That is measured by lattitude.
'Distance' can't be measured in degrees.The angle from the equator to the place of interestis the latitude of the place.
-- Distance is never measured in degrees.-- The angle between the equator and a place on the Earth's surface is the latitude of the place.-- Latitude can be expressed in any convenient unit of angle measure. 'Degrees' is traditionallythe most popular one.
Declination measures the number of degrees north or south of the Celestial Equator.
Latitude measures the distance, North or South, from the Equator.
It is "A distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees".But distance is not measured in degrees. The latitude of a place is theangle corresponding to the shortest arc on the Earth's surface betweenthe equator and that place.
The "latitude" of any place is the angle on the Earth's surface between that placeand the equator. That angle is the basic measurement, and the distance can becalculated from it.
Latitude is the angle, measured north or south, between the equator and a place.
'Distance' can't be measured in degrees.The angle from the equator to the place of interestis the latitude of the place.
'Distance' can't be measured in degrees.The angle from the equator to the place of interestis the latitude of the place.
-- Distance is never measured in degrees.-- The angle between the equator and a place on the Earth's surface is the latitude of the place.-- Latitude can be expressed in any convenient unit of angle measure. 'Degrees' is traditionallythe most popular one.
Declination measures the number of degrees north or south of the Celestial Equator.
Its latitude.
Latitude measures the distance, North or South, from the Equator.
Latitude is the angle that describes the location of a place north or southof the equator. All lines of constant latitude are parallel.
Distance.
distance
It is "A distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees".But distance is not measured in degrees. The latitude of a place is theangle corresponding to the shortest arc on the Earth's surface betweenthe equator and that place.