 17 nautical miles south-southeast of my true position. Anything within one nautical mile is a good sight reduction. I might try again tomorrow.
Here at 122 degrees west longitude the equinox happened at 17:05 PDT yesterday, September 22. So I tried to get a sight of the Sun at local apparent noon, 13:02. I could see the Sun through my sextant a minute or so before noon and a minute or so after noon, but the clouds were too thick at the moment when the Sun was highest in the sky. Today the weather is more clear, so I will try again. I’m happy when I can use my sights to calculate my position within a few miles of what the GPS on my phone says.