This is a list of dates and latitudes where the sun doesn't set for days on end.
It might be a useful resource for anyone interested in the Arctic or Antarctic.
I've posted it under 'science and society' because these days a lot of people go on vacation to see the midnight sun.
Tourists + awesome spectacle = science education. Because society needs it.
3 hour exposure, South Cape Spitzbergen, Björn Diërg
Public domain.
Table of midnight sun start and end dates, duration and latitudes.
dates as month-day
latitude start date number of days end date
90 - 3-21 186 9-23
89 - 3-24 181 9-21
88 - 3-26 176 9-18
87 - 3-29 171 9-16
86 - 3-31 166 9-13
85 - 4-03 161 9-11
84 - 4-06 155 9-08
83 - 4-08 150 9-05
82 - 4-11 144 9-02
81 - 4-14 139 8-31
80 - 4-16 134 8-28
79 - 4-19 128 8-25
78 - 4-22 122 8-22
77 - 4-25 116 8-19
76 - 4-28 110 8-16
75 - 5-01 104 8-13
74 - 5-05 97 8-09
73 - 5-08 90 8-06
72 - 5-12 82 8-02
71 - 5-16 74 7-29
70 - 5-21 64 7-24
69 - 5-26 54 7-19
68 - 6-02 41 7-13
67 - 6-10 23 7-03
66 33' 6-22 1 6-22
Midnight sun, Christmas, Antarctica, Jason Auch
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
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