Mid-Autumn Festival the ascendance and culmination of the Buddha's visit to heaven and for the latter, the acknowledgement of the cultivation season known as "Maha". The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Han calendar—essentially the night of a full moon—which falls near the Autumnal Equinox (on a day between September 8 and October 7 in the Gregorian calendar). In 2018, it fell on September 24. It will occur on these days in coming years: Mid-Autumn Festival The Mid-Autumn Festival is a harvest festival celebrated notably by the Chinese and Vietnamese people. The festival is
Equinox equinoxes shift through the constellations as follows (expressed in astronomical year numbering when the year 0 = 1 BC, −1 = 2 BC, etc.): The equinoxes are sometimes regarded as the start of spring and autumn. A number of traditional harvest festivals are celebrated on the date of the equinoxes. Observations of the equinox are frequently used in online debates between flat-earth conspiracy proponents and those who support the generally accepted heliocentric globe model. Wolfie6020, a well-known flat-earth debunker on YouTube, has a semi-annual Equinox Challenge with prizes available to any flat-earther who can show a functioning flat-earth model that