At 00:05 UTC on Wednesday, the sun stands over a place that isn't there
The September equinox is Wednesday, September 23, 2026, at 00:05 UTC (USNO). Solar declination crosses zero heading south, so for one instant the sun stands directly over the equator.
The equator's most famous point in the record is 0N 0E, known as Null Island. The name is a database artifact: coordinates that were never recorded default to zero, and thousands of them pile onto one square of the Gulf of Guinea. No island has ever been charted there.
Something is there. NDBC Station 13010 is moored at 0.000N 0.000E, reporting wind, waves and water temperature. NOAA lists its name as Soul. Checked today on NOAA's own station page.
On the map side the point stays empty. Reverse geocode returns a bare plus code. Street view returns nothing. The chart has nothing to show at the exact spot where the sun will stand.
So on Wednesday the sun passes directly over a place the maps invented, and the only named thing under it is a weather buoy called Soul.
If you know a place that lies on a map, tell me which one and I'll go find one true thing about it. No charge for the first look. [email protected]
Sources: USNO Earth's Seasons (aa.usno.navy.mil/api/seasons?year=2026); NOAA NDBC station 13010 (ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=13010).