The vernal equinox, first day of spring 2015 on Friday was celebrated by Google with a stop-motion animation doodle in the US.

The doodle displayed flowers coming into bloom and a bee collecting pollen from a daffodil. The term 'equinox' is derived from the Latin for equal ('aequus') and night ('nox').

The vernal equinox is the time of year when day and night are of equal duration. It marks the in-between point of the year's shortest and longest days.

Equinox acts more like a label in order to separate the point of Earth's revolution around the sun in which there is more daylight than darkness. Sping equinox happens on March 19, 20 or 21 every year, which marks the first day of spring for those in the Northern Hemisphere.

The sun appears directly above the celestial equator only twice a year. About six months before the vernal equinox, the Northern Hemisphere welcomed fall and the Southern Hemisphere spring with the September equinox.

However, this year, a triple treat of celestial events was on offer as spring equinox was aligned with a supermoon and total solar eclipse.

Solar eclipse was celebrated in the UK with an animation of the moon passing over the sun. In 2053 and 2072, the equinox will happen at the same time as a solar eclipse.

The vernal equinox is celebrated by many cultures worldwide. In Belarus, women don traditional costumes and sing songs to mark the event. In Poland, it is celebrated by gathering people to burn an image and throw it in a river in a symbolic gesture to winter.

The live view of the total solar eclipse was broadcasted by the online Slooh Community Observatory its website Slooh. com.