LATITUDE
No, it measures degrees. Longitude can measure time, but not from the equator but from the prime meridian
Lines of latitude measure the distance north and south of the equator, which is the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The equator is located at 0 degrees latitude.
Another name for latitude lines is parallels. These lines run parallel to the equator and are used to measure how far north or south a location is from the equator.
Its latitude.
Lines of latitude run east-west and measure north-south.
The imaginary lines that run east and west are called lines of latitude or parallels. They are used to measure how far north or south a location is from the equator, which is the line of 0 degrees latitude.
lines of longitude
Lines of Latitude run parallel to the Equator (zero latitude). Lines of Longitude run from the North and South Poles, with the Prime Meridian (zero longitude) passing through the Greenwich Observatory, London, England.
The lines don't measure anything, any more than the marks on a ruler do any measuring for you. Latitude is an angle on the Earth's surface. It's the angle, measured north or south, from the equator to whatever location you want to talk about. On a map or globe, there may be some lines printed along the way, to help estimate the angle.
Declination
how far north or south a point is from the equator....
They are Lines of Latitude (sometimes known as Parallels of Latitude). The Equator (zero latitude) horizontally encircles the Earth and separates the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. Moving northwards from the Equator, the lines of Latitude increase in degrees. Moving South from the Equator, the lines of Latitude also increase in degrees the same as for the northern direction. The latitude of the North Pole is 90 degrees North, and the latitude of the South Pole is 90 degrees South.