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You may not have noticed, but the Earth is turning. So any longitude you name
shows any time you want to choose, once every 24 hours. To put it the other way:
The place of (12.00 midnight) slithers around over the entire Earth, lining up with
every longitude, during a period of 24 hours.
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Is the prime meridian the international dateline?
Midnight, on the morning of the day after.
Is the prime meridian a line of latitude or a line of longitude?
The Prime Meridian is a line of longitude, and it sits at 0 degrees longitude.
Which line of longitude is found opposite of the Prime Meridian?
The major line of longitude located at 180 degrees longitude is the International Date Line.
If it is noon at the southernmost point of a meridian it is midnight at the northernmost point of the same meridian?
No. A meridian is a line of longitude and on that line it is the same time everywhere. You need to go 180 degrees round the planet to get 12 hours difference.
What is the invisible line at zero longitude?
The Prime Meridian is the invisible line at zero longitude
Is the prime meridian the international dateline?
Midnight, on the morning of the day after.
Which line of longitude shows where the beginning of one day and the end of another come together?
You're thinking of the International Date Line -- ~180 degrees of longitude -- which is not a straight line, because of politics.
Difference between international date line and midnight line?
If not for standard time zones, the midnight line would be the longitude directly opposite the longitude on which the sun is directly overhead. Therefore, it would be constantly circling the earth. At the moment when the sun is at its highest point in the sky as seen from Greenwich, England (noon GMT), the midnight line would coincide with the international date line. That would be the one moment per day in which local time at every point around the earth would be on the same day. In reality, the midnight line jumps from one time zone boundary to the next through the day. When it is midnight where you are, the midnight line is jumping from the first time zone boundary east of you to the first time zone boundary west of you. Since Sunday becomes Monday when the midnight line "travels" past you to the west, the same is true when you travel past the midnight line to the east. However, when you travel east across the international date line, Monday becomes Sunday. If the international date line were the 12 at the top of a clockface, the midnight line would be the hour hand.
What is the international date line and where is it?
This imaginary line of longitude is the 180 degree line of Longitude. It is on the opposite side of the planet to the Greenwich meridian. Thus when it is 12 o'clock mid day at Greenwich, it is midnight on the 180 degree line of longitude. As you will know midnight denotes the start of a new day (and therefore a new day's date) and this is why it is called the International date line. In reality the internationally agreed path of the International date line does not follow the 180 degree longitude line. This is because if it did some pacific island countries would find themselves in two days at once (most confusing!). The line therefore jiggles about a bit as is crosses the pacific. See related link below.
Which merdian shows date line?
The International Date Line (IDL) is a line of longitude located at about 180 degrees east (or west) of the Greenwich Meridian.
Is the prime meridian a line of latitude or a line of longitude?
The Prime Meridian is a line of longitude, and it sits at 0 degrees longitude.
Which line of longitude is found opposite of the Prime Meridian?
The major line of longitude located at 180 degrees longitude is the International Date Line.
What is the definition of lines of longitude?
Imanginary lines that run north and south of the globe. This line shows distance in degrees from the prime meridan.
Is the prime meridian the latitude line?
No, its the longitude line. Its 0 degress longitude.
If it is noon at the southernmost point of a meridian it is midnight at the northernmost point of the same meridian.?
No. A meridian is a line of longitude and on that line it is the same time everywhere. You need to go 180 degrees round the planet to get 12 hours difference.
If it is noon at the southernmost point of a meridian it is midnight at the northernmost point of the same meridian?
No. A meridian is a line of longitude and on that line it is the same time everywhere. You need to go 180 degrees round the planet to get 12 hours difference.
Is 104 degrees west a line of longitude or latitude?
104W is a longitude line. Anything labelled as "E" or "W" is longitude.
