In the northern midsummer, at what latitude do I have to be to see a 24 hour sunlit day?
2007-06-12 07:01:33 · 9 answers · asked by MAD MOMMA 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
On the average, about 66 degrees north latitude which cuts Alaska nearly in half. And the further north you traveled the sun would be lower in the sky.
2007-06-12 07:33:58 · answer #1 · answered by Joline 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I lived at 64 degrees 41' 57.59* for three years. You will find that is an apartment on Eielson AFB, AK. During the three summers we spent there I can tell you it was not dark. For a few weeks in the midsummer the Sun does set but it never gets 7 degrees below the horizon. 7 degrees is the magic number. It is the point when the human eye can begin to see stars. It would go into a sort of twilight but it was not too dark to read and you didn't need auto headlights at all.
The other side of the coin was the winter. At midwinter the Sun would come up at about 10:00 AM and set at 2:00 PM. I worked underground so I would arrive at work in the dark, go home in the dark and had to wait for a weekend to see the Sun.
The aurora was worth it. That is a light show to rival anything Las Vegas has to offer.
2007-06-12 20:17:46 · answer #2 · answered by gimpalomg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
North of the Arctic Circle, south of the Antarctic Circle, 66 deg 33' 39"' N or S latitude.
2007-06-12 14:14:27 · answer #3 · answered by Uncle Al 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anywhere above the arctic circle, above 66° 33′ 39, during summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
If you go in the winter then you can experience the polar night, total darkness for 24 hours.
2007-06-12 14:09:54 · answer #4 · answered by Tsumego 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its Sweden!!! I don´t live above the arctic circle but far enough north to have only a few hours of night. And it doesn´t get dark. Its kind of a combined sunset-sunrise.
You need to be above the arctic circle at latitude 66 degrees north to experience the sun at midnight. Below the antarctic circle they instead have permanent night at this time of the year...
2007-06-12 14:28:55 · answer #5 · answered by DrAnders_pHd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What they said...same thing in the southern hemisphere below the Antarctic Circle, although with a six-month offset.
2007-06-12 14:11:52 · answer #6 · answered by gebobs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anywhere above the arctic circle
2007-06-12 14:13:37 · answer #7 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
above the artic circle
2007-06-12 14:07:13 · answer #8 · answered by billual 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no,but i heard about the earth can rotate around the sun and earth can tilt its axis.
2007-06-12 14:18:45 · answer #9 · answered by writer-girl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋