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Which dates of the year do the Arctic and antarctic zones have equal hours of daylight?
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That would happen around the dates of the equinoxes ...
roughly March 21 and September 21.
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How much of earth do Arctic and Antarctic occupy?
Technically, both polar regions -- above the Arctic Circle and below the Antarctic Circle -- are equal. However, Antarctica occupies the larger landmass, of the two, covering about 10% of the earth's surface.
What place in the world can heave their temperature Fahrenheit and Celsius equal?
F and C are equal at -40. So.. the Arctic and Antarctic? Probably parts of Alaska
There are 9 million cubic miles of the earth Is most of it located in the Arctic or Antarctic?
The total volume of the Earth is something like 258 billion cubic miles.Your question doesn't specify which 9 million of them you're talking about.Also . . . to a pretty close approximation, the surface areas of the Arctic and Antarctic,as well as their volumes to any given depth, are nominally equal.
What is the name of the day in which the hours of daylight and darkness are equal?
Equinox
How much daylight is there in Ireland in September?
As it is the month of an equinox, there is a fairly equal amount of darkness and light, so about 12 hours of daylight.
What causes the number of daylight and darkness to be equal?
Day and night are only equal on the winter and summer equinox.
When is solstice are the light and dark equal?
On a solstice, it is only at the equator that the hours of light and dark are equal. At other parts, they would be different with one of the Poles experiencing 24 hours of daylight and the other Pole experiencing no daylight. If it is the June solstice, then it is the North Pole with 24 hours of daylight and the South Pole with none, while it is the opposite in the December solstice. It is at the equinox that the amount of daylight and darkness hours are equal around the world.
How many lumens equal daylight?
The illuminance of direct sunlight is approximately 100,000 lux, but normal daylight, which is filtered through a cloudy sky, is between 5,000 and 10,000 lux, while moonlight can be as little as 0.25 lux. About 1000 Lumen is equal to direct bright daylight .
Why are daylight and nighttime of equal length at the equinox?
Yes they are equal because equinox means equal nights.
On what days is there 50 percent daylight?
The answer you are looking for is probably "the equinoxes" (lterally equal nights); usually 20 March and 22 September. But, this refers to the period from sunrise to sunset which is NOT the same as daylight - thanks to twilight. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox for equinox dates in recent years.
Why is the south the darkest part of the earth at the solstice?
winter solstice
What 2 days of the year are there equal amounts of daylight and nighttime?
march 3rd
