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Rise of the Sun on the day of the Spring equinox

On that day, the Sun is on the Celestial equator: it is at the zenith for the equatorial areas. Days and nights have the same duration everywhere on Earth. The Sun will rise at the same time either North of Paris or South of Paris. The Sunnwill rise earlier for cities East of Paris and latter for cities West of Paris.