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What is the name of the day in which the hours of daylight and darkness are equal?
Equinox
How many hours of darkness is there in a year?
There are 8760 hours in a standard year and 8784 in a leap year. At any time is dark somewhere on Earth, so you could say there are 8760 hours of darkness in a year and 8784 of darkness in a leap year. Another way of looking at it is where you are on the planet. At different times of year there are different amounts of darkness and daylight and then there is twilight. You could say it is dark anywhere for about half the year, so that would be 4380 hours in a normal year and 4392 hours in a leap year.
How does the number of hours of daylight compare to the number of hours of darkness on March 20 the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere?
March 20 and September 23 are the two equinox days when there are 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness at any place on the Earth.
Why does the equator get equal hours of day light and darkness?
because it just does. end of conversation
How many minutes are their daily?
24 hours x 60 minutes = 1440 Minutes Daily
