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What is the longest day south of the equator?
South of the Equator the longest daylight is 24 hours at the South Pole. This occurs on the 21st/22nd December. In the Southern Hemisphere the seasons and the daylight hours are opposite to the Northern Hemisphere.
Why are the numbers of hours of daylight and darkness not the same all year?
Day and night varies throughout the year depending on the angle of the sun and the axis of the earth. The further you are from the equator the greater the differences. If you live on the equator the difference is virtually nil.
Is The winter solstice have the longest day of the year?
no.
How do you have longest day?
The change in the length of the day is due to the tilt of the Earth. You will have your longest day of the year when you live of the part of the Earth that is tilted towards the Sun.
Where does the longest day occur?
In Australia, the longest day of the year occurs in December, usually around the 21st of the month.
When is the longest day of the year of 2011?
The longest day in any year is the summer solstice. In 2011, this will occur on June 21 in the Northern hemisphere and December 22 in the Southern hemisphere.
Is the summer solstice the longest or shortest day of the year?
the longest
Can the same day be both the longest and the shortest day of the year?
Yes. Longest day of the year in one hemisphere, and shortest day of the year in the other hemisphere. So our summer solstice on June 21 is the longest day in Europe or America, but the shortest day for the Australians.
What is the longest day of the year in Georgia?
Thanksgiving Day
Why is the winter solstice not the longest day of the year?
Because it is the shortest day of the year.
What is the longest day south of the equator?
South of the Equator the longest daylight is 24 hours at the South Pole. This occurs on the 21st/22nd December. In the Southern Hemisphere the seasons and the daylight hours are opposite to the Northern Hemisphere.
Why are the numbers of hours of daylight and darkness not the same all year?
Day and night varies throughout the year depending on the angle of the sun and the axis of the earth. The further you are from the equator the greater the differences. If you live on the equator the difference is virtually nil.
Why is the longest day of the year not on the summer solstice?
Because you're living on Bizarro World? On Earth, the summer solstice is the longest day of the year.
Which months of the year has the longest day?
June
Is The winter solstice have the longest day of the year?
no.
What is the longest day of the year and when does it occur?
The longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere is during summer solstice. Th longest day in the year for the southern hemisphere is during winter solstice.
What is the sumer solstice?
it is the longest day of the year. and the first day of summer!
