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Where is duration of the day and night on Earth are almost the equal?

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The Equator is a line that marks the exact halfway point between the North Pole and the South Pole. On the equator, the length of days’ changes very little throughout the year. Daylight shines for almost exactly 12 hours, and darkness reigns for almost exactly 12 hours. The further away that one travels from the equator, however, the more variation in length of day that will be observed.

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