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How long is the night?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 11/14/2022

The "longest night" on Earth is either at the north pole or at the south pole, where the Sun is up for 6 months and then down for six months. However, nobody lives at the North Pole (except Santa...) while there is a U.S. Navy research station at the South Pole.

For other areas, the length of day and night will vary by your latitude. At the equator, the days and nights are pretty much equal all year long. At higher latitudes, the days are longer in the spring and summer, and shorter in the fall and winter. The shortest day of the year is on the winter solstice, which is December 21 in the northern hemisphere and June 21 in the Southern Hemisphere. (These dates can vary a day either way, depending on the cycle of leap years.)

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