I started thinking about this as the hours of daylight are decreasing due to the approach of winter. As you move north (or south) of the equator, towards the poles, during the time approaching the winter equinox, there are fewer hours of daylight each day. Here in NY, for example, on Dec. 21, there are roughly 6 hours of daylight. However, at the north pole, there are 0 (zero) hours of daylight.
My question is, as you move away from the equator, is there some linear (or non linear) relationship between the distance from the equator and the number of hours of sunlight? For example, say on Dec. 21 there are 12 hours of sunlight at the equator, if you travel 1000 miles north of the equator, how many hours of sunlight will there be? Is there some equation that expresses, for N miles from there equator, there will be Y hours of sunlight per day? Does this equation change as we approach the winter equinox, or is it constant from one day to the next?
2006-11-03
09:38:28
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