When:
September 22, 2012 @ 10:49 am – 11:49 am
2012-09-22T10:49:00-04:00
2012-09-22T11:49:00-04:00

The date (in the northern hemisphere) when night and day are nearly of the same length and Sun crosses the celestial equator (i.e., declination 0) moving southward (in the northern hemisphere).

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/AutumnalEquinox.html