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How many miles is in 1 degree?
Degrees of longitude are uniform in length. 1 degree (Longitude) = 69.69 miles*Cos(Ө)(latitude) however the length of a degree of latitude depends on were you are on the planet. A degree of latitude at the equator is notable longer than, for example, a degree of latitude at the latitude of Toronto, Canada.
What is the length of daylight at 1 degree?
1 degree longitude or latitude? What day of the year? Middle of winter, 1 degree latitude, no daylight. But middle of summer same place, 24 hours.
What is the area of the square of one degree latitude and longitude?
That depends on where you are on Earth, specifically, your latitude. All meridians of longitude converge (meet, come together) at the north and south poles, so any two of them get closer and closer together as you get closer to either pole. One degree of longitude is about 69 miles along the equator, but only 48.8 miles at latitude 45°, 17.9 miles at latitude 75°, and about 6 miles at latitude 85°. So as you get farther from the equator, your 1° x 1° square is getting progressively skinnier. Here's the area of your square at a few different latitudes. Each square is 1 latitude degree tall and 1 longitude degree wide, and the indicated latitude goes straight across its middle: On the equator . . . . . 4,760 square miles 30° . . . . . 4,150 square miles 45° . . . . . 3,375 square miles 60° . . . . . 2,400 square miles 85° . . . . . 415 square miles
How many miles are in a degree a minute and a second?
A degree of latitude is approximately 69 miles, and a minute of latitude ... At a latitude of 45 degrees, a degree of longitude is approximately 49 miles. Minute of arc at equator = 1naut.mile = 6080 feet1 second of arc at equator = 101 1/3 feet.At latitude 'w', the above quantities have a multiplying factorcos w.(101.3333) cos w feet per second of longitudeAt a latitude of 60 degrees (=w)1minute=3040'1second=50 2/3 '
How many hours is 1246.0 miles?
Hours are not units of distance measurement. Minutes and seconds are, but it depends on where it is measured. If measuring degrees of longitude along the equator, each degree is about 60 miles, so one minute (1/60th degree) would be 1 mile. Degrees of longitude differ along different lines of latitude (different Earth's circumference). Degrees of latitude, however, are a constant distance (about 69 miles).
