GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -At the Equator, the daytime period always lasts about 12 hours, regardless of season. As viewed from the Equator, the Sun always rises and sets vertically, following an apparent path nearly perpendicular to the horizon.

Detailed explanation-2: -No. The equator actually gets fewer hours of daylight than most other latitudes. Any given place would be in daylight exactly 50 percent of a year’s time if Earth moved in a circular orbit, the Sun were a point source, and we had no atmosphere.

Detailed explanation-3: -At the equator, the sun is directly overhead at noon on these two equinoxes. The “nearly” equal hours of day and night are due to refraction of sunlight or a bending of the light’s rays that causes the sun to appear above the horizon when the actual position of the sun is below the horizon.

Detailed explanation-4: -The June solstice marks the longest day north of the equator and the shortest day in the south. Position of Earth in relation to the Sun during the June solstice. Advertising: Content continues below ad.