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Q: Why does the equator get equal hours of day light and darkness?
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On the fall equinox the hours of daylight are less than the hours of darkness?

No. The hours of darkness and day light are equal during autumnal equinox. (Both 12 hours)


When is solstice are the light and dark equal?

On a solstice, it is only at the equator that the hours of light and dark are equal. At other parts, they would be different with one of the Poles experiencing 24 hours of daylight and the other Pole experiencing no daylight. If it is the June solstice, then it is the North Pole with 24 hours of daylight and the South Pole with none, while it is the opposite in the December solstice. It is at the equinox that the amount of daylight and darkness hours are equal around the world.


How long are the days and nights in January and in July?

In terms of daylight and darkness, that will depend on where in the world you are. If you are in the Antarctic, then it is bright all of the time, with no darkness, in January and completely dark with almost no light in July. It would be the reverse in the Arctic. If you were on the equator, it would be about 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness all year. Between the equator and the poles, the amount of darkness and daylight will vary, getting more extreme the closer to the poles you get.


What is it called when darkness is equal to light?

Twilight.


How much daylight is there in Ireland in September?

As it is the month of an equinox, there is a fairly equal amount of darkness and light, so about 12 hours of daylight.


Is the speed of darkness greater than the speed of light?

Darkness is only the absence of light. The 'speed of darkness', or the speed at which darkness 'propagates' (even though only the absence of photons is propagating) is therefor equal to the speed of light.


Where is there 12 hours light and 12 hours dark?

Anywhere on or close to the equator.


When are the hours of day light and darkness equal?

At the north and south poles . . . all the time Everywhere else . . . on the occasion of the equinoxes, March 21 and September 21.


About how many hours of daylight will there be in the Northern Hemisphere on the fall equinox?

The equinox is the point in time where the Sun crosses the equator and there is no tilt to the Earth, thus there are approximately the same number of hours of light and darkness in both hemispheres. The term "equinox" comes from the Latin aequus (equal) and nox (night).


Day light are always about 12 hours long at the?

The equator.


What is the speed of Darkness If darkness is the absence of light then you think that light is the absence of darkness.?

No, light is not the absence of darkness. Darkness is nothing, light is something.No, light is not the absence of darkness. Darkness is nothing, light is something.No, light is not the absence of darkness. Darkness is nothing, light is something.No, light is not the absence of darkness. Darkness is nothing, light is something.


Does the planet Jupiter have sunlight?

Yes, some part of the planet Jupiter is always in sunlight, although very little sunlight is able to penetrate past the upper cloud level. Jupiter has a day length of 9.84 hours. On the equator, 4.92 hours would be spent in light and 4.92 hours would be spent in darkness.