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The sun appears to move about 60 degrees in four hours.

Of course, the sun is not moving, the earth is rotating making it appear to ancient people the sun is moving.

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How many degrees of longitude does the sun appear to move each hour if it move 360 in 24 hours?

The sun appears to move 15 degrees of longitude each hour if it moves 360 degrees in 24 hours. This is because there are 24 hours in a day, so dividing 360 degrees by 24 hours gives us 15 degrees per hour.


If earth rotates every 24 hours how many degrees does the sun appear to move in one hour in four minutes?

Once, plus just a little bit more. The Earth actually rotates once in 23 hours 56 minutes. However, during that time the Earth continues to move in its orbit around the Sun, and it takes the Earth another 4 minutes worth of rotation to point back at the Sun again. The 23h 56m "sidereal" day is with reference to the stars, while the 24-hour "solar" day is with reference to the Sun.


Explain how time changes as you move east from the Prime Meridian?

As you move east from the Prime Meridian, time increases by one hour for every 15 degrees of longitude you cross. This is because Earth rotates 360 degrees in 24 hours, so each hour represents 15 degrees of longitude.


Number of degrees of longitude for one hour's time?

15. There are 24 hours; a full rotation is 360, so 360 divided by 24 is 15.The earth spins approximately 360 degrees in twenty four hours (one day).The earth spins 15 degrees in one hour. _____________ The above is correct in a general sense, but this is a little more complex than meets the eye. The earth spins very close to what might be called 15 'synodic' degrees in one hour, if you are dealing with coordinate degrees of longitude relative to the sun. But since the earth spins more than 360 sidereal (or absolute) degrees in 24 hours, the number of sidereal degrees per hour must be slightly greater than 15, since slightly less time (sidereal day) amounts to 360 absolute degrees. The sidereal day is about 23.93447232 hours. The earth spins 360 absolute degrees in this period of time. This yields roughly 15.041 degrees of sidereal spin per hour.15 degrees


How many hours ahead is Virginia from Arizona?

2 hours 2 hours during daylight savings time after november, 3 hours when the clocks move back in march

Related Questions

How far does the sun appear to move in four hours?

Through an angle of 60 degrees.


How many degrees does the little hand move in 3 hours on the clock?

90 degrees


How many degrees does the hour hand of a clock move in 5 hours?

150 degrees


How many degrees do the stars move around polaris in 3 hours?

45 degrees


How many degrees of longitude does the sun appear to move each hour if it moves 360 degrees in 24 hours?

360 divided by 24 equals 15. The sun appears to move 15 degrees each hour, or one degree every four minutes.


How many degrees does a star move in three hours?

45


How many degrees of longitude does the sun appear to move each hour if it move 360 in 24 hours?

The sun appears to move 15 degrees of longitude each hour if it moves 360 degrees in 24 hours. This is because there are 24 hours in a day, so dividing 360 degrees by 24 hours gives us 15 degrees per hour.


How many degrees does the hour hand of a clock move in 2 hours?

720


How many degrees does a hand move in one hour?

360 degrees in 12 hours , so 360/12 ie 30 degrees


How many degrees does the hour hand move in one half of an hour?

It takes twelve hours for the hour hand to move 360 degrees In half an hour the hour hand moves 15 degrees


Through how many degrees does the hour hand move?

Each hour, it rotates through 30 degrees, every twelve hours, it rotates 360 degrees.


How many degrees of longitude does the sun appear to move each hour if it moves 370 degrees in 24 hours?

Any number you like. Since the predicate statement: "the sun appears to move 370 degrees in 24 hours" is FALSE, then the "conclusion" can be any statement you like. The sun appears to move 360 degrees in 24 hours and so 360/24 = 15 deg each hour.