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What is the northernmost latitude above which the sun can be above or below the horizon for 24 hours?
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∙ 14y ago
You may not realize that you have asked the question in an odd way. When you say northernmost, you are asking for the latitude that is farthest north where the sun can be above the horizon, or below the horizon, for 24 hours. That would be zero degrees north latitude, the north pole. The 'above which' idea may bring us to conclude the answer is any latitude arbitrarily close to but not equal to zero degrees. See what I mean? [Compensate for south as needed] You might have meant to ask for the lowest northern latitude where you can experience the sun above the horizon, or below the horizon, for 24 hours. That would be about 23.439 degrees north latitude.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoIf the north celestial pole is directly overhead, then you're standing at the earth's north pole.
If the "land" around you is flat, then your horizon coincides with the celestial equator, and the
elevations of everything you see in the sky corresponds to its celestial declination.
The sun's maximum positive declination is 23.5 degrees ... on June 21. So on June 21, it reaches
its maximum elevation in your sky, of 23.5 degreesabove your horizon.
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∙ 11y agoThe Arctic and Antarctic circles mark the boundaries of the regions where it's
possible to have more than 24 continuous hours of sun-up and sun-down ...
within 23.5 degrees of either pole, or latitude greater than 66.5 degrees
north or south.
The length of continuous sun-up and sun-down that any one place experiences
in the course of a year is 24 hours right on the circle, six months at the pole, and
varies smoothly in between.
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∙ 12y agoThe Arctic and Antarctic circles mark the boundaries of the regions where it's
possible to have more than 24 continuous hours of sun-up and sun-down ...
within 23.5 degrees of either pole, or latitude greater than 66.5 degrees
north or south.
The length of continuous sun-up and sun-down that any one place experiences
in the course of a year is 24 hours right on the circle, six months at the pole, and
varies smoothly in between.
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∙ 11y agoThat's exactly the significance of the Arctic Circle and the Antarctic Circle.
Each of those is the farthest from a pole where the sun can remain up or
down for 24 hours or more.
Their latitudes are 66.5° North for the Arctic Circle, and 66.5° South for
the Antarctic one.
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Those are the easy numbers to remember. The more precise value, in 2012, is
66.5622°
66° 33' 44"
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoartic circle
artic circle
the correct answer is the antarctic circe.
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoI believe it is 66.5 degrees North.
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago22 degrees north
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