I know that crossing it makes a person go from one day to the next..but how far into the next (how many hours further)
As an FYI, I would be travelling from the US to Guam.
Thank you!
2007-01-01 02:50:41 · 4 answers · asked by Dune 2 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
"International Date Line
The 180° meridian, where each day officially begins and ends. As a person travels eastward, against the apparent movement of the Sun, 1 h is gained for every 15° of longitude; traveling westward, time is lost at the same rate. Two people starting from any meridian and traveling around the world in opposite directions at the same speed would have the same time when they meet, but would be 1 day apart in date. When a traveler goes west across the line, a day is lost; if it is Monday to the east, it will be Tuesday immediately as the traveler crosses the International Date Line.
The 180° meridian is ideal for serving as the International Date Line. It is exactly halfway around the world from the zero, or Greenwich, meridian, from which all longitude is reckoned. It also falls almost in the center of the largest ocean; consequently there is the least amount of inconvenience as regards population centers. A few deviations in the alignment have been made, such as swinging the line east around Siberia to keep that area all in the same day, and westward around the Aleutian Islands so that they will be within the same day as the rest of Alaska. Other variations for the same purpose have been made near Kiribati, at the Equator, and the Fiji Islands, in the South Pacific."
2007-01-01 03:44:36 · answer #1 · answered by Double O 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Basically the Earth is approx. 24,000 miles in circumference and there is 24 hours in a day so at some point you cross from today to tomorrow and vice versa. The International date line is somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Every 1,000 miles or so you lose or gain an hour depending on whether you are heading east or west. Hope that helps
2007-01-01 11:08:51 · answer #2 · answered by Bob D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it really deepens if you are going from Alaska to Russia Russia to Alaska you are in someway going back and fourth in time. I did it going to Australia it was weird. When I came home we got back before we left.
2007-01-01 11:02:37 · answer #3 · answered by Earth to Mars 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no,you can not ring up and ask for a date with an international celeb.!! You have to register first and then say please!
2007-01-01 10:55:29 · answer #4 · answered by robert w 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋