Show International Date Line Does Not Circle the Globe The international line date-line does not go all the way around the world It only goes from the North Pole Poleto Poleto Poleto to the South Pole following approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately the meridian of degrees longitude Our ordinary time measurement is based on the Sun and Noon occurs approximately approximately approximately when that body is in the south However when it Is directly south here it is not yet in that position position po po- po for a place farther west so when you have noon it is only 1100 a. a m. m at a point 15 degrees of longitude longitude longitude longi longi- tude to the west Hence for tor each 15 degrees you travel westward you set your watch back an hour Going completely around the Earth from east to west you would have done this 24 times tunes and would be a whole day behind the people who had stayed home |