Lands Of The Midnight Sun

Lands Of The Midnight Sun

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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