![]() That’s why the parts of the Earth that are nearest the sun aren’t always the same. That’s because latitude affects the time of sunset and sunrise.Įarth is tilted on its axis, by about 23 degrees or so. (You get a bonus hour of daylight because the sun’s rays are refracted above the horizon for a short time before the sun rises and after the sun sets.) However, if you live farther north or south, you’ll find that your days are a lot longer in summer and a lot shorter in winter. ![]() If you live near the equator, it’s pretty much thirteen-hour days and eleven-hour nights year round, with sunrise around 7:30 am and sunset around 8:30 pm. ![]() If you live between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, the amount of daylight you get each day doesn’t vary much.
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