Latitude & Longitude

Hello,..You are probably wondering about this topic...and yes.. Latitude and Longitude is not much of Astronomy...but it is..if you spot something you can give the exact location so people in another country will be able to see exactly what you are talking about.

Location on Earth described using latitude and longitude

You could easily see what latitude and longitude is from the picture above...but let me just say it..Latitude shows how far North or South you are, it's 90 degrees N at the North Pole and Zero at the equator , and 90 degrees S at the South Pole, the lines of latitude run parallel to the equator.

Longitude tell s you how East or West your position is, measured from 0 degree line of prime meridian at Greenwich, lines of longitude run from North Pole to South Pole.

Moving eastwards, longitude increases to maximum value of 180ºE (also 180ºW of Greenwich if approached from opposite direction). Moving further east, start to move back towards Greenwich
Points west of Greenwich described in units of ºW. So obviously when we move Greenwich towards east or west, the time changes.

The reason that the Sun rises from East to West is because the Earth's motion is from West to East.

For every 15° east or west of Greenwich meridian civil time changes by 1 hour forwards and backwards respectively. To find appropriate time zone, in hours, divide longitude, in degrees, by 15.

Yehhhh!!! I finished!!!LOL..

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