Category:Definitions/Terrestrial Longitude
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Let $J$ be a point on Earth's surface that is not one of the two poles $N$ and $S$.
Let $\bigcirc NJS$ be a meridian passing through $J$, whose endpoints are by definition $N$ and $S$.
The (terrestrial) longitude of $J$, and of the meridian $\bigcirc NJS$ itself, is the (spherical) angle that $\bigcirc NJS$ makes with the prime meridian $\bigcirc NKS$.
If $\bigcirc NJS$ is on the eastern hemisphere, the longitude is defined as longitude $n \degrees$ east, where $n \degrees$ denotes $n$ degrees (of angle), written $n \degrees \, \mathrm E$.
If $\bigcirc NJS$ is on the western hemisphere, the longitude is defined as longitude $n \degrees$ west, written $n \degrees \, \mathrm W$.
If $\bigcirc NJS$ is the prime meridian itself, the longitude is defined as $0 \degrees$ longitude.
If $\bigcirc NJS$ is the other half of the great circle that contains the prime meridian, the longitude is defined as $180 \degrees$ longitude.
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